DRAM prices to rise in first quarter of 2021

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/16/2020 08:56 AM | source: trendforce | 19 comment(s)

DRAM prices will start to stabilize and even rise slightly in the first quarter of 2021. Currently, the memory market is divided into 40% for mobile devices , 34% for servers, 13% for PC consumption, 8% for DRAM consumers and the remaining 5% for graphics.

Among the main players is GDDR6 memory, used in all modern graphics cards, which will increase its price by between 5 and 10%. For its part, the DRAM market for mobile devices will remain stable, while for servers it could increase up to 5%.

In addition, the price of DDR4 DRAM for consumer PCs will remain "constant", which will imply an increase of 0 to 5% , while DDR3 RAM will increase its price between 3 and 8% due to its lower stock.

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Mpampis
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#5867524 Posted on: 12/16/2020 11:26 AM

Hm, better get me a new pair for Christmas then.

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#5867557 Posted on: 12/16/2020 12:40 PM

Hm, better get me a new pair for Christmas then.

These kind of news and this kind of reactions are what going to increase the price further.
Not saying you're wrong, if you need it: buy it!

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#5867574 Posted on: 12/16/2020 01:23 PM

Great! I was planning on building a new PC by March but now, not so sure.

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#5867580 Posted on: 12/16/2020 01:36 PM

DDR5 will cost a fortune next year. Poor early adopters...

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#5867590 Posted on: 12/16/2020 02:00 PM

These kind of news and this kind of reactions are what going to increase the price further.
Not saying you're wrong, if you need it: buy it!

I'm on a Ryzen 7 1700, my 3200Mhz RAM isn't actually supported (I had it before I got the CPU) so I've been thinking about getting new RAM that works better in my system.
And if CPU prices drop, buy one to build a 2nd PC with my current RAM and some spare parts I have laying around.
Since the CPUs aren't getting any cheaper, I'll probably skip this altogether and wait for the next gen because -as you correctly pointed out- I don't really need it.

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