RAM price index: September 2026
RAM prices rose 3.7% in September 2026. Of the 3,064 RAM products Newegg priced on both Aug 26 and Sep 29, 1,257 cost more, 299 cost less and 1,508 cost the same.
September 2026, day by day
Every day's level
| Day | Index | Products priced that day |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 (start) | 100.9 | 3,064 |
| Sep 1 | 103.2 | 3,038 |
| Sep 3 | 103.1 | 3,042 |
| Sep 4 | 103.7 | 3,043 |
| Sep 5 | 103.8 | 3,041 |
| Sep 6 | 103.8 | 3,041 |
| Sep 7 | 103.9 | 3,041 |
| Sep 8 | 103.9 | 3,037 |
| Sep 9 | 104.2 | 3,039 |
| Sep 10 | 104.2 | 3,036 |
| Sep 11 | 104.2 | 3,028 |
| Sep 12 | 104.3 | 3,039 |
| Sep 13 | 104.3 | 3,026 |
| Sep 14 | 104.3 | 3,027 |
| Sep 15 | 104.3 | 3,038 |
| Sep 16 | 104.3 | 3,046 |
| Sep 17 | 104.4 | 3,025 |
| Sep 18 | 104.5 | 3,048 |
| Sep 19 | 104.1 | 3,054 |
| Sep 20 | 104.1 | 3,055 |
| Sep 21 | 104.1 | 3,055 |
| Sep 22 | 104.1 | 3,058 |
| Sep 24 | 104.5 | 3,059 |
| Sep 25 | 104.5 | 3,060 |
| Sep 26 | 104.5 | 3,062 |
| Sep 27 | 104.5 | 3,060 |
| Sep 28 | 104.5 | 3,061 |
| Sep 29 | 104.6 | 3,064 |
What the figures show
Rises outnumbered falls about four to one: 1,257 against 299. 49% of the products kept the same price, so the typical product did not move and the change comes from the ones that did.
In August 2026 the index rose 0.9%. Since our record began on Aug 3, 2026, RAM prices have risen 4.6% on this measure, to 104.6.
We collected prices on 27 of the month's 30 days; Sep 2, Sep 23 and Sep 30 are missing. A missing day is a break in the line; nothing is filled in.
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An index says where prices went, not where they are going. The latest prices we checked and our record of what happens next are on these pages:
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ComponentPrices, "RAM price index: September 2026", https://componentprices.com/ram/price-per-gb/2026-09: +3.7% (index 104.6 on Sep 29, 2026; Aug 3, 2026 = 100).
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<a href="https://componentprices.com/ram/price-per-gb/2026-09"><img src="https://componentprices.com/ram/price-per-gb/2026-09.svg" alt="RAM price index, September 2026: +3.7%" width="720" height="360"></a>How this index is made
Same products, each counted once
Each month compares the same products at both ends: every RAM product, identified by its barcode, that Newegg priced on the last day we collected in the month before (Aug 26) and on the last day we collected in this month (Sep 29). That covers every kind and condition Newegg lists with a barcode, desktop, laptop and server memory alike. A product that arrived or left during the month is not in the comparison, so a change in what is on sale does not move the index.
Each product counts once, whatever it costs: the index takes the geometric mean of the products' price changes, the way statistical offices build a price index from shop prices, so one expensive server part cannot outweigh a hundred desktop ones. The months are chained: the index was 100 on Aug 3, 2026, the first day of our record, and each month multiplies it by that month's change.
Because the price of the same product per GB changes exactly as its price does, this is also the change in what a GB of RAM costs. The median price per GB is a different measure: it also moves when cheaper or dearer products come and go. One retailer, US dollars, before tax and shipping. Read how we collect and check prices.