The growing demands of AI have driven 32GB DDR5 RAM prices to a minimum of $375, with lower-cost options vanishing rapidly from the market.

Notebooks up 11%, desktops 10% as chipmakers ditch consumer kit for AI server bling

Chip costs may rise another 63% this quarter, as effects feed through to PC pricing

Local AI PCs are scaling memory capacity at the worst possible moment to buy it.

Lower-priced kits are disappearing by the day

The growing demands of AI have driven 32GB DDR5 RAM prices to a minimum of $375, with lower-cost options vanishing rapidly from the market.

The main issue is supply, especially a shortage of high-end DRAM, much of which is now being diverted to AI data centers.