The popular DIY laptop manufacturer has reiterated that it had no choice but to raise memory prices due to worsening supply availability.
Framework Announces 50% Increase in DDR5 Prices for DIY Laptops, but DIY Desktop is Unaffected
It may be the first time Framework has officially announced an increase in prices of DDR5 memory, but it may not be the last. Framework recently announced on X that it will soon hike the memory prices, citing the worsened supply of DRAM, which is affecting almost every segment. Since DDR5 prices have already gone up by 3X or 4X, it's usual to expect most system integrators to increase the prices of their systems as well.
Today, we increased our pricing on the DDR5 memory configurable in Framework Laptop DIY Edition orders by 50% to begin to respond to the

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