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Tom’s Guide
Technology
Darragh Murphy

RAM price crisis LIVE — all the latest updates on price surges, global memory shortage, expert advice and more

A single RAM stick.

RAMageddon is here. As you've no doubt heard (or experienced), the price of RAM has skyrocketed in the space of just a few weeks, with everything from laptops, games consoles, phones, tablets and more seeing a significant surge in cost.

With a huge influx of demand from AI and data center companies scooping up DDR5 RAM and SSD memory, consumers are seeing prices spiking not just for RAM and storage for their computers, but also for everything that uses it. Given the tech industry's infatuation with AI, this problem likely won't end soon.

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