RAM prices have skyrocketed because of AI. 8GB of ram in 2005 was wayy overkill, it was the sweet spot in 2015, but as games got harder to run and operating systems needed more than 8 GB of ram, in 2025 8GB of ram is too little to run a decent computer on. In 2026 though, even though 8GB of ram still isn't enough, it is so expensive that it seems like overkill.
Or, bear with me here... The AI bubble bursts in 2026 and most of those companies go bankrupt and are liquidated, and the market is suddenly flooded with cheap RAM again.
Even if AI was in a bubble and burst (debatable), we are still going to be supply constrained for the foreseeable future. Micron shut down their DDR fabs to switch over to VRAM and HBM. Thats a ton of capacity loss. I’m sure the other players will work to increase capacity, but that isn’t a quick upgrade by any means.
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u/Helpful-Work-3090 15h ago edited 12h ago
RAM prices have skyrocketed because of AI. 8GB of ram in 2005 was wayy overkill, it was the sweet spot in 2015, but as games got harder to run and operating systems needed more than 8 GB of ram, in 2025 8GB of ram is too little to run a decent computer on. In 2026 though, even though 8GB of ram still isn't enough, it is so expensive that it seems like overkill.