Hardware Inflation: Dell Hikes Business PC Prices by up to 30% as Memory Costs Skyrocket
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Dell recently circulated an internal memo to employees disclosing that, due to rising costs for memory and storage hardware, prices for its business-oriented products will increase starting December 17, 2025. The magnitude of each increase will vary by SKU, depending on the amount of installed RAM and solid-state storage.
According to Dell sales representatives, contract prices are expected to rise by approximately 10 to 30 percent. The increases will affect all customers and, as they put it, are largely unavoidable; organizations wishing to continue procuring these products will have little choice but to absorb the higher costs.
For commercial systems equipped with 32 GB of memory, prices are projected to climb by USD 130 to 230. Configurations featuring up to 128 GB of RAM will see even steeper hikes, ranging from USD 520 to 765.
Price increases for solid-state drives are expected to be more modest than those for memory. Sales staff indicated that opting for a 1 TB SSD in a business desktop or laptop will add between USD 55 and 135. Dell’s commercial division primarily serves enterprise customers rather than individual consumers, accounting for roughly 85 percent of the company’s annual revenue. That division, however, extends beyond PCs, also selling monitors, graphics cards, and related hardware—all of which are likewise subject to price increases.
Internal pricing lists show that the Dell Pro 55 Plus 4K monitor currently retails for USD 1,349.99 and is expected to rise by an additional USD 150. For laptops configured with an NVIDIA RTX PRO 500 GPU, the 6 GB VRAM option will incur an extra USD 66, while the 24 GB version will add as much as USD 530.
Dell also issued a separate memo to its sales teams on November 25, urging them to act decisively ahead of the price hikes by finalizing cross-quarter agreements and closing existing contracts. The memo notes that placing orders now for future deliveries will not lock in current pricing.
Dell is clearly concerned that potential shortages of DRAM and NAND could prompt customers to rethink their hardware investments. As prices rise, demand is likely to soften—impacting not only Dell but other OEMs as well. For hardware manufacturers, this is shaping up to be an especially challenging period.
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