Best Buy Cuts 64GB Kingston DDR5 RAM Kit by $176 to Under $1,000 as AI Demand Lifts Prices
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Updated · ZDNet · May 26
Best Buy Cuts 64GB Kingston DDR5 RAM Kit by $176 to Under $1,000 as AI Demand Lifts Prices
4 articles · Updated · ZDNet · May 26
Best Buy lowered the 64GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 kit by $176 for Memorial Day weekend, bringing the price to just under $1,000 after months of elevated memory costs.
AI companies' heavy buying of RAM and storage for data centers and large-language-model training has pushed component prices higher, prompting many gamers and DIY PC builders to delay upgrades.
The kit includes two 32GB sticks, runs at 4,800MHz out of the box, and can be overclocked to 6,400MHz with AMD Expo or Intel XMP 3.0 profiles.
ZDNET called it the lowest price it has seen for a 64GB kit in a long time, but still rated the deal 3 out of 5 because the package remains expensive and excessive for most gamers.
As AI's hunger for memory grows, will high-performance PCs become an unaffordable luxury for the average person?
Is the 'AI tax' on memory chips creating a future where all our essential electronics will cost significantly more?
What technological breakthrough, not just more factories, could solve the global memory shortage fueled by the AI boom?