RAM and HDD prices are jumping (2025)

[Navjot Singh]

Source

 

[Lolita_Magnum]

These are the prices here. VAT is 23.5% here.

 

[Navjot Singh]

Two of the Biggest DRAM Suppliers Are Skeptical About Increasing Production as They Eye "Long-Term" Profitability

Samsung and SK hynix are stating that their strategy towards the ongoing 'memory boom' will focus on profitability.

wccftech.com

They are not going to increase production. RAM shortage will persist until 2028.

 

[Navjot Singh]

In other news, AMD is going to bump the CPU prices from today.

 

[Kyle Crane]

I really need to change my gigabyte PSU

As i cant afford to change anything ram and ssd related

 

[Kyle Crane]

omg it keeps getting worse

6.4k nvme 1tb ssd now costs 11,199rs

 

[Kyle Crane]

im not feeling good about whatever HDDs left to buy rn

this is so bad

 

[Lolita_Magnum]

If it's not urgent, your best bet would be to wait until this all blows over.
Although, it feels like it might take 4 months minimum to at least a year.

 

[Kyle Crane]

@Lolita_Magnum either its 4 months or entirety of 2026
on my PC i only have 1tb nvme ssd + 512gb nvme ssd on both m.2 slots

before may 2025 i kept using my 1tb old laptop HDD which was about 7 years old then and shifted to 1tb once i noticed it being too slow and feared it would die off

if this hdd didnt die on me i would have 2.5TB storage now

 

[Lolita_Magnum]

Oh, no... I guess the AI slop is much profitable.

https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business

The AI-driven growth in the data center has led to a surge in demand for memory and storage. Micron has made the difficult decision to exit the Crucial consumer business in order to improve supply and support for our larger, strategic customers in faster-growing segments.