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It seems that there is finally some light at the end of the tunnel for those who have been trying for months build or upgrade a PC. After a last quarter of 2025 marked by an aggressive and constant increase in the cost of components, the price of RAM seems to be hitting its ceiling, although it could continue to rise. According to the latest data collected by price tracking platforms such as PCPartPicker, the upward curve has begun to flatten in January 2026, offering relative respite for the market.

Analysis of trends shows that the most common modules are stabilizing their value. This includes both veteran DDR4 kits (standard 3200 MHz and 3600 MHz configurations) and the entry modules of the new generation DDR5 (4800 MHz and 5200 MHz). However, it is crucial to qualify this stability. And the fact that prices stop rising does not mean that they are falling. They have simply stopped at an inflated level that is far from the offers we saw just a year ago.

On the other hand, the high range continues to suffer slight increases. Higher-performance DDR5 memories, such as the 5600 MHz and 6000 MHz kits, continue to see price increases, although the rate of increase has slowed noticeably compared to the madness experienced in November and December.

A market broken by artificial intelligence

To understand the magnitude of the blow to the consumer, it is enough to look at specific cases that illustrate the volatility of the recent market. A 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 kit, which at one point was around $100, shot up to $339 at the end of the year and touched $439 this January before leveling off. Another totally crazy example is that of the Patriot Viper Elite 5 memories, which went from costing less than $45 in October 2025 to almost $170 just two months later.

As you surely already know, the causes of this supply and price crisis are deep and will hardly disappear in the short term. The origin dates back to the third quarter of 2025, when insatiable demand for HBM memory to power AI server infrastructure forced manufacturers to reallocate their production lines. By prioritizing AI memory, which offers much higher profit margins, consumer DDR4 and DDR5 manufacturing was reduced. Along the way, there have even been historical brands like Crucial.

This complex situation even caused rationing of components in markets such as Japan and Germany at the end of the year. Although industry predictions suggested that this “high plateau” of prices would arrive within a few months, it seems that stabilization has come early. Now the question that all users are asking is if this ends here or if there will be more increases in the short term. Be that as it may, the situation is not very rosy.