RAM PRICES !?!?!

[Pumba217]

What on earth is happening with RAM prices? Last year i was about to buy 2 x 8 Corsair Vengence 1600 for $89 (AUD) and now its $185!!!

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=186_538_913&vk_sort=1

This is complete torture for someone like who is trying to gather parts for a new pc :(

 

 

[TheSLSAMG]

I know! My sister's rig has 16GB which cost under $90 USD and now the same RAM is $130 USD.

[M-ursu]

Prices have gone ↑UP↑

I bought 16Gb kit for 95€ and now it is 170€ on sale.

[Pumba217]

Im probably going to have to just buy it off Amazon, its around $130 there... So mad right now, at myself for not buying it last year !

[Wferr]

I know! My sister's rig has 16GB which cost under $90 USD and now the same RAM is $130 USD.

Wish i bought alot of ram for my machine before it costed so much.

[Pumba217]

I wonder why this is happening though?

[Emperor_Piehead]

it's mostly because factories have stopped producing as much ram in preparation for DDR4. Also last year they were exceptionally low prices.

[Kirihuna]

it's mostly because factories have stopped producing as much ram in preparation for DDR4. Also last year they were exceptionally low prices.

Well there's this.

 

Also, the fact that PC is dying and mobile is booming. Why produce as much RAM for computers as you have in the past if the market is dying? So some manufactures are switching to mobile RAM.

[Pumba217]

lol this just had to happen when i get into pc gaming and hardware :P

[dlf]

lol this just had to happen when i get into pc gaming and hardware :P

What he said ^

 

I don't want to wait 3+ years for a new Motherboard, CPU, to get 16 or 32 GB. 

[Wferr]

And all the ram makers are suppling Smartphones and other things first and then PC's are the last down the chain so they have to pay alot more to get the ram.

[Rekx]

lol this just had to happen when i get into pc gaming and hardware :P

He he when i got into pc gaming the Big flod in Thailand had just happend, so hdd prices was so High.

[swifty7]

I guess I'm happy now that I got my 16gb corsair vengance 1600 for $90 from amazon last year

[BCMods]

To all you saying I shouldn't have got 16GB RAM for my server, HA! :D

[craig92]

Yah ram prices even in the uk has went up. i got my 16g kingston hyperx for £60 now its over 90 for them

[Thunderjolt]

This hurts. I want to get 16gb ram so I can dedicate a good amount of it to servers so me and my friends can mess about. It's £100... T_T

[Leonard]

Yeah the RAM prices really do suck big time! Let us hope for Christmas that the prices come down so we can grab some at reasonable prices once again. I personally don't think the makers of RAM like samsung and sk hynix sell at a loss. It is the re-sellers like Kingston and the rest that make a small profit but think they can make more and that is why the prices have been raised. 

[Cryptonite]

Well there's this.

 

Also, the fact that PC is dying and mobile is booming. Why produce as much RAM for computers as you have in the past if the market is dying? So some manufactures are switching to mobile RAM.

lol, PC development is also booming, mobile is becoming more popular, yes. But people use mobile and desktop devices for different purposes. PCs will only start dying the day quantum computing is on consumer level. (which technically will also be a pc so meh they won't die any time soon) 

 

just an FYI, mobile ram also increased in price  <_<

[mrthuvi]

Stupid question: Is mobile ram the same as computer ram? Production wise i mean.

[helping]

Well there's this.

 

Also, the fact that PC is dying and mobile is booming. Why produce as much RAM for computers as you have in the past if the market is dying? So some manufactures are switching to mobile RAM.

This. Mobile memory production is crowding out PC RAM.

[Str_Mape]

lol this just had to happen when i get into pc gaming and hardware :P[/quote/]

He he when i got into pc gaming the Big flod in Thailand had just happend, so hdd prices was so High.

I paid $190 NZD for my 1 TB HDD i had to get into pc gaming right as it happened, my 3TB drives were $185 each (provided for rough comparison as you probably don't know New Zealand pricing)

[leipero]

16GB (2x8) Kingston HyperX 2133MHz CL11 = 115 euros. I think prices are down actually, for example, last year, i bought 8GB 1600MHz kit for 60 euros.

 

Not big change, when you factor in "speed" of the modules it seems it is cheaper actually.

[LaiLaiNoob]

Wow sounds like the situation over in NA is pretty bad. Its still low as hell here in China.