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temps 18 hours ago
Will the RAM shortage affect Steam Frame availability?
Will the RAM shortage affect Steam Frame availability?

Seems like it depends on whether Valve stockpiled RAM for the Steam Frame before the big shortage came. Or at least secured a contract from a RAM supplier before the RAM shortage arrived.

Does anyone know?

EDIT: This looks encouraging. News articles dated October 9th 2025 suggest Valve's new Steam Frame VR headset was already in mass production. This seems to suggest they should have some supply already, and presumably secured RAM supply long before putting the headset in mass production.

Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/virtual-reality/valves-next-gen-deckard-vr-headset-reportedly-enters-mass-production-company-allegedly-plans-to-ship-up-to-600k-units-annually-upcoming-steam-frame-could-launch-before-the-end-of-the-year
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DarkCrystalMethod 18 hours ago 
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamframe
It seems it is also considered a stand-alone PC with 16GB of RAM.
Expect it to have some effect on the final price Valve decides upon, unless ALL Steam Frame's have already been built before RAM became expensive and they're only going to sell the existing ones.
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Broseph Joseph 16 hours ago 
Yeah unless valve stockpiled a SERIOUS amount of dram before prices went nuts, expect bad effects on the frame price/availability, perhaps both :(
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temps 16 hours ago 
Originally posted by Broseph Joseph:
Yeah unless valve stockpiled a SERIOUS amount of dram before prices went nuts, expect bad effects on the frame price/availability, perhaps both :(

Even if they didn't stockpile RAM I wonder if they might be okay. Because maybe they secured a binding contract that gives them a certain amount of RAM supply in the future or something.
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Broseph Joseph 15 hours ago 
Originally posted by temps:
Originally posted by Broseph Joseph:
Yeah unless valve stockpiled a SERIOUS amount of dram before prices went nuts, expect bad effects on the frame price/availability, perhaps both :(

Even if they didn't stockpile RAM I wonder if they might be okay. Because maybe they secured a binding contract that gives them a certain amount of RAM supply in the future or something.
Thats what stockpiling dram means. You thought it means gabe has boxes of dram chips under his desk or something lol?
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temps 15 hours ago 
Originally posted by Broseph Joseph:
Originally posted by temps:

Even if they didn't stockpile RAM I wonder if they might be okay. Because maybe they secured a binding contract that gives them a certain amount of RAM supply in the future or something.
Thats what stockpiling dram means. You thought it means gabe has boxes of dram chips under his desk or something lol?

I would think if they stockpiled RAM, it means the factory where they produce these things has received a supply of RAM or whatever components and presumably has it in a warehouse or storage area. Yes.

If all you have is a contract with a RAM supplier to provide you with RAM in the future, then I don't think you would say that you have a RAM stockpile because you don't actually have the RAM yet.
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