DDR5 and SSD Prices Surge Amid AI Hardware Demand

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Adata’s CEO Simon Chen reports that AI and cloud buyers are prioritizing hardware allocation, causing simultaneous shortages in DRAM, NAND, and HDDs. This scarcity is already reflected in retail pricing: DDR5 RAM kits rose up to 20% in mid-October, with 2×32GB kits climbing 9% in just one week.

With DDR4 production winding down, the shift of capacity toward AI servers further tightens consumer supply. Analysts expect higher hardware prices to continue through 2026, as SSDs see increased demand due to HDD scarcity.

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Hardware prices are entering the “AI premium” era — when data center demand eats retail supply, gamers feel it first

[Couturier]

Exactly — AI’s golden age is gamers’ silicon famine

[EmTeam]

AI innovation comes at a cost — hardware scarcity continues to pressure both gamers and developers.

[jacson4]

The AI boom has clearly shifted the balance of the tech market toward high-performance components.