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Like what the ... Ok, I understand that the largest RAM factory burned down like a year ago, but RAM prices just shot up again for no apparent reason... After the factory burned down, 8GB ram costed about 70 bucks, lately, the cheapest 8 GB RAM kit I can find is at 80-90 bucks. What's their excuse this time? Why did prices shoot up AGAIN? This is really starting to piss me off right now and I'm starting to think that factory had little to do with this...

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"so once in a year RAM makers decide they'd like to make more than 10 cents per DIMM" - Linus

 

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This happens every year with technology, Every year after Christmas I see some computer parts and computer prices go up.

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Like what the actual fuck... Ok, I understand that the largest RAM factory burned down like a year ago, but RAM prices just shot up again for no apparent reason... After the factory burned down, 8GB ram costed about 70 bucks, lately, the cheapest 8 GB RAM kit I can find is at 80-90 bucks. What's their excuse this time? Why did prices shoot up AGAIN? This is really starting to piss me off right now and I'm starting to think that factory had little to do with this...

Don't visit EU, ever. Unless you want a heartattack when you see 130 for cheapest 8GB and about 200 for the reasonable ones.

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every computer needs ram.. if someone raises prices, you still need to buy it

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but what whas the price of 8gb ram before that fire? I'm curious

also, the factory didn't burned down completely, just a setion of which but the equipement in that part of the building could actually be reused

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No i didn't eat there lunch.

Their* and also, this happens all the time, just something we have to live with.

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Don't visit EU, ever. Unless you want a heartattack when you see 130 for cheapest 8GB and about 200 for the reasonable ones.

dang i thought new zealand was bad 16gb @ 1866mhz for 249 (206 usd).. (1.20 nzd = 1.00 usd) 

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but what whas the price of 8gb ram before that fire? I'm curious

also, the factory didn't burned down completely, just a setion of which but the equipement in that part of the building could actually be reused

It was about 40 bucks.

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but what whas the price of 8gb ram before that fire? I'm curious

also, the factory didn't burned down completely, just a setion of which but the equipement in that part of the building could actually be reused

You could get Corsair Vengeance 8gb (4x2) for like $60.

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well, in my country a nice, cheap 8gb ram kit is about $80 and it was like this forever

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dang i thought new zealand was bad 16gb @ 1866mhz for 249 (206 usd).. (1.20 nzd = 1.00 usd) 

32 GB pack of Corsair vengeance @1600mhz is about 550$ (when you cut the pack in half you usually pay ~60-65% of the initial cost)

32 GB of corsair Dominators Plat @2133 cost 700-800$

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32 GB pack of Corsair vengeance @1600mhz is about 550$ (when you cut the pack in half you usually pay ~60-65% of the initial cost)

32 GB of corsair Dominators Plat @2133 cost 700-800$

i dont know anyone who would pay the price of a gtx 780 ti for ram :S

i would rather buy 2 780 ti's and have 8gb of ram  :L

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Maybe all the RAM companies decided to raise prices at the same time? It's not the first time this has happened.

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I don't fucken understand it, why did prices jump AGAIN from $70 to fucken $115! THEY WERE $70 2 WEEKS AGO!

Supply and demand. Also many companies are slowing production as well since DDR4 is on the horizon.

 

Yes, it sucks, but we can't do anything about it. Either buy it or don't. I'm just glad I was able to get 16GB(4x4GB) 2 years ago for less than $100 USD.

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