Best RAM Deals · August 17 – August 23, 2026

Of the 436 priced kits RamRadar monitored during the week of August 17 – August 23, 2026, 12 dropped at least 5% from their prior price. The biggest mover was the G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo Series DDR5 RAM (AMD Expo) 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MT/s CL30-40-40-96 1.40V Desktop Computer Memory U-DIMM - Matte Black (F5-6000J3040G32GX2-TZ5N), which fell from $1,592.78 to $748.30, a 53.0% drop. At its week low, that 64GB DDR5 kit worked out to $11.69/GB. The runner-up was the Kingston DDR4 8GB 2666MHz, down 52.7% to $25.99. In total, 2 of the 12 drops matched or beat an all-time low in our records.

The drops split 2 DDR5 kits to 10 DDR4. Taken together, the 12 kits shed a combined $1,758.37 from their prior prices, with a median cut of 38.6%. Week-low prices among them ranged from $25.99 to $748.30.

Zooming out: DDR5 desktop kits averaged $15.21/GB across the wider catalog we price, up 2.0% from $14.91/GB the week before. DDR4 desktop kits averaged $7.63/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.