surprise nobody talking about this. maybe they did but i couldnt find the thread


i upgraded my pc few month ago. bought a


KINGSTON FURY BEAST 32GB (2X16GB) 6000MT/s DDR5 CL30 AMD EXPO RAM - KF560C30BBEK2-32

for RM 557


but prices for the same item same store, now RM 860

For myself dodged a bullet. most others who need ram right now, G_G:



some suggestions what to do




for ram these are the specs u typically want for a modern 2025 amd pc system

- 6000MT/s (good enuff)
- CL30 (good enuff)
- AMD EXPO (what this means is it has the EXPO configs. which is what you want for AMD pc build. dont accidentally buy the Intel kit)
- (2X16GB) this capacity size is whats recommended in 2025. If you need more, buy more. but for most people this is sufficient. Also why 2 sticks instead of just 1 and also 4? Because using 2 stick you can use dual channel mode. Also 4 sticks works poorly for am5 systems so they don't recommend using 4 sticks.

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Nov 3 2025, 07:34 PM

Been mentioning that since here
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4209269/+27480#

and here
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4192804/+9420#

SSD & HDD prices too going up and up. Yeah all thanks to AI

also to give an idea how bad this is, check the historical pricing

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/q7LdnQ/kin...f560c30bbek2-32


in a 2 year period, this particular ram kit was sold for $110 usd but is now $289 so doubled in pricing in some places.

But we mostly buy local, so i just gave an example from shopee.

I bought around august 2025, prices was still ok then. But this November 2025 things went to hell.


so unless you have no choice to buy ram, you should refrain and wait it out. not good time to buy right now

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Nov 4 2025, 06:22 AM

Wait it out? Erm, unless AI bubble burst the demand for hardware will continue to go up and up. Over the coming years, 1st gen AI machines will be replaced by newer more efficient stuff keeping the ball rolling and demand/prices high.

Good thing is you dont need a lot of DDR5, 2 sticks is max you need coz pointless to upgrade until 4 sticks (like with DDR4) as it will tank XMP/EXPO speeds.

SSD otoh will be more impactful as theres never enuff storage.

not only DDR5. even DDR4 price is double now.
last time i bought 64GB DDR4 3200MHz ~ RM451.
now it become ~ RM1151

AI operator sapu all the order, even manafacture cannot make it on time...AI demand is huge....................

wasnt there something about them phasing out ddr4 production for ddr5? because of that prices for ddr4 were increasing as consequence.

hm... wait, ddr4 still has up to 2026. after that, game over
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/...ents-for-longer

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Nov 4 2025, 10:50 AM

DDR4 price hikes are expected long before as it was being deprecated from production and sales so its natural prices goes up. DDR3 also same then. However you can easily find 2nd hand DDR4 RAMS so doing a new DDR4 based super budget rig isnt too bad yet (if you go with 2nd hand / China branded RAM sticks)

DDR4 still got "life" thanks to intel late going all in during DDR5.

im using crucial pro DDR4. so for the next 2 slot, i plan to use the same crucial pro. try to mix with existing ram (2x8GB), unable to boot.

Bought CORSAIR Vengeance DDR4 64gb last year Dec at RM475.
Now RM1132
Sold the 16gb old RAM for RM130.

Feels like GPU crypto bomb all over again.

Intel Alderlake was first to use DDR5 when it first came out. AMD switch to DDR5 with AM5 was much much later

You do not mix DDR4 of different batches and capacity even if their from the same series unless your planning to run at JEDEC speeds.

yes, but alderlake still support ddr4 right? if im not mistaken, at that time many techtuber suggest to stay with DDR4.

run at JEDEC as Dell does not support XMP.
thats why i plan to buy the same series and capacity, to max it to 128GB. too late already.

DDR5 was too new & expensive when it debuted along with ADL. Its only from Raptorlake that DDR5 start becoming mainstream not just enthusiasts. DDR4 kinda hangs around (still does!) due to longevity of AM4 systems particularly since X3D CPUs brought it back from the dead.

This post has been edited by babylon52281: Nov 4 2025, 06:06 PM

iirc is first support 2 type of DDR (4&5), and the first cpu support PCIe 5 which none of device got PCIe 5 on that time
when 2022 buy HP desktop it still ship with DDR4, so nothing i can set for RAM

It will go higher.

The current AI boom is eating up most of the current RAM/NAND supply and manufacturing capacity
It's basically a repeat of the GPU shortage several years back because of the crypto boom

My Kingston 64GB DDR4-3600 kit now at RM1200 too. Got it for half the price.

This post has been edited by TristanX: Nov 9 2025, 01:59 PM

RTX 5000 super series are getting delayed due to this as well
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/...r-consumer-gpus

DDR3 price hike when?

soon

https://www.guru3d.com/story/dram-price-inc...sts-rise-up-to/

https://www.astutegroup.com/news/industrial...eling-hbm-boom/


newer pc like am4 or am5 dont use ddr3. only if u got an ancient system sure but, at that point probably should upgrade to newer platform. lots of the bios security patches mostly on newer systems.



This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Nov 13 2025, 03:35 PM