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32GB DDR5 RAM Kit Bought For Just $110 In 2024 Now Listed For Over $1,500, But Cheaper Alternatives Still Exist

Two Xtreme5 RAM sticks are pictured beneath a red arrow with text stating '1285% price increase in two years.'

With AMD’s upcoming Zen 6 desktop CPUs and Intel’s Nova Lake desktop processors both expected to launch in 2027, we were curious to see just how bad the DDR5 memory pricing situation has become ahead of these next-generation platforms. And the results are rather alarming. As highlighted by my post on X, a Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 32 GB (2x16GB) DDR5-7600 CL36 memory kit purchased on Amazon for just $109.99 on August 29, 2024, is now advertised for a staggering $1,523.47 on the same platform. That’s a price difference of approximately 1,285%, or nearly 14 times the original purchase price. […]

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