Acer CEO warns PC prices could jump 20% by Q4, peak mid-2027
Memory and SSD costs could push prebuilt prices up 20% by year's end
Acer Chairman Jason Chen told Taiwan's Economic Daily News that PC prices could climb another 5% to 20% by Q4 2026, with the average selling price peaking around mid-2027. The culprit: memory and SSD costs are still elevated, even though DDR4/DDR5 supply has normalized and CPU availability is mostly fine outside some low-end and mid-range chips.
Systems with more RAM or storage will see the biggest jumps. That means prebuilts and laptops with 32GB+ configs or 1TB+ SSDs are about to get pricier, just as 32GB became the real minimum for modern AAA. Chen expects relief in the second half of 2027.
If you're eyeing a new rig, the window to buy at current prices is closing. Waiting for a deal could mean paying more later — or settling for less RAM. Not ideal when games are already tight on 16GB.
Check BetterFPS to see if your current setup can squeeze out another year, or if you need to pull the trigger before Q4.