DDR4 Memory Prices Keep On Rising
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Serotonin
It's like oil. Use any excuse to raises prices.
schmidtbag
At first I was like "I don't think DDR4 prices changed that much..." and then I realized I couldn't have been more wrong. I bought 16GB of DDR4 at 3GHz with a CL of 15 back in November for about $80 USD. The same product at the same store is now $123. Yikes, I sure dodged a bullet there. $43 is often enough to increase the performance tier of another product.
BlueRay
Fabricated excuses and cartels under the table to increase the profit margins.
Create a technical excuse so the public won't object and start the milking.
Just like with the HDDs and Monitors some years ago.
Silva
Why change the process to one that produces worst results wile you can't even keep up with demand of the current process? What the hell...
schmidtbag
Agonist
Guess I can wait long to do a Ryzen upgrade.
May wait for the Ryzen revision anyways.
spine
So why isn't Hynix swooping in and cleaning up with their 20nm if they're having no problems delivering at all?
Sounds like a cartel to me...
Havel
Still with DDR3, new crad - yes. New memory - pfff ๐
Aura89
Agonist
Anarion
When I bought my current DDR3 dimms they were as cheap as hair combs. Though, it looks like I'm not going to upgrade until Pinnacle Ridge. There's plenty of time for them to get cheaper.
H83
I noticed the higher prices when i had to pay for my current RAM...
And iยดve read somewhere that motherboards prices are also expected to rise in the next months...
tsunami231
I remeber when I made my 920 system and bought 6gb of DDR3 at 1600mhz it was 240$
DDR4 16gb at 2400mhz is still cheaper
Humanoid_1
Yeah, think I am putting off my next CPU upgrade until RAM drops a lot in price. Today's prices are nuts.
Aiming for at least 64GB RAM for my next system, the 32GB I have now is nice but I do find myself bouncing off its limitations frustratingly often...
Agonist
The Goose
Same with ddr3 prices at the moment.
Clouseau
The 3200C14 2x8GB GSkill Tridentz picked up when Rysen was released was $170 now $180 for the same kit. SSD prices increased more. Chalked up to global inflation; "global" economy, "global" effects.
user1
http://www.dramexchange.com/WeeklyResearch/PrinterFriendly/2/4506.html
If Dramexchange is to be trusted, they seem to indicate that the major dram manufacturers are colluding to artifically inflating prices in order to maximize profitability before the new Chinese fabs come online in the next few years.
Athlonite
Nvm!....
Humanoid_1