CyberPowerPC has informed its consumers about pending price changes on all its pre-built gaming PCs, stating, quite understandably, memory as the main cause. The PC builder has indicated that starting December 7, 2025, prices will be adjusted as necessary to reflect the sharp component cost increases, but ensures users that this is not a permanent change. This is terrible timing for such news, as people tend to upgrade their systems during the holiday season.
CyberPowerPC shared this announcement on its X social media account, where it blamed both current RAM and SSD prices. The company pointed out that RAM prices have increased by 500%, while SSD costs have risen by 100%. While these are the main factors pointed out by the system integrator, they may soon be joined by graphics cards, as rumours expect them to also rise by at least 10% as GDDR memory begins to be impacted by memory shortages.
This whole situation is a result of the growing demand for AI infrastructure, which requires a lot of memory. Even if datacentres may not need the specific type of RAM or VRAM used by consumer hardware, memory manufacturers have shifted production towards AI products due to their higher profit margins. As a result, consumer RAM is witnessing a growing shortage and price hikes as supply dries out.
CyberPowerPC has indicated that customers can expect a system with 1TB SSD plus 16GB of memory to demand an additional $80 compared to before, with a 2TB SSD plus 32GB configs requiring an extra $160. Though a measurable change, this is still better than the tripling some DIY DDR5 kits have seen. The company has revealed that these price increases have had a direct impact on the cost of building gaming PCs since October, now reaching a level that they can no longer be absorbed by CyberPowerPC.
The system integrator ensures that it will always aim to provide the best-value gaming PCs, reminding that these price increases are just temporary. It assures that prices will be adjusted down accordingly as market conditions return to normal. Unfortunately, if experts are correct, this situation isn’t changing anytime soon, as the most pessimistic commentators expect it to last until the end of the decade. From the crypto boom sending GPU prices to the moon, to the pandemic forcing users to fight for all types of hardware, AI is just the latest flavour of pain, reminding consumers that they are the last part of the chain.
