- A high-end DDR5 RAM kit now costs more than an RTX 5090
- Of course, it is a 192 GB kit for use in workstations.
- Even enthusiast consumer kits weighing 128GB now cost three-quarters the price of Nvidia’s Founders Edition of Blackwell’s flagship.
Did you ever think we’d live in a world where a high-end DDR5 RAM kit would cost more than an Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU? No, me neither, but here we are.
This is the latest installment in the RAM price inflation saga, which has been skyrocketing since October 2025 (or late September in some cases) and appears to be getting worse.
VideoCardz reports that Corsair’s Vengeance 192GB DDR5 RAM kit, comprising four 48GB memory modules, now tips the scales at $2,225 in the US (from Corsair’s online store).
That’s considerably more than the $1,999 list price for Nvidia’s Founders Edition of the RTX 5090 (and also not far off the asking price of third-party flagship GPUs).
The same goes for some new high-end RAM kits made in China by Asgard. A 256GB kit in that country now costs 3% more than the official list price for the Chinese version of Blackwell’s flagship (the Nvidia RTX 5090 D V2).
Analysis: sign of the times
Okay, so the 192GB or 256GB RAM kits are high-end workstation offerings, but still, it’s mind-blowing that any The PC RAM kit would exceed the asking price of an RTX 5090. And this was certainly not the case until very recently.
Even if we look at a lesser RAM kit listed on Newegg, one that could make its way to an enthusiast consumer’s PC, the Corsair Vengeance 128GB kit (a pair of 64GB modules) is priced at $1,500 in the US (all prices correct at the time of writing). That’s three-quarters of the recommended price of Nvidia’s RTX 5090, and given the sharp increase in the cost of RAM modules, it wouldn’t be a huge surprise if, before long, perhaps as early as 2026, this type of memory kit is more expensive than Blackwell’s flagship.
The question is where this price inflation will end, and I have a bad feeling it will get a lot worse before it gets better. There’s been talk that RAM supplies are practically running out completely for PC manufacturers and upgraders, and I wouldn’t bet against that, and what’s available to buy can end up with really exorbitant prices when you consider resellers and such.
Is building (or buying) a PC about to become very expensive thanks not only to huge increases in the price of RAM, but also increases in the cost of SSDs and GPUs too? If you ask your magic 8 ball this question and shake it, I think you’ll find that the signs point (mostly) to yes, unfortunately.
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