{"id":337229,"date":"2025-12-26T22:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T22:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/337229\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T22:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T22:04:08","slug":"framework-announces-another-memory-price-hike-and-it-likely-wont-be-its-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/337229\/","title":{"rendered":"Framework announces another memory price hike \u2014 and it likely won\u2019t be its last"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The modular PC company Framework is adjusting the price of its DDR5 RAM modules once again as the cost of memory continues to surge. In <a href=\"https:\/\/framework.pxf.io\/c\/482924\/1459308\/17284?u=https%3A%2F%2Fframe.work%2Fgb%2Fen%2Fblog%2Fupdates-on-memory-pricing-and-navigating-the-volatile-memory-market\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an update on Wednesday<\/a>, Framework said it will charge $10 per GB for 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB, with \u201cslightly higher\u201d prices for the 48GB and up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Framework <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3009650\/framework-raises-laptop-ram-prices-50-as-brutal-memory-crunch-grinds-on.html#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first announced a price hike<\/a> on memory earlier this month, citing \u201csubstantially higher costs\u201d from suppliers and distributors. With this most recent increase in place, the 8GB variation jumped from $60 to $80, the 16GB option increased from $120 to $160, and the 32GB variation went from $240 to $320. Meanwhile, the price tag of the 48GB option more than doubled from $240 <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250618193636\/https:\/\/frame.work\/products\/ddr5-5600?v=FRANRM0001\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as of June 2025<\/a> to $620. The 64GB (2 x 32GB) and 96GB (2 x 48GB) modules are also more expensive, priced at $640 and $1,240, respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The price increase affects the configurable memory options that come with Framework\u2019s DIY Edition laptop, as the company <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrameworkPuter\/status\/1993202080744718609?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">is still not selling standalone DDR5 RAM<\/a> modules to preserve its inventory. To avoid higher prices on its DIY Edition laptop, Framework notes users can order the device without memory, allowing them to reuse an existing module or find a cheaper option using the link to PCPartPicker that Framework now provides directly on its website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">This likely won\u2019t be the end of price hikes for Framework, as suppliers indicate that \u201cprices will continue to increase going into early 2026,\u201d according to the post. \u201cWe have absorbed and continue to absorb some of the price increases to be able to offer this new pricing, but it is very likely we\u2019ll need to adjust module prices again within the next month,\u201d Framework says. \u201cWe\u2019ll only increase prices to cover increases in costs, and we\u2019ll bring prices back down as costs come down in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The modular PC company Framework is adjusting the price of its DDR5 RAM modules once again as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[786,59,10800,50,227,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-337229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gadgets","tag-gb","tag-laptops","tag-news","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}