DDR5 Memory Prices Surge 760% in Japan, 128GB Kit Tops $2,870
DDR5 memory prices in Akihabara continued to rise in the latest survey by Akiba PC. The report covers prices observed from October 17 to 24 and was published on October 29.
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Severe DDR5 memory inflation in Japan pushes top kits past two thousand dollars
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DDR5 memory prices in Japan's Akihabara shopping district have experienced an unprecedented surge, climbing by more than 760 percent over the past year. In the most extreme cases highlighted by recent retail surveys, a high-capacity 128GB kit reached a price tag topping $2,870. [1][2]
According to data from Akiba PC covering prices observed between October 17 and 24, several DDR5 kits saw spikes of over 60 percent compared to the previous month. The steep increases have made building or upgrading personal computers substantially more difficult, with high-end RAM kits now demanding as much money as an entire premium gaming PC. [1][2]
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