{"slug": "32gb-of-ddr5-now-costs-375-ai-shortage-continues-to-squeeze-pc-building", "title": "32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building", "summary": "The cheapest 32GB DDR5 RAM kit now costs $374.97, up from under $100 a year ago, as AI demand continues to strain PC hardware supply chains. The price surge, tracked by PCPartPicker, has pushed the cost of the once-affordable component to nearly four times its previous level, squeezing gamers and enthusiasts building or upgrading PCs in 2026.", "body_md": "As the demands of AI continue to consume manufacturing capacity at every level of the PC hardware supply chain, 32GB of DDR5 RAM — broadly understood to be the sweet spot for gaming PCs and enthusiast builds — can no longer be found for less than $375. Well, $374.97 to be precise.\n\nRAM price tracking through 2026 will show you that kits that routinely cost less than $100 just a year ago are now fetching upwards of $240 (16GB). As the AI frenzy has taken hold, retailers far and wide have been pumping up their RAM prices to exorbitant levels. However, there's so much fluctuation and noise that average pricing is now something of a ludicrous fugazi. The going rate for 32GB of DDR5 RAM — the cheapest you can expect to pay — has hovered around $320 for some time, climbing past $350 in recent weeks. Price tracking courtesy of PCPartPicker now reveals the cheapest 32GB DDR5 RAM you can buy is $375. Specifically, four XPOWER kits from Silicon Power will set you back $374.97 thanks to a promo code. You can see the listings yourself below.\n\nAs you can imagine, this is enormous pricing pressure for enthusiasts trying to build gaming PCs or upgrade their rigs in 2026. A component that once cost less than $100 and was something of an afterthought now costs almost four times as much, and that's before you've even fired a n", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/32gb-of-ddr5-now-costs-375-ai-shortage-continues-to-squeeze-pc-building", "canonical_source": "https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/32gb-of-ddr5-now-costs-usd375-minimum-ai-shortage-continues-to-squeeze-pc-building", "published_at": "2026-06-03 12:43:43+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-03 13:41:18.201753+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-chips"], "entities": ["DDR5", "PCPartPicker", "Silicon Power", "XPOWER"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/32gb-of-ddr5-now-costs-375-ai-shortage-continues-to-squeeze-pc-building", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/32gb-of-ddr5-now-costs-375-ai-shortage-continues-to-squeeze-pc-building.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/32gb-of-ddr5-now-costs-375-ai-shortage-continues-to-squeeze-pc-building.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/32gb-of-ddr5-now-costs-375-ai-shortage-continues-to-squeeze-pc-building.jsonld"}}