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- PC average selling price to increase as much as 8% in 2026, firm estimates.
- Sales are expected to get reduced by 4.9-8.9%.
- The global memory crisis will make PC market condition even worse and right now is the best time to either buy a new PC or upgrade your existing one.
Global memory shortage has hit the electronics sector pretty hard, but the PC market even more so. Based on current conditions, things are only expected to get worse going into 2026, and it isn’t RAM and SSD costs that are expected to take a step up.
In fact, the entire PC selling prices will potentially climb up by a whopping 8% and that’s considering the worst-case scenario. This prediction is almost twice the initial analysis, which would’ve been considered a moderate scenario.
Why it matters: Even aside from gaming, regular PCs will become hard to buy soon enough due to these high prices. Unfortunately, the PC market will remain unstable for at least a couple of years.
This data comes from International Data Corporation (IDC), and the average PC selling price is expected to increase by 6-8% in a ‘pessimistic’ scenario and by 4-6% in a moderate one. However, given how bad the electronics market can get with scalping and other tactics, it’s safe to assume we’re looking at the worst-case scenario.
The firm furthermore anticipates a moderate 4.9% reduction in PC sales, and an 8.9% reduction in the bleakest case. However, it’s likely sales will be stopped, and as tradition goes, PC buyers pay even the highest prices for the items they want to get their hands on.
Just recently, Micron, one of the largest RAM producers, closed its retail stores and decided to focus on making high-performance AI chips. With the DRAM shortage expected to persist even beyond 2026, manufacturers and retailers have already begun taking countermeasures.
Paradox Customs, a brand known for making DIY PCs, recently announced on social media that it will offer an option to exclude RAM from its pre-built PCs. Even ASUS has announced it will make a DDR4-to-DDR5 RAM adapter.
A 64GB DDR5 kit will put you around the same price as a PS5 today, but that’s still not the highest it’s reached. We recommend upgrading or buying a new PC ASAP, as it will get even tougher to do so in the next few months.
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