Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
The "Golden Age" of cheap gaming PC building is officially over. In this video, we dive into the 2026 Memory Crisis and how the "AI Boom" has effectively declared war on your PC, handheld, and even next-gen consoles.
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For years, RAM was a great, affordable and simple upgrade for your Gaming PC. Now, thanks to companies like NVIDIA, Microsoft, and OpenAI hoovering up the world's supply of HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) and LPDDR5X, consumer supply has been cannibalized. We’re seeing catastrophic price hikes of 200% to 400% on standard DDR5 kits, and it’s starting to bleed into the pricing of existing, and new, pc handheld gaming devices, retro gaming devices, the Nintendo Switch 2, the Playstation 6, and so much more...
In this video, we cover:
How the ram Crisis, or "ramageddon", is destroying handheld gaming
The Death of the Budget Build: Why $500 PCs are disappearing from the market.
How the RAM shortage is forcing Sony, Nintendo, and Valve and every other brand to choose between massive price hikes or underpowered hardware.
And when, or if, prices will ever return to normal
Is it time to hold off on your next build, or should you buy now before it gets even worse? Let's talk about it.
#PCGaming #RAMPrices #AIBoom #TechNews #DDR5 #GamingPC #HardwareCrisis #SteamDeck #Switch2
twitch.tv/bluntnate - youtube.com/BluntNate
The "Golden Age" of cheap gaming PC building is officially over. In this video, we dive into the 2026 Memory Crisis and how the "AI Boom" has effectively declared war on your PC, handheld, and even next-gen consoles.
Support the channel with a one off donation paypal.me/BluntNate or become a regular supporter; patreon.com/BluntNate
For years, RAM was a great, affordable and simple upgrade for your Gaming PC. Now, thanks to companies like NVIDIA, Microsoft, and OpenAI hoovering up the world's supply of HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) and LPDDR5X, consumer supply has been cannibalized. We’re seeing catastrophic price hikes of 200% to 400% on standard DDR5 kits, and it’s starting to bleed into the pricing of existing, and new, pc handheld gaming devices, retro gaming devices, the Nintendo Switch 2, the Playstation 6, and so much more...
In this video, we cover:
How the ram Crisis, or "ramageddon", is destroying handheld gaming
The Death of the Budget Build: Why $500 PCs are disappearing from the market.
How the RAM shortage is forcing Sony, Nintendo, and Valve and every other brand to choose between massive price hikes or underpowered hardware.
And when, or if, prices will ever return to normal
Is it time to hold off on your next build, or should you buy now before it gets even worse? Let's talk about it.
#PCGaming #RAMPrices #AIBoom #TechNews #DDR5 #GamingPC #HardwareCrisis #SteamDeck #Switch2
twitch.tv/bluntnate - youtube.com/BluntNate
