This isn't the first or the last time we are going to see a price hike in RAM modules, but Framework says that it's trying its best to keep the costs down.
Framework Announces Second DRAM Price Hike; Says it's Trying to Absorb the Cost Increase as Much as Possible
Around two weeks ago, Framework officially announced a 50% price hike for DDR5 memory for the laptop DIY edition. The company has provided a new update to its customers that it has to increase the DRAM pricing once again. In the blog post, Framework announced a second price hike for memory due to increasing sourcing costs. It said that the cost from the suppliers is continuously increasing ,and the new price adjustments come due to the same reason.
Our new pricing is as close as we can get to passing through our actual purchase costs for modules from our suppliers and distributors, which means we're absorbing a lot of the cost increase. We have the full detail in our blog post here:
- Framework on X
The company didn't explicitly reveal how much of a price hike it will introduce, but currently, it says that the Weighted Average Cost (WAC) of the inventory is around $10/GB for 8 GB, 16 GB, and 32 GB memory kits. The WAC is reportedly even higher for the 48 GB modules. On the Laptop DIY configurator pages, we can see that the price has increased by $20 compared to the last time. So, users will have to pay $80 instead of $60 for a single 8 GB DDR5 module. This is a nearly 33% increase in the pricing in just under two weeks.
That said, it's expected that the prices will continue to increase in early 2026, which is what memory suppliers have informed the company. So, we might see an 8 GB DDR5 module easily crossing the $100 mark very soon. Interestingly, Framework compares its RAM pricing to Apple and says that it's still offering the memory at a much lower price than Apple, which sells its memory at $25/GB. This is surely a drastic difference between the two, and Framework says that it's trying to absorb as much as cost increase as possible.
Moreover, it has introduced a link to PCPartPicker for those who want to check the lowest memory prices and want to get their own memory into the Framework system. Keep in mind that this only applies to the Laptop DIY edition right now, and the company hasn't increased the memory costs for the Desktop DIY edition. The configurator page still offers the desktop with a 128 GB memory capacity for $1999, bringing the flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 CPU.
News Source: Framework
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