# A researcher says ‘we just undid about 20 years of progress’ when it comes to memory prices, so I broke out my calculator and compared actual RAM kits from 2007 to 2026

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/a-researcher-says-we-just-undid-about-20-years-of-progress-when-it-comes-to-memory-prices-so-i-broke-out-my-calculator-and-compared-actual-ram-kits-from-2007-to-2026/
- Published: 2026-08-11T10:22:48+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-11T11:18:58+00:00
- Original publisher: PC Gamer
- Original article: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/memory/a-researcher-says-we-just-undid-about-20-years-of-progress-when-it-comes-to-memory-prices-so-i-broke-out-my-calculator-and-compared-actual-ram-kits-from-2007-to-2026/
- Topics: Gaming

## Summary

I wasn't able to retrieve the actual article content — the page fetch only returned PC Gamer's site navigation, membership pop-ups and JavaScript boilerplate, not the article text itself, and I don't have web search permission enabled to find the details another way. All I have is the headline, which indicates a researcher said RAM/memory pricing has regressed roughly to 2007-era levels ("undid about 20 years of progress"), and that the author compared actual RAM kit prices from 2007 to 2026.

Without the real body text I can't responsibly give you specific prices, figures or the author's detailed conclusions — writing those in would risk fabricating numbers. Could you either:
1. Paste in the full article text, or
2. Grant WebSearch/WebFetch permission so I can pull the actual content,

and I'll produce the accurate summary and TL;DR right away.

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