New report shows RAM prices are continuing to fall in Germany, US trends less certain

But SSDs and HDDs are more expensive than ever in the States

SOURCE: Tom’s Hardware

A couple of weeks ago, we reported on some good news regarding RAM prices flattening out in Germany — that trend seems to be in full effect so far, with February seeing no hikes and even some price cuts. ComputerBase has conducted a thorough analysis of the local market in Germany, aggregating RAM and SSD prices for multiple SKUs from Amazon, and the data shows bittersweet progress.

The biggest positive difference (-20%) was seen in Crucial’s Pro Overclocking 32GB DDR5 kit, which went from $473.89 to “just” $378.89 from January 14, 2026, to February 16, 2026. By contrast, here in the States the 6400 MT/s CL32 kit was priced at $348.99 at the same time, and now sells for $369, so that’s a 5.73% increase. The 6000 MT/s CL36 kit is also priced at $369 right now, but it was selling for just $325.99 a month ago. While prices aren’t going down like they are in Germany, the rate of increase has at least slowed a bit, with an overall plateauing of popular kits, as you can see in this PCPartPicker data:

In ComputerBase’s list, G.Skill’s Aegis 32GB DDR4 kit saw the largest price hike, going from $219.99 in mid-January to $236 in mid-February, constituting a 7.28% increase. Checking Amazon U.S., we see the 3200 MT/s CL16 kit priced at $269.99 right now, while it cost $229.99 a month ago — that’s an enormous 17.4% surge in just a few weeks. Apart from these two extreme examples, there are more modest fluctuations, too.