The modular PC firm Framework is adjusting the worth of its DDR5 RAM modules as soon as once more as the price of reminiscence continues to surge. In an update on Wednesday, Framework stated it’ll cost $10 per GB for 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB, with “barely greater” costs for the 48GB and up.
Framework first announced a price hike on reminiscence earlier this month, citing “considerably greater prices” from suppliers and distributors. With this most up-to-date enhance in place, the 8GB variation jumped from $60 to $80, the 16GB possibility elevated from $120 to $160, and the 32GB variation went from $240 to $320. In the meantime, the worth tag of the 48GB possibility greater than doubled from $240 as of June 2025 to $620. The 64GB (2 x 32GB) and 96GB (2 x 48GB) modules are additionally dearer, priced at $640 and $1,240, respectively.
The value enhance impacts the configurable reminiscence choices that include Framework’s DIY Version laptop computer, as the corporate is still not selling standalone DDR5 RAM modules to protect its stock. To keep away from greater costs on its DIY Version laptop computer, Framework notes customers can order the machine with out reminiscence, permitting them to reuse an current module or discover a cheaper possibility utilizing the hyperlink to PCPartPicker that Framework now offers instantly on its web site.
This possible gained’t be the tip of value hikes for Framework, as suppliers point out that “costs will proceed to extend going into early 2026,” in line with the submit. “We’ve got absorbed and proceed to soak up a few of the value will increase to have the ability to supply this new pricing, however it is rather possible we’ll want to regulate module costs once more throughout the subsequent month,” Framework says. “We’ll solely enhance costs to cowl will increase in prices, and we’ll deliver costs again down as prices come down sooner or later.”