{"id":1455880,"date":"2026-01-09T19:54:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/SSAHZYBtTWEBhTP4R2eNTa"},"modified":"2026-01-09T19:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:54:38","slug":"unfortunately-all-of-that-doomsaying-last-year-was-correct-and-ssd-prices-are-surging-as-a-result-of-the-memory-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/unfortunately-all-of-that-doomsaying-last-year-was-correct-and-ssd-prices-are-surging-as-a-result-of-the-memory-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Unfortunately, all of that doomsaying last year was correct and SSD prices are surging as a result of the memory crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>For the last year and a bit, I&#8217;ve sat down every Friday morning to update our guide to the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-ssd-deals-today\/\" target=\"_blank\">best SSD deals for gaming<\/a>. Today, I sat down for the first time in 2026, only to see that the memory supply crisis is well and truly having a knock-on effect on SSD pricing.<\/p>\n<p>Our Jeremy has already been keeping an eye on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/memory\/keep-up-to-date-with-the-pc-memory-and-ssd-supply-crisis-as-we-track-prices-and-the-latest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">surging PC hardware prices<\/a>, but this morning presented a more recent example. I just wrote <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/ssds\/the-1-tb-lexar-nm790-is-the-most-sensibly-priced-ssd-for-gaming-ive-seen-in-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\">a deal post<\/a> about the 1 TB version of the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/lexar-nm790-4tb-ssd-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lexar NM790 NVMe<\/a> SSD which, today, is going for $118. Not terrible, right? Well, that&#8217;s what I thought until I remembered I had in fact written about the same SSD <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/ssds\/ssds-without-dram-are-still-worth-your-time-especially-when-you-can-snag-the-1tb-lexar-nm790-for-only-usd66\/\" target=\"_blank\">back in October<\/a> of last year\u2014when it was only $66.<\/p>\n<p>That is a close to 50% price increase in about four months. Even worse, this same drive cost almost $150 within the last month according to Amazon price tracker <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/camelcamelcamel.com\/product\/B0C4ZV5Y7X\" target=\"_blank\">Camelcamelcamel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Lexar is far from the most egregious increase I&#8217;ve seen, with higher capacity SSDs more severely affected. For one extreme example, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/product\/wd-black-sn850x-4tb-internal-ssd-pcie-gen-4-x4-nvme\/JXJ62C6Y6X\" target=\"_blank\">Best Buy is currently asking for over a grand<\/a> for the 4 TB version of the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/wd-black-sn850x-review-performance-benchmarks\/\" target=\"_blank\">WD_Black SN850X<\/a> SSD. It&#8217;s hard to rule this out as simply a listing error when <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/western-digital-4tb-black-sn850x-nvme\/p\/N82E16820250244?Item=9SIABT1KEH3497&#038;cm_sp=product-_-from-price-options\" target=\"_blank\">Newegg is asking for $520 for the same drive<\/a>. If we look back at my Amazon price tracker of choice, you can see an almost runaway spike <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/camelcamelcamel.com\/product\/B0B7CQ2CHH\" target=\"_blank\">from between November last year to now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for the 8 TB model of the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/ssds\/wd-black-sn850x-8-tb-nvme-ssd-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">WD_Black SN850X<\/a>, that&#8217;s now <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/western-digital-8tb-black\/p\/N82E16820250270\" target=\"_blank\">$1,080 at Newegg<\/a>, an almost 55% price increase compared to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/ssds\/our-favorite-8-tb-nvme-ssd-is-now-cheaper-than-picking-up-two-4-tb-drives-at-only-7-per-gigabyte\/\" target=\"_blank\">when I last wrote about it in May<\/a>. It&#8217;s also important to note that this is all arguably older stock too, as none of these drives are <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/ssds\/the-names-of-some-of-the-most-popular-ssds-are-changing-so-their-new-owner-sandisk-now-gets-the-glory\/\" target=\"_blank\">sporting Sandisk&#8217;s recent rebrand<\/a>. The 8 TB version of the drive is out of stock on Amazon, but taking a peek at the price tracker reveals <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/camelcamelcamel.com\/product\/B0D9WT512W\" target=\"_blank\">another massive spike<\/a> beginning November 2025 and continuing into January 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery carousel-layout\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-wrap\" style=\"display:flex; flex-flow:row nowrap;\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 1 of 3<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1242px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:91.38%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"EVbMggJSdZZbCWH8eVCfMM\" name=\"SSD price tracking\" alt=\"Screenshots of Amazon price tracking website CamelCamelCamel. These screenshots show massively fluctuating SSD prices between winter 2025 and the start of 2026.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/unfortunately-all-of-that-doomsaying-last-year-was-correct-and-ssd-prices-are-surging-as-a-result-of-the-memory-crisis.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1135\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: CamelCamelCamel)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 2 of 3<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1233px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:93.19%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BetCuV8NHNsBspW9Qz82WM\" name=\"SSD price tracking\" alt=\"Screenshots of Amazon price tracking website CamelCamelCamel. These screenshots show massively fluctuating SSD prices between winter 2025 and the start of 2026.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/unfortunately-all-of-that-doomsaying-last-year-was-correct-and-ssd-prices-are-surging-as-a-result-of-the-memory-crisis-1.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1233\" height=\"1149\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: CamelCamelCamel)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 3 of 3<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1242px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:92.83%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"UoABmVCPnLsRRSDqwvQyVM\" name=\"SSD price tracking\" alt=\"Screenshots of Amazon price tracking website CamelCamelCamel. These screenshots show massively fluctuating SSD prices between winter 2025 and the start of 2026.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/unfortunately-all-of-that-doomsaying-last-year-was-correct-and-ssd-prices-are-surging-as-a-result-of-the-memory-crisis-2.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1153\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: CamelCamelCamel)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>These are just a few examples, but it&#8217;s clear that the realm of SSD now finds itself thoroughly caught up in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/memory\/ram-and-storage-is-ridiculously-expensive-right-now-because-of-drumroll-ai-of-course-and-theres-little-reason-to-think-prices-will-drop-any-time-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\">the memory apocalypse<\/a>. Long story short, as the AI industry builds more and more data centres (<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/80-percent-of-the-worlds-data-centres-have-been-built-in-places-either-too-hot-or-too-cold-for-the-hardware-inside\/\" target=\"_blank\">often in ill-advised climes for the hardware inside<\/a>), it&#8217;s going to need more and more system memory like DRAM, as well as storage media like SSDs. Moving at a swift clip and throwing a great deal of money around, that means a memory shortage for us normal folk, due to the limitations in manufacturing facilities. Perhaps worst of all, these surging prices are far from wholly unexpected either.<\/p>\n<p>In October, Adata&#8217;s Chen Libai observed that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/memory\/uh-oh-its-happening-adata-chairman-says-the-perfect-storm-of-simultaneous-dram-ssd-and-hdd-shortages-is-already-upon-us-and-it-looks-like-prices-are-only-going-in-one-direction\/\" target=\"_blank\">most major memory and storage technologies were experiencing a shortage for the first time in about 30 years<\/a>. In November, Phison&#8217;s CEO Khein-Seng Pua shared in an earnings call that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/storage\/flash-storage-has-doubled-in-price-over-the-last-few-months-says-phison-all-the-capacity-is-sold-out\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;every NAND manufacturer&#8221; has said they&#8217;re &#8220;sold out&#8221; for 2026<\/a>. Then in December, Kingston&#8217;s Cameron Crandall also sounded the SSD pricing alarm, explaining that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/memory\/kingston-sounds-the-ssd-pricing-alarm-as-the-company-has-seen-a-246-percent-increase-in-nand-wafer-prices-with-the-biggest-increase-within-the-last-60-days\/\" target=\"_blank\">the company had very recently seen a 246% increase in NAND wafer prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But even in December, I was less keen on the advice Crandall gave at the time, saying if you were thinking about a hardware upgrade, you should &#8220;do it now and [don&#8217;t] wait, because prices are going to continue to go up.&#8221; On the one hand, yes, there&#8217;s a chance prices have yet to peak. On the other, panic-buying is never the answer in the midst of a shortage. If you can, wait or simply use what you already have. If you can&#8217;t, buying an entirely new rig may actually work out cheaper in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/product\/ibuypower-element-gaming-desktop-pc-intel-core-ultra-7-265f-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5070-12gb-32gb-ddr5-rgb2tb-ssd-black\/J3R75JY8XK?irclickid=WGh0dKQDcxycUc5xqR0Ec2UUUkpXA9xQC18%3Ax80&#038;irgwc=1&#038;afsrc=1&#038;ref=198&#038;loc=Future%20Dedicated%20Account&#038;acampID=0&#038;mpid=1943169&#038;affgroup=%22Content%22\" target=\"_blank\">some select circumstances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/ssds\/unfortunately-all-of-that-doomsaying-last-year-was-correct-and-ssd-prices-are-surging-as-a-result-of-the-memory-crisis\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the last year and a bit, I&#8217;ve sat down every Friday morning to update our guide to the best SSD deals for gaming. Today, I sat down for the first time in 2026, only to see that the memory supply crisis is well and truly having a knock-on effect on SSD pricing. Our Jeremy has already been keeping an eye on surging PC hardware prices, but this morning presented a more recent example. I just wrote a deal post about the 1 TB version of the Lexar NM790 NVMe SSD which, today, is going for $118. Not terrible, right? Well, that&#8217;s what I thought until I remembered I had in fact written about the same SSD back in October of last year\u2014when it was&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/unfortunately-all-of-that-doomsaying-last-year-was-correct-and-ssd-prices-are-surging-as-a-result-of-the-memory-crisis\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1455881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[66,11099,9739],"class_list":["post-1455880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-hardware","tag-ssds","tag-storage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Unfortunately, all of that doomsaying last year was correct and SSD prices are surging as a result of the memory crisis | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For the last year and a bit, I&#039;ve sat down every Friday morning to update our guide to the best SSD deals for gaming. 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