Why is RAM so expensive right now? It's way more complicated than you think The global DRAM crunch explained: shortages, soaring prices, and what comes next. TechRadar · Dec 10, 2025
What's going on with RAM? — Everything you need to know about surging prices, AI demand, and global tech market disruption RAM prices have skyrocketed, and it doesn't seem like they're going to come down anytime soon. This could have lasting effects on the tech market as a whole, and it could last for years. I explain. Windows Central · Dec 9, 2025
Days after killing the brand, Crucial shows up at Delhi Comic-Con — As Micron pivots to AI, Crucial's presence likely booked out months in advance to event Micron’s plans to shutter its Crucial consumer business next year did not stop the brand from appearing on the show floor at Delhi Comic Con over the weekend. Tom’s Hardware · Dec 8, 2025
Crucial could have been the brand to help consumers with RAM and storage costs, not make them worse Micron is closing down the Crucial brand, but as someone who covers RAM and storage for a living, I don't think it had to be this way. GamesRadar · Dec 6, 2025
Sandisk WD Blue SN5100 NVMe SSD review Massive generational leap takes the 5000 line to the next level. PC Gamer · Dec 5, 2025
Crucial Exits Consumer Market After 29 Years Amid AI-Driven Price Surge The Crucial consumer line is all but done. Operation Sports · Dec 4, 2025
Amidst a pricing apocalypse, one of gaming's best memory and storage brands "has made the difficult decision" to abandon its consumers AI is predicted to steal all of our jobs, but today it's caused the closure of one of the best gaming memory and storage brands there is. GamesRadar · Dec 4, 2025
RAM crisis continues to worsen — Micron kills Crucial consumer memory in favor of AI data centers Micron announced that it will no longer sell Crucial-branded memory products to consumers in favor of business from AI data centers. Tom’s Guide · Dec 3, 2025
We just lost a huge RAM and SSD manufacturer to AI — Micron is killing Crucial after nearly 30 years to support "larger, strategic customers" As the AI market's demand for RAM continues to swell, manufacturer Micron is axing its consumer brand Crucial in order to supply it. Windows Central · Dec 3, 2025
The RAM crisis is just getting started: Micron makes the 'difficult decision' to abandon the consumer memory business to focus on supplying AI data centers Micron's Crucial brand will no longer offer DDR for PC users starting in February 2026. PC Gamer · Dec 3, 2025
Micron is killing Crucial SSDs and memory in AI pivot — company refocuses on HBM and enterprise customers After 29 years, Micron decided to wind down its Crucial consumer business amid switching resources to HBM memory and enterprise-grade hardware. Tom’s Hardware · Dec 3, 2025
Tech price rises: Tracking the PC memory and SSD supply crisis, now with added GPU fun Affordable DDR5 and PC storage is but a sweet, well, memory. Will graphics cards follow? PC Gamer · Nov 11, 2025
Act now and you can grab a 4TB SSD for around 5¢ per gigabyte as more early Black Friday deals hit You can buy a 4TB SSD for as low as 5¢ per gigabyte in early Black Friday deals - here's what we've found. TechRadar · Nov 10, 2025
I used AI to predict prices of Amazon's 20 most popular SSDs for Black Friday and it doesn't look good at all Gemini predicts Black Friday SSD discounts will be modest, with few major price drops across Amazon’s top 20 drives. TechRadar · Nov 10, 2025
PC Gamer · Oct 28, 2025 DDR4 RAM prices continue to surge ahead of DDR5, now averaging $25 per DDR4-3200 module It won't be long before DDR5 is the only choice for a budget gaming PC.
Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2025 Best gaming hard drives 2025: Top picks for gamers Guilty as charged gaming hoarder, Stuart Pritchard, heads down the route of additional hard drives to help solve his self-made storage issues
TechRadar · Oct 7, 2025 Crucial reveals fastest laptop memory ever - LPCAMM2 RAM reaches a staggering 8533 MT/s, but at just under $500 for 64GB, it won't be for everyone Crucial LPCAMM2 promises blazing 8,533 MT/s speeds and a smaller form factor, though high pricing and limited compatibility may hinder adoption.
PC Gamer · Aug 12, 2025 You might not have heard of Biwin but it's made the best value PCIe 4.0 SSD we've tested in some time Our new budget king, for PCIe 4.0 drives.
PC Gamer · Jul 15, 2025 Crucial 128 GB DDR5-6400 CUDIMM review Loading up your Arrow Lake PC with RAM has never been easier or more expensive.
Tom’s Hardware · Jul 2, 2025 SK hynix's first PCIe 5.0 SSD is finally available in the U.S., sports impressive performance and pricing — Platinum P51 flaunts speeds up to 14,700 MB/s SK hynix Platinum P51, the successor to the Platinum P41, is available for purchase in the U.S. market.
TechRadar · Jun 29, 2025 I reviewed the Beelink ME mini - and while it won’t serve as the dual-purpose mini PC it wants to be, it's a great alternative solid-state server The Beelink ME mini is a tiny computer that can take six M.2 drives to act as a high-performance NAS.
PC Gamer · Jun 25, 2025 Crucial P510 NVMe SSD review Well balanced, affordable, and a prime pick for your next rig.
PC Gamer · Jun 25, 2025 Kioxia Exceria Plus G4 NVMe SSD review From flash maker to drive creator, the price just ain't right on this one.
PC Gamer · Jun 24, 2025 Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro 2 TB review Taking the fight to Phison, the drive that may or may not exist.