More RAM misery? The bad news keeps coming as analyst firm warns of an 'unprecedented and record-breaking surge' with price hikes

• Counterpoint Research has published a new report on RAM pricing
• It predicts that PC RAM will nearly double in price this quarter
• On top of that, a PC maker has sounded alarm bells about rising component prices – and it's one of many

If you were keeping your fingers crossed for some more optimistic news about the RAM crisis – because we've had glimmers of that, lately – then those hopes will be dashed, I'm afraid, by the latest developments which are distinctly negative.

The main point of interest here is that we have a new report from Counterpoint Research which observes that memory prices have nearly doubled in Q1 2026 so far, compared to the same period in the final quarter of 2025.

The firm informs us: "Memory prices have risen by 80%-90% QoQ in Q1 2026 so far, according to the February issue ...