- A high-end DDR5 RAM kit now costs more than an RTX 5090
- This is a 192 GB kit for use on a workstation, be careful
- Even consumer kits weighing 128GB now cost three-quarters the price of Nvidia’s Founders Edition of Blackwell’s flagship.
Did you ever think we would live in a world where a high-end DDR5 RAM kit costs more than an Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU? No, me neither, but here we are.
This is the latest episode in the saga of RAM price inflation, which has been skyrocketing since October 2025 (or late September in some cases), and appears to only get worse.
VideoCardz reports that Corsair’s Vengeance 192GB DDR5 RAM kit, which includes four 48GB memory modules, now tips the scales at $2,225 in the US (at Corsair’s online store).
That’s considerably more than the $1,999 list price for Nvidia’s Founders Edition of the RTX 5090 (and not far off the asking price of third-party flagship GPUs, either).
The same is true with some new high-end RAM kits made in China by Asgard. A 256GB kit in this country now costs 3% more than the official list price of 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 premium workstation offerings, but still, it’s mind-boggling that any The PC RAM kit would exceed the asking price of an RTX 5090. And that certainly wasn’t the case until very recently.
Although we’re looking at a lesser RAM kit listed on Newegg that might find a home in an enthusiast consumer’s PC, the Corsair Vengeance 128GB kit (a pair of 64GB modules) comes in at under $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 steep rise in the cost of RAM modules, it wouldn’t be very surprising if, before too long – perhaps early 2026 – this type of memory kit is more expensive than Blackwell’s flagship.
The question is where this price inflation will end up, and I have a bad feeling that the situation will get worse before it gets better. There’s been talk of RAM reserves being completely depleted for PC builders and upgrades, and I wouldn’t bet against that – and what’s available to buy can end up at truly exorbitant prices when you consider scalpers and the like.
Is building (or buying) a PC about to get very expensive, not only due to the huge rise in the price of RAM, but also the increasing cost of SSDs, and also GPUs to boot? If you ask your magic 8 ball this question and shake it, I think you’ll find that the signs point (for the most part) yes, unfortunately.
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