One look at RAM prices at the end of 2025 should be enough to make you wonder why you ever got into PC building and PC gaming in the first place. Driven by the AI datacenter buildout, the current squeeze on DRAM and NAND is jacking up the cost of nearly everything.
Rather than eating the cost or waiting for prices to drop (if they ever do), there’s a third alternative. Newegg is still offering some RAM and motherboard bundles in which you can get DDR5 for a much more reasonable price. Don’t need a new…
