RAM prices: Prime Day or Black Friday? The 2026 data

The short answer

If you need RAM now, don't hold out for Black Friday expecting a reset. On Tom's Hardware's price index (updated 14 Sep 2026), the best US price for a 32GB DDR5-6000 kit was $409, against $100–200…

32GB DDR5-6000: best US price $409 (Tom's Hardware, 14 Sep). On Amazon on 25 Sep: $469.99 (Corsair, sold by Amazon).

A year ago: $100–200 for the same kit (Oct 2025, per Tom's Hardware).

Summer didn't help: $374.97 on 3 Jun, $409 by 14 Sep.

Buy lines for 6–7 Oct: DDR5 32GB ≤ ~$409 · 64GB ≤ ~$889 · DDR4 32GB ≤ ~$190–210.

Amazon isn't the cheapest place for RAM right now

On 25 Sep every 32GB DDR5 kit I checked on Amazon was $40–71 above the best US price in Tom's index from eleven days earlier. The Corsair kit's "$505.99 list" makes $469.99 look like a deal. It's…