AI chips are driving up the cost of accompanying memory semiconductors, and that’s making gaming PCs and other gear more unaffordable.
So Maingear announced it is rolling out BYO RAM Builds – a new way to order a custom Maingear desktop. And you can do it without purchasing random access memory (RAM) through the build. Customers can bring their own compatible memory kit, and Maingear will integrate it into a fully built, validated, ready-to-game system.
DDR5 pricing has been unpredictable and, in many cases, brutal. BYO RAM Builds give gamers and creators a smarter path: lock in the Maingear system you want now, source RAM on your terms (deal hunting, timing the market, using what you already own), and still get Maingear build quality and performance, and system-level testing.
You can choose a Maingear BYO RAM Build configuration, follow Maingear’s compatibility guidance for supported memory kits, and either:
· provide your own kit for Maingear to install during the build process, or
· purchase a compatible kit separately from an external source and ship it to Maingear to pair it with your system (per Maingear’s BYO RAM process).
· Every BYO RAM system still goes through Maingear’s standard validation before shipping.
Over the past several months, memory pricing has been hit by a perfect storm: rising demand from AI infrastructure, tighter allocation from major manufacturers, and constrained availability across popular DDR5 capacities and speeds.
The result has been price spikes, inconsistent retail inventory, and a growing “buy it when you see it” mentality among PC builders. BYO RAM Builds are Maingear’s answer to that reality, offering a practical, gamer-first way to keep new builds moving while preventing memory from being a roadblock for completing builds.