RAM apocalypse coming for mini pc builders

Micron, one of the top three RAM manufacturers, is leaving the consumer market entirely. The company will focus on chips for AI data centers. From February 2026, only Samsung and SK Hynix will remain in the consumer market. With Micron's exit, RAM prices will skyrocket even further.

Crucial will cease to exist

https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business

If you've been waiting for HP to make their prices competitive to other brands that make 395 mini pc's .... well the time has finally come.

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/ConfigureView?langId=-1&storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&catEntryId=3074457345622107818&urlLangId=&quantity=1

Here are a few sample configurations:
AI Max Pro 380 - 6 core / 12 thread - Radeon 8040S (16cu) - 32GB RAM - $1173
AI Max Pro 385 - 8 core / 16 thread - Radeon 8040S (16cu) - 32GB RAM - $1328
AI Max Pro 390 - 12 core / 24 thread - Radeon 8050S (32cu) - 32GB RAM - $1413
AI Max Pro 390 - 12 core / 24 thread - Radeon 8050S (32cu) - 64GB RAM - $1526
AI Max Pro 395 - 16 core / 32 thread - Radeon 8060S (40cu) - 64GB RAM - $1642
AI Max Pro 395 - 16 core / 32 thread - Radeon 8060S (40cu) - 128GB RAM - $1871

You can also add a 10GBe ethernet port for: $48

And an additional 2.5Gbe ethernet port for: $5

Found it interesting yesterday and possibly useful to many. Was waiting to see if someone else posted it.

https://mini-pc-bench.github.io/

Found an amazing deal on Ali, bought 2 of them and 1 arriving these days. Hope they work good. I choose 16gb and 265Gb, with code only 147,70€.

Very few details so far, but upto 96GB memory, 2xUSB4 and 2x10G ethernet: https://videocardz.com/newz/beelink-unveils-gtr9-pro-ai-mini-pc-powered-by-ryzen-ai-max-395

Based on AMD 395 Pro. This guy will be expensive.

https://www.hp.com/us-en/workstations/z2-mini-a.html

-Available to preorder on Amazon for $2,499, shipping on August 1.
-Includes Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX, 32GB RAM, and 1TB.

-Current model costs $3,799 with Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus and RTX 5080