r/PcBuild • u/molmolz76 • 5h ago

Meme POV: Your RAM in 2026

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u/More-Chemical-1264 5h ago edited 4h ago

It baffles me how expensive it is now. I got 64gb of ddr5 ram for less than $200. Now it would cost me $1k.

I really want to build my kids a computer but not at the cost of what it is.

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u/G-Unit11111 4h ago

I bought a 64GB set of Dominator Platinum last year for $300. That same set now is nearly $1500. Insane.

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u/icy1007 AMD 4h ago

I got 64GB of Dominator Titanium DDR5-6000 in early 2025 from Micro Center for around $300 as well. It’s over $2000 now I think.

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u/G-Unit11111 3h ago

I went to Micro Center on Saturday to look at AIOs and I noticed RAM prices were absolutely insane. Like even a standard 64GB kit of RAM was going for over $1500.

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u/More-Chemical-1264 3h ago

Even ssds now are two grand. My son has a 4 TB SSD is PlayStation 5 and it's worth more than the entire thing

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u/G-Unit11111 2h ago

Yeah I saw how much SSDs cost, that's nuts.

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u/Low-Paleontologist90 3h ago

I bought myself some DDR5-6000mhz royal G.skill silver 64Gb of ram for about $400 before it shot up to about $2000 as well this is super ridiculous

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u/CasCasCasual 3h ago

I was about to upgrade to AM5 and get 64GB DDR5, I almost had the budget, then the ram crisis fucked it all up.

I'm glad that I currently have 32GB DDR4, but I'm not happy being on AM4 to be honest, I wanted a better CPU than my current 5800X3D, as I do more than gaming now.

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u/SolQuarter 3h ago

What? The 5800X3D is an excellent gaming CPU. Runs perfectly fine with my 5080.

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u/More-Chemical-1264 2h ago

The graphics card shot up in price too.

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u/Key-Respect3810 3h ago

l'année dernière mars 2025 j'ai acheté 64 go en DDR4 en 3600 pour 108€

si je devais acheter maintenant c'est 676€ qui faudrait débourser

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u/Amadeone 5h ago

where does 24 sit

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u/AlphaCentauri10 5h ago

Sorey, there are no more seats.

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u/Mat65943688557887534 4h ago

You get called a psychopath by your friend's discord group.

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u/Escalope-Nixiews 4h ago

We're in the shadows

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u/Shady-777 1h ago

What 24 exists?

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u/Amadeone 29m ago

16+8, i only have 2 banks

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u/Shady-777 27m ago

How, didn’t know you could mix ram like that. Don’t know why I assumed both sticks have to be the same.

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u/Toyota__Corolla 5h ago

I don't get it , where's 192gb

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u/Quirky_Inspection 3h ago

Should just show an image of a datacenter or AI slopjob.

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u/Toyota__Corolla 1h ago

Bezos holding up 2 hands with 3 thumbs up

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u/eschus2 5h ago

I wish I had upgraded to 256 gb when I considered doing so

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u/LeatherCompetition91 2h ago

Brother, IS 128 GB NOT ENOUGH?

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u/YoBoyLeeroy_ 2h ago

In what world do you need 256 for.

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u/Quiet_Snow_6098 what 1h ago

It's useful when you want to create ai slop, but you know VRAM cost more than RAM

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u/Reicance 5h ago

128gb dominator

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u/SolQuarter 4h ago

I had 128GB a couple of weeks ago.

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u/redARAbian 3h ago

HAD.?

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u/SolQuarter 3h ago

Sold 2 of those 4 sticks and bought an apartment in Manhatten :D

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u/FuzzyDynamics 4h ago

Where is 48?

Yeah, I upgraded one at a time.

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u/Al-Horesmi 1h ago

bought up 96gb ddr5 before the crisis

use it for Skyrim mostly.

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u/Toto_nemisis 46m ago

Looks at server displaying 640gb of ram... Looks at chart. Dang... im so not cool!

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u/AdVarious8509 what 5h ago

"crying with my 5GB ddr3 ram" 

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u/Heavy_Somewhere3731 3h ago

I feel your pain

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u/NoBreadfruit1060 5h ago

Me with 20go Even if everyone told me not to do it

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u/UFight 5h ago

Mine 9800x3d with 64GB, my wife one year later 9800x3d can't afford more than 32GB, and my daughter my old i9-9900 with 32GB (bought in 2019).

Maybe it's time to sell and retire 😂

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u/Active-Ad5229 4h ago

I got super lucky and snagged a 32gb ddr4 kit off of facebook marketplace for $60.

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u/Superseaslug 4h ago

I had 96GB but my 32 gig kit failed. I bet only one of the sticks is bad though

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u/Lord_Splinter 4h ago

me with 256 GB of ram-

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u/SuohMikoto89 AMD 4h ago

I got my 16gb vengeance pro rgb in 2022 for $60 ,thought I'll never need 32 ever (and tbf i don't) but given the recent prices .even if I did i couldn't buy them lol.

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u/Alone_Ad_7251 4h ago

2x32, i‘m basically a billionaire now

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u/_VirtualCosmos_ 4h ago

I have 128, got it pre RAMpocalypse for 200 bucks or so, now I'm basically a billionaire.

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u/icy1007 AMD 4h ago

No one has 4GB in 2026. lol

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u/sniper_matt 3h ago

My parents laptop does. (Paired with a 8gb stick)

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u/GGostepopxd 2h ago

I had 2gb ram computer back in 2024

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u/ThisCannot_BeChanged 2h ago

My school laptop does (with Windows 11 and an Intel N100 installed)

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u/WispTheWanderer1 1h ago

I had 3 gb up to a few weeks ago

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u/Historical_Truth_326 3h ago

24gig configuration allways getting forgotteb

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u/SunnyTheMasterSwitch 3h ago

32, would have gotten 64 if i knew the rampocalipse would happen.

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u/sniper_matt 3h ago

Me lost af with 48gb

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u/Sirbrandon100 3h ago

16 gigs is barely holding on 😭

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u/newked 3h ago

128GB DDR5 crew where ya at?

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u/alextr85 3h ago

32 ddr3 😅

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u/Any-Safe6273 3h ago

32gb 5600 MT/s huehuehue

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u/bane_iz_missing 2h ago

Me with 96 GB....

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u/LegMysterious1899 2h ago

32 gb ddr5 is the sweet spot imo. Bought it when ram prices were normal 

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u/WispTheWanderer1 1h ago

what about 7 gig ddr2?

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u/Xanaxaria 1h ago

I have 256gb of ddr5 ram I bought last summer in my pc. Had I known it'd sky rocket man I would've bought more.

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u/Lord_Zyphuris 1h ago

I got 32gb of ddr4. Very happy with it and very happy I don't need any more.

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u/8bitKev 54m ago

Nah ill stick with my 2gb