Best RAM Deals · August 10 – August 16, 2026

Of the 423 priced kits RamRadar monitored during the week of August 10 – August 16, 2026, 12 dropped at least 5% from their prior price. The biggest mover was the G.SKILL Trident Z5 Royal Series DDR5 RAM (Intel XMP 3.0) 32GB (2x16GB) 6400MT/s CL32-39-39-102 1.40V Desktop Computer Memory U-DIMM - Silver (F5-6400J3239G16GX2-TR5S), which fell from $1,593.58 to $599.99, a 62.3% drop. At its week low, that 32GB DDR5 kit worked out to $18.75/GB. The runner-up was the G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR4 SO-DIMM Series DDR4 RAM 16GB (1x16GB) 3200MT/s CL22-22-22-52 1.20V Unbuffered Non-ECC Notebook/Laptop Memory SO-DIMM (F4-3200C22S-16GRS), down 55.5% to $39.99. In total, 7 of the 12 drops matched or beat an all-time low in our records.

The drops split 7 DDR5 kits to 5 DDR4. Taken together, the 12 kits shed a combined $2,979.66 from their prior prices, with a median cut of 39.0%. Week-low prices among them ranged from $24.69 to $968.43.

Zooming out: DDR5 desktop kits averaged $14.91/GB across the wider catalog we price, up 0.9% from $14.77/GB the week before. DDR4 desktop kits averaged $7.64/GB, essentially flat week-over-week. Every figure in this recap is computed from the price history RamRadar records across retailers, the same data behind the deal cards below.