We don't know whether this should surprise us or not, but the DDR5 memory prices have become ridiculous.
Asgard Debuts 192 GB DDR5 Kit at $1,200 and 256 GB DDR5 Kit at a Whopping $2,000+ on JD
Chinese memory manufacturer, Asgard, has launched two high-capacity DDR5 kits for mainstream users, but you will be just as shocked as we were when we saw their price tags. Well, seeing sky-high DDR5 RAM prices on retailers isn't something new these days, but it just shows how far we have come that even the most expensive gaming GPU appears to be cheaper.
While we did see some high-capacity DDR5 RAM kits already crossing $2,000, Asgard just did it in real time. As reported by IT Home, the company launched a 192 GB Thor and a 256 GB Valkyrie DDR5 RAM kit, which offer 4x 48 GB and 4x 64 GB memory stick configurations, respectively. Both are available on JD for purchase and as we can see the 192 GB DDR5 Thor kit is priced at 8,599 Yuan, which is around US$1,216. Considering the current DRAM shortages and high prices, this still looks somewhat decent when compared to the price of the 256 GB DDR5 kit.
Both use the SK Hynix M-die and offer 6000 MT/s memory speed with CL28-36-36-72 timings for the Thor kit and CL32-45-45-90 for the Valkyrie. That said, the 256 GB DDR5 was kit was launched at 14,599 Yuan or US$2,064, but at the time of writing, Asgard has already increased the price to a whopping 16,999 Yuan or $2,404. At this price, we are already $400 over the MSRP of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition.
Compared to December, the 192 GB and 256 GB kits could easily be obtained under $1,000 a few months ago, but this forced AI boom has led to a dramatic surge in prices, so much so that memory makers can now easily increase the prices of their DRAM kits in real-time. It's expected that the current state will continue till Q4 2027 and may worsen mid-2026. With major players like Micron stepping away from the consumer market, the burden of maintaining sufficient DRAM supply now falls on the remaining manufacturers
News Source: IT Home
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