RAM has decreased in price!

[Guest]

2014 was a year of high DRAM prices for the desktop market as a combination of low production and high demand caused prices to surge. Production issues were caused by an earthquake that struck Taiwan in April 2014, damaging wafer yields for many vendors, as well as the notorious fire at SK hynix's Chinese fabrication plant in late 2013 that continued to slow its production. On the demand side many vendors had turned their focus towards mobile devices rather than the declining PC desktop market putting further pressuring on desktop DRAM supply.

 

During 2015, however, that trend has changed with the DRAM industry moving back towards a DRAM-oversupply scenario. According to a recent report from DRAMeXchange the market price for 4Gb (512MB) DDR3 chips has fallen to $2.92, the lowest price in 26 months. Such a decline represents a 9 per cent fall compared to the previous quarter.

 

There is the potential for further reductions in DRAM prices throughout the rest of this year should vendors maintain high production, however, memory giant Micron will likely do all it can to prevent any steep declines by appropriately adjusting production downwards. Analysts also note that new iPhones will be set to enter production later on this year and, if popular enough, could drive significant DRAM demand.

 

Market DRAM prices are expected to increase in Q3 and Q4 of this year so savvy consumers would do well to make their upgrades sooner rather than later. A quick scout around UK retailers reveals 4GB of DDR3 currently fetches about £22 while 8GB starts at around £42, a far cry from late last year where prices started at £30 and £60, respectively, for the equivalent items.

 

Source: http://hexus.net/tech/news/ram/83403-dram-prices-continue-fall-q2-2015/

 

@LinusTech Please get this on the WAN Show

[minibois]

Hype! 

My friend wants to upgrade to 16GB, so will tell him this

[JoaoPRSousa]

Finally. Though, I already have mine and won't be upgrading.

[Sam Z Man]

Yea this will make my x99 build happen sooner I'm waiting until ddr4 drops lower than 7-8$/gb.

[terrytek]

If only DDR2 dropped in price, so i can upgrade my ram.

[tp95112]

I can finally have more Chrome tabs open

[GrimNeo]

Hype! 

My friend wants to upgrade to 16GB, so will tell him this

I just bought ram. My loss

[Tedster]

I just bought ram. My loss

Your loss, someone else's gain.

[WereCat]

This makes me want to upgrade to 32GB but the 16GB I already have is more than enough so.... I have to keep my self in the leash.

[Fassive]

i might even upgrade to 16gb of ram now its hella cheap

[Soplias]

Yea this will make my x99 build happen sooner I'm waiting until ddr4 drops lower than 7-8$/gb.

Yeah Same, im Saving for my future X99 build, so hopefully it will have dropped a bit when the time comes to parts shopping

[CommandMan7]

Repost, although I admit this is a much more informative thread.

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/374185-overclock3d-ram-prices-hit-26th-month-low/

[Sam Z Man]

Yeah Same, im Saving for my future X99 build, so hopefully it will have dropped a bit when the time comes to parts shopping

Right now I have a Gigabyte X99-UD5 waiting in my basement and I can't wait to get it in a system.

[Norman_the_Owl]

i might even upgrade to 16gb of ram now its hella cheap

It's so worth it

[MonkeyFace]

It's old news. I'm surprised LTT forum didn't pick up this news back in January .

[Doobeedoo]

Urm, yey. I remember it also with HDDs which was terrible. Hoping for SSDs to see faster decrease in price though.

 

But would rather like to see CPU and GPU pricing to go down, they're just expensive a bit for what they give tbh.

[joy-puke]

I can finally have more Chrome tabs open

 

 

try this

 

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg

[GrimNeo]

Your loss, someone else's gain.

I'm use to this now. My last pc I bought 3 years was expensive. My friend bought the exact same pc build I had 31 days later and all the prices dropped lol. He paid $400 less than me.

[emachado99]

Finally! I remember back in late 2012/early 2013 when my uncle bought a 16GB DDR3 RAM kit for me for $69.99 CAD! Regret returning it for other parts

[deVIZtation]

Finally! I remember back in late 2012/early 2013 when my uncle bought a 16GB DDR3 RAM kit for me for $69.99 CAD! Regret returning it for other parts

I bought 8GB DDR3 for 35 bucks in late 2012.

[Briggsy]

Looks like DDR4 inventory space is ramping up, and the old stuffs gotta go.