16/03/2026
AI is making our computers cost more...
Its a simple statement, though the reasoning is maybe not what you'd expect. As big corporations are investing billions of dollars in the servers to run AI en masse, the biggest volume of components that they need are RAM and SSDs.
So all the manufacturers are focusing on fulfilling these needs causing the prices to spike. A 32Gb RAM Module, that we bought last year for $169, currently costs for over $750. SSDs have more than doubled.
In fact one of the biggest brands, Crucial, have closed down their consumer grade manufacturing and focus purely on the high profit, AI products.
The end result is RAM and SSD prices have shot up, making all computers (PC/MAC/Phone/Tablet) all increase in price. Our suppliers believe this wont go away for at least 2 years.
Competition always keeps computer costs down as far as they can go. Though we have to ride out this storm.