RAM IS SO CHEEP

[scobie56]

why is ram so cheep on amazon its 40 pound for 8gb 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/HyperX-FURY-1866MHz-Memory-Module/dp/B00J8E91T0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1434892793&sr=8-2&keywords=ram

or 

20 pound for 4 gb 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/HyperX-FURY-1600MHz-Memory-Module/dp/B00J8E908M/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1434892873&sr=8-6&keywords=4gb+ram

[Oshino Shinobu]

It's the normal price. It's coming back down from the price increase because of the fires a few years ago. 

[iamdarkyoshi]

Not as cheap as when I bought it. I got 16gb used for 50 USD (~30 pounds)

[Bsmith]

RAM is free, if you pay you are wasting money.

 

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[Si3Rra_7]

It's the normal price. It's coming back down from the price increase because of the fires a few years ago. 

Yeah , that hynix factory fire really messed up the prices for a while . 

 

I'm also expecting prices to drop since DDR4 is coming to mainstream soon enough ( Skylake )

[Guest]

https://azerty.nl/0-750-478347/crucial-ballistix-sport-geheugen-8-gb-2-x-4-gb-dimm-240-pins-ddr3-1600-mhz-pc3-12800-cl9-1-5-v-niet-gebuffer.html

 

still €60...

[Sakkura]

It's the normal price. It's coming back down from the price increase because of the fires a few years ago. 

 

Well, the fire, along with the shrinking supply because of some manufacturers going out of business (at least temporarily, like Elpida) or changing to manufacturing higher-margin products than DRAM. The DRAM prices at the bottom were unsustainable, at least with the manufacturing tech at the time.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Yeah , that hynix factory fire really messed up the prices for a while . 

 

I'm also expecting prices to drop since DDR4 is coming to mainstream soon enough ( Skylake )

Technically, the price should be cheaper than before the fires, seeing as the production efficiency will have improved over the years. 

 

I wouldn't be so sure about DDR4 though. DDR2 didn't really drop in price for a long time, and that was after DDR3 was pretty much the only option for any fairly recent setup. 

[Bananasplit_00]

[Virus__]

RAM hasn't moved much in price here in ages. I paid only $55 for my 8GB Hyper X kit in 2012, that same RAM now is between $80 & $100 depending where you shop...