The PlayStation 6 hasn't even been announced yet, but little rumors pop up now and then that add speculation on what to expect from Sony's next-gen console. The latest is a shocking claim that the RAM and storage configuration of the console will cost more than the entirety of the PS5.

Today's rumor comes via a long thread about next-gen hardware on NeoGaf, where known leaker Kepler_L2 simply said: "RAM + NAND alone is over $680." This was in response to another commenter who optimistically hoped that the console would come in at around $680. But, if Kepler_L2's numbers are right, and you should take them with a grain of salt, there's little chance of that happening.

This isn't the first time that Kepler_L2 has shared the leaked manufacturing cost of the PS6. Back in March, elsewhere on NeoGaf, they suggested the BoM (Bill of Materials) for the PS6 would be $760. But, due to the ongoing RAM crisis, they amended that estimate by saying the cost has gone up by around $200 in June. That would leave an estimated BoM of $960, which doesn't take into consideration additional costs like R&D, marketing and shipping. Keep in mind, though, that Sony has yet to say anything official about the price of PS6.

However, while the presumed cost of the RAM and SSD are high, the rest of the console's hardware could be quite expensive, too. All of this speculation happened in a thread responding to previous speculation from Kepler_L2 that the PS6 would have a GPU with around 40 teraflops of compute performance, and Project Helix would be around 56 teraflops.

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