Some prices go up, see the previous news item, other go down. Good news for those on the lookout for some new DDR4 memory. Here the price trend now definitely is going down with good steps. They've dropped by 10% in one month, and are likely to drop even further into Q1 2019.

Dramexchange reports that the contract price of dram modules has dropped by 10% last month and it expects lower prices to continue. The is partly due to overproduction in the DRAM plants, which make the contract prices drop significantly. Dramexchange mentioned that this will last for a while and a further reduction drop towards 205 is expected.

-- Dramexchange -- Contract prices of PC DRAM products have started to turn downward sharply this October as major suppliers have completed most contract negotiations, reports DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. The average price of 4GB PC DRAM modules for 4Q18 contracts has dropped by 10.14% QoQ from US$34.5 in 3Q18 to the current US$31. As for the average contract price of 8GB PC DRAM modules, it has dropped by 10.29% QoQ from US$68 in 3Q18 to the current US$61. Since the DRAM market has just entered oversupply, DRAMeXchange does not discount the possibility of further price declines in November and December.

Also, the price decline of 8GB solutions will continue to surpass that of 4GB solutions because DRAM suppliers are now eager to sell off their inventory. Looking ahead to 1Q19, seasonal headwinds will affect shipments of end products not only in the PC market but also in the server and smartphone markets. Furthermore, the quarter will be the period for the channel market and OEMs to eliminate excess inventory. Thus, negotiating contracts will be very challenging for the DRAM suppliers. The ASP in the whole DRAM market is forecast to fall by as much as around 20% YoY in 2019, according to DRAMeXchange’s latest analysis. After reaching peak profit in 3Q18, DRAM suppliers are now optimizing their costs so that they will have a soft landing in 2019 as prices are marked down every quarter.

Below an example of a 16GB 3200 MHz CL16 G.Skill Ripjaws V Black memory kit:

Prices DDR4 memory fallen 10% in just one month