Industry Exec Says That Gamers Are More Likely to Compromise on RAM Purchases Before Choosing Smaller-Capacity SSDs

Peter_Brosdahl · 2026-04-15T08:03:34-0400

Recent consumer purchasing trends are painting an interesting picture as gamers adapt as best they can during the current DRAM/NAND shortage. For anyone asleep at the wheel, the PC enthusiast sector saw significant price hikes in memory last summer. Since then, NAND chips have also been added to the mix, and so SSD prices have […]

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GodisanAtheist · 2026-04-15T11:33:32-0400

Unsurprising. The system has a fallback for not enough ram, but there is no fallback for too little storage...

Grimlakin · 2026-04-15T13:30:31-0400

I'd love to see priorities by budget tier.

Skillz · 2026-04-15T14:41:22-0400

My expertise says gamers will just start buying consoles instead of building expensive PCs until prices come way down.

or they just wont upgrade to a new platform requiring new RAM.

Industry Exec Says That Gamers Are More Likely to Compromise on RAM Purchases Before Choosing Smaller-Capacity SSDs

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