Maingear has announced its new "BYO" RAM builds, giving users the choice to build PCs with or without DDR5 memory kits to tackle shortages.
MAINGEAR Is The Latest Pre-Built PC Maker To Announce Ram-Less Configuration: Buy A PC Without DDR5 Memory Or Bring Your Own Memory
Memory prices have gotten out of hand, and the shortages continue due to all our precious DDR5 ICs going into the AI oven. This has led prices of several pre-built PCs to fluctuate over the last few months, and not in a good way at all. Pre-Built PC makers are trying their best to offer good value, but even they can't keep up with the price hikes.
As such, Pre-built PC makers such as MAINGEAR are introducing a new category of gaming and enthusiast PCs that will ship without DDR5 memory. MAINGEAR is calling these "BYO" RAM Builds or Build Your Own RAM Build. This essentially gives users the option to get a PC without DDR5 memory installed, so they can get one from an external source and either bring it to Maingear when purchasing a PC or ship it to them directly so they can run their standard validation process before shipping the final build to the customer.
With this option, users can be on the lookout for deals, which, although they don't come anywhere close to the prices from a few months ago, can still help save a few bucks. This is a good option for those who are considering going the pre-built route, and as I said, it looks like more and more PC makers are going to follow this route until the memory crisis is solved or softens. The following is the full presser:
Press Release: MAINGEAR is rolling out BYO RAM Builds - a new way to order a custom MAINGEAR desktop without purchasing RAM through the build. Customers can bring their own compatible memory kit, and MAINGEAR will integrate it into a fully built, validated, ready-to-game system.
- Who: MAINGEAR, the leader in premium-quality, high-performance gaming PCs.
- When: Immediately
- Where: www.maingear.com/BYO-RAM
Why: DDR5 pricing has been unpredictable and, in many cases, brutal. BYO RAM Builds give gamers and creators a smarter path: lock in the MAINGEAR system you want now, source RAM on your terms (deal hunting, timing the market, using what you already own), and still get MAINGEAR build quality and performance, and system-level testing.
How: Choose a MAINGEAR BYO RAM Build configuration, follow MAINGEAR’s compatibility guidance for supported memory kits, and either:
- Provide your own kit for MAINGEAR to install during the build process, or
- purchase a compatible kit separately from an external source and ship it to MAINGEAR to pair it with your system (per MAINGEAR’s BYO RAM process).
- Every BYO RAM system still goes through MAINGEAR’s standard validation before shipping.
More Info: Over the past several months, memory pricing has been hit by a perfect storm: rising demand from AI infrastructure, tighter allocation from major manufacturers, and constrained availability across popular DDR5 capacities and speeds. The result has been price spikes, inconsistent retail inventory, and a growing “buy it when you see it” mentality among PC builders. BYO RAM Builds are MAINGEAR’s answer to that reality, offering a practical, gamer-first way to keep new builds moving while preventing memory from being a roadblock for completing builds.
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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