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Corsair launched its AI Workstation 300 in the summer of 2025 with AMD's Strix Halo silicon on board to appeal to local LLM enthusiasts looking for a powerful yet compact mini-PC. At the time of our review in February, prices for the top-end Ryzen AI Max+ 395 variant had already risen to around $3,000 from a launch price of around $2,299, and we already criticized its subpar value proposition compared to rivals like the DGX Spark and its GB10 brethren.
Now, all configs of the AI Workstation 300 have gotten even more expensive. The top-of-the-line variant equipped with a Ryzen AI Max 395+ APU, 128 GB of LPDDR5X-8000 RAM, and 4 TB of storage has been bumped up to $3,399.99. Keep in mind that this is the only AI Max 395+ config available on the site, too, since the 1 TB SSD option is out of stock, and you can't down-spec the memory.
If the 1TB model was available, however, it would cost $2,699 now, up $700 from its $1,999 launch price. Finally, the Ryzen AI Max 385 config with 64 GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD has gone from $1,599.99 to $1,699.99, constituting just a $100 hike.
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Cumulatively, those make for $1,100, a $700, and $100 price hikes across the board, but in the grand scheme of Strix Halo systems, these prices are pretty much the going rate.
For instance, another popular Ryzen AI Max+ 395 model, the Beelink GTR9 Pro, is going for $2,999 right now, and it comes with only a single 2 TB SSD. Adding another high-end 2TB PCIe 4.0 drive would cost you at least $350 right now, by which point you'd already be in the Corsair model's territory.
We reviewed the ever-popular GMKtec Evo X2 a couple of months ago as well, which is currently priced at $2,349 on Amazon for the same chip and a 2 TB SSD, but only 96 GB of RAM instead of 128 GB. If you want that much memory, you'll have to shell out $3,299, but you only get 2 TB of storage instead of 4 TB on the Corsair. Heck, even the Framework Desktop would be slightly more expensive when configured the same way.
Regardless of the context, Corsair's price changes came without an announcement, so we don't actually have an official reason for the price increase, but it's pretty easy to connect the dots. The ongoing component shortage caused by the AI boom is a likely root cause, and it's been made worse by escalating geopolitical tensions blocking off critical trade routes.
RAM and storage are extremely costly at the moment, even for vendors buying in bulk, so that added cost is going to get passed down to the customer. Recently, Ayaneo even had to halt orders for its upcoming Next 2 handheld featuring Strix Halo chips because the company simply could not get the parts at a reasonable price. But hey, if you're chasing tokens amid AI boom that started all this, maybe it doesn't matter how much pricier your Strix Halo machine gets.
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