Confirmation of these corporate price increases comes less than a week after Dell was erroneously caught in the crossfire between Framework and Apple , when Framework's social media team was baited by a fake post claiming Dell was engaging in RAM price gouging at the consumer level. While Framework was wrong about a $550 RAM price increase three days ago, today's reports prove its X comments prophetic.
That Dell's corporate partners and clients are being severely affected by RAM shortages is a bad sign for the state of the DRAM and NAND flash markets, which are threatening to ravage the tech sphere for the next year or more. Team Group claimed at the start of the month that 2026 will only get worse for the market, with Phison's CEO claiming back in October that the drought may continue into the 2030s .
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Notton I don't understand why the monitor is going up in price? I looked up the product page and the only thing remotely DRAM related is the optional multi-function USB-C hub. Reply
Thunder64 I didn't even read the article but Dell is full of it. They have contracts pricing a sudden spike doesn't affect their price. Unless a large amount of people are suddenly buying Dell. Reply
ravewulf Notton said: I don't understand why the monitor is going up in price? I looked up the product page and the only thing remotely DRAM related is the optional multi-function USB-C hub. My only guess is they're trying to spread the increased cost over more of their products to prevent even higher price increases on RAM and SSDs. Or they're just using it as an excuse. Reply
thisisaname Surprised storage and memory makes up that much of the price. Reply
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