What you're buying
$500
3 months
0 = I need it now. 12 = I can sit out a year.
Index: RAM 10 / GPU 10 · Data: JSON
The Verdict
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Where prices are
What waiting would cost
The ten listings in the index
Sorted by how far each sits from its August 2026 base price. Green = at or below base.What the people who make memory are saying
- SK hynix's CEO said in August 2026 the DRAM shortage could persist through 2030: new fabs take years, and AI demand keeps rising.
- TrendForce forecast DRAM contract prices up another 13–18% quarter-over-quarter in Q3 2026 — slower than the 58–95% quarterly jumps earlier in the year, but still up.
- 3DCenter's retail DDR5 index hit 486% of its July 2025 baseline in August 2026, up 9% in a month, while the retail kits in our index held roughly flat. Retail tends to follow contract prices with a lag.
- What would change this verdict: two consecutive weekly snapshots with the index falling, or a TrendForce contract-price forecast that turns negative. We update this page every week with the index.
Sources: Game Rant (Aug 30, 2026, SK hynix and 3DCenter); TrendForce Q3 2026 DRAM outlook as reported; whatsup.ai Hardware Index snapshots. Nothing here is investment or purchasing advice, just arithmetic on public prices.