Very soon, on November 4, the computer components market will enter a new stage of its development – Intel should officially disclose all the details of Alder Lake processors and launch them on sale, and partner companies will present motherboards based on the Z690 chipset and DDR5 RAM. And although motherboards for new processors are under an embargo, their main features, design and even approximate prices have long been leaked online, while the cost of DDR5 memory remains in question. Users were confident that the new generation of RAM would be expensive, and yesterday, October 20, MSI officially confirmed these concerns.
On the official website, the company published a rather interesting article with the most popular questions about the new generation of memory, among which was the question of the cost of DDR5. MSI said that DDR5 RAM will be 50-60% more expensive at launch than DDR4 memory at launch. Accordingly, the difference in cost between DDR5 and DDR4 at the beginning of November will be quite noticeable, almost twofold, as the price of DDR4 has gradually decreased. The manufacturer’s representatives added that it takes about 2 years to reach parity with the previous generation of RAM, but in the current state of the market this is unlikely.
In addition, analysts believe that the cost of DDR5 memory will affect the cost of motherboards based on the Intel Z690 chipset. The fact is that DDR4 and DDR5 are not backward compatible, so the manufacturer will have to choose between the type of memory that it supports on the motherboard. And given the cost of DDR5, the demand for motherboards with its support will not be so high, which means that manufacturers of computer components will compensate for the low demand with a higher cost.
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