Wednesday, November 26th 2025
HP to Raise Prices, Cut Specs Due to Memory Cost Surge
HP says rising memory costs will likely push PC prices higher next year, or force the company to ship systems with less RAM. The warning comes as DDR5 pricing has surged more than 200% in recent weeks due to the ongoing memory shortage. CEO Enrique Lores told investors yesterday during HP's earnings call that HP has enough RAM stockpiled to get through the first half of its fiscal year, which began this month. But starting in May, higher memory costs will begin hitting margins. To compensate, HP is preparing to source cheaper suppliers, redesign some products with lower memory configurations, cut internal costs, and raise prices where necessary. According to Lores, the impact will be felt mostly in lower-end PC categories, which tend to be more sensitive to component cost changes. Any price increases will be rolled out selectively based on market and product segment.
HP isn't alone. CyberPowerPC, announced on X that the company will implement a price increase across all its SKUs on December 7, 2025. MAINGEAR, a major prebuilt PC manufacturer, is feeling the effects of ongoing memory shortages. CEO Wallace Santos told Wccftech that prices will keep rising and lead times will stretch as stock becomes limited. "We are in constant communication with our vendors and will delay these increases for as long as possible," Santos said. With the DRAM and NAND flash shortage showing no signs of ending, the situation could persist for some time. On its marketplace, Framework now lists all DDR5 or DDR4 SODIMMs as "coming soon," effectively halting standalone RAM sales. We'll end on that note, after a month overflowing with news of rising component costs.
Sources:
PC Mag, Wccftech
HP isn't alone. CyberPowerPC, announced on X that the company will implement a price increase across all its SKUs on December 7, 2025. MAINGEAR, a major prebuilt PC manufacturer, is feeling the effects of ongoing memory shortages. CEO Wallace Santos told Wccftech that prices will keep rising and lead times will stretch as stock becomes limited. "We are in constant communication with our vendors and will delay these increases for as long as possible," Santos said. With the DRAM and NAND flash shortage showing no signs of ending, the situation could persist for some time. On its marketplace, Framework now lists all DDR5 or DDR4 SODIMMs as "coming soon," effectively halting standalone RAM sales. We'll end on that note, after a month overflowing with news of rising component costs.
26 Comments on HP to Raise Prices, Cut Specs Due to Memory Cost Surge
@remixedcat you had good timing! enjoy your new 9600x pc!!!!
Maybe my definition of “major” is different than others, but mom n’ pop sized doesn’t yell major to me.
ZBooks might as well just move to LP-CAMM, why not.
This is still a tiny company.
Raising prices is one thing, but raising prices while cutting specs and laying staff off? Diabolical.
Still in the market to replace my 980ti, but it still plays older games just fine (Dead Space 3 currently).
Another year of trimming down the Steam Library I suppose!
Reminds me of when Eth PoW miners took even 8 GB video cards, apparently!
There's supposed to be a major difference with this crisis, however. That it's not individuals using general consumer hardware, gobbling up all the hardware.
What's the real reason for the worst of the price hike? Do they know that bots are going to empty the stores? And scalpers reselling?
If this is like the early-2020s, then we will be lucky to see a few in stock per day, then out of stock in some minutes or hours. At the worst of that, you would be lucky to see the item in stock for 10 minutes.