Intel quietly raised recommended prices on three of its best-selling Arrow Lake Refresh processors by roughly 15 to 17 percent starting July 2, 2026, driven by surging AI server demand, manufacturing bottlenecks, and a strategic pivot toward higher-margin datacenter silicon. The hike effectively erases the generation's value advantage on the dead-end LGA1851 platform, leaving buyers facing higher costs, months-long lead times, and a strong incentive to stick with AMD's supported AM5 ecosystem.

Jefferies predicts DRAM and NAND prices will surge 40% to 50% quarter-over-quarter starting in Q3 2026, with no meaningful relief expected until at least 2028. The crisis is driven by hyperscaler demand for AI infrastructure locking up supply and Chinese producers failing to deliver the anticipated competitive pressure, forcing manufacturers to raise consumer hardware prices significantly.

AMD has just announced their new Radeon RX 6800 graphics cards series.

AMD has announced their new Threadripper CPUs