RAM prices going way up

[mvitkun]

I remember seeing some quality corsair vengeance cl9 1600mhz ram on newegg for weeks costing $39.99,now that same ram costs $62.99.glad I built my rig a while back,but dang I hope prices go back down,this is insane.

Was it just me or did this come out of nowhere?

[Magic8Ball]

I noticed the same thing while building a system a month ago. An 8GB kit at 1600 was around $55 at the time. Strange. Anybody have an idea?

EDIT: http://techreport.com/news/24281/desktop-memory-prices-are-on-the-rise-again

Bummer. Silly capitalism. ^_^

[fishymamba]

Same, the RAM I bought for $39 in September(Team 8GB 1600MHz) is now $60! And I got 8GB for free with my motherboard!

[stormin]

Noticed a couple of sticks of RAM I was looking at for $109 went up to $129 now at Newegg. No idea why RAM is going up.

[Glaith]

Its going up because there smart... Next gen consoles = next gen games meaning people for some godly reason will think hey i need more ram and bam extra money. U

[Glaith]

Its going up because there smart... Next gen consoles = next gen games meaning people for some godly reason will think hey i need more ram and bam extra money. U

Thats just a theory

[Nit3Rid3R]

8GB Dimms for me, have cost around 50-60 dollars for quite some time now.

[Puppet]

Because DDR4

[mgsstar]

I saw a Samsung 30nm 2*4gb ram increased by $10-$20 past few months.

[fishymamba]

Because DDR4

Crucial is really pushing DDR4: http://www.crucial.com/promo/DDR4.aspx

But I think it will take a couple of years for it to hit the consumer market.

[Puppet]

Because DDR4

It's not so much when DDR4 comes out, but when they start throttling the production of DDR3, which is probably now! They are just easing us in with the prices, I reckon it'll be fairly mainstream by 2014 and by then prices will have doubled.

[Torand]

Bought an 8GB kit of Corsair Vengeance LP from Scan (here in the UK) in January to finish off my build parts, cost £30.

Went to get another 8GB kit, the identical LP kit, it had gone up to £45. I was shocked, in one month it had gone up £15, scanned amazon and ebuyer, same prices, i was astonished.

Still bought 'em, but i noticed all ram is doing it. Was gonna get some SODIMM's for my laptop aswell, but they had gone up from around £25 to £40 as well.

Suppose the same thing happened to HDD's when the factory was flooded, prices never came back down though. :L

[Salmiakbal]

Now you've mentioned it.. 8GB of Corsair LP was €40 last December and now it's €60..

Very weird

[mvitkun]

I saw a Samsung 30nm 2*4gb ram increased by $10-$20 past few months.

yeah the samsung 30nm was on newegg for $40 a while back,and now you can only find it anywhere for around $100,

microcenter as always has it for considerably less,but it still costs $60.

[mvitkun]

8GB Dimms for me, have cost around 50-60 dollars for quite some time now.

well then I feel sort of bad for you,you've been left out of the awesome ram prices that we've been having.

[croy_00]

It's because I needed to buy some, hence the price increase. Don't worry, now that I have my 16GB kit, the prices will go down again :-P

[Whaler_99]

Price fixing... "market readjustment"

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/memory/display/20130311233117_DRAM_Consumers_Accuse_DRAM_Makers_of_Artificial_Price_Fixing.html

[mgsstar]

I saw a Samsung 30nm 2*4gb ram increased by $10-$20 past few months.

They were fairly priced ram but now the prices are so high that they seem like high performance ram even though its CAS 11 ram.

[mvitkun]

It's because I needed to buy some, hence the price increase. Don't worry, now that I have my 16GB kit, the prices will go down again :-P

I know what you mean,I bought parts for my pc,like the TX650 for 89.99 ,then the HX750 went on sale I think for $79.99 the next week.

[mvitkun]

I saw a Samsung 30nm 2*4gb ram increased by $10-$20 past few months.

well for $40 considering how it could typically overclock to 2ghz+ at CAS 11,or keep the 1600mhz clock for a low latency they were an awesome deal.

but for $60-100 it's a rip off.

but I mean $40 for extremely low profile ram that hardly heats up,has a sexy black/brown pcb and overclocks like a beast.F*ck Yeah it's a great deal

[mgsstar]

I saw a Samsung 30nm 2*4gb ram increased by $10-$20 past few months.

yea I agree with you because I wanted to use this ram in order to have clearance with my Hyper 212 Evo but now its so expensive that I don't think I would get it since its a rip off...

[Snickerzz]

I had bought 2x4gb g.skill drr3 1600mhz for around 40$ now its 63$ :/

This to be exact http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

[Agons]

glad i do not need to buy RAM any time soon......

[Puppet]

Price fixing... "market readjustment"

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/memory/display/20130311233117_DRAM_Consumers_Accuse_DRAM_Makers_of_Artificial_Price_Fixing.html

This is exactly the way I saw it, whether or not it's justified I don't know, but the same thing happened at the jump to DDR3. Maybe it's happening a little sooner than expected, but I'm not surprised at all, in fact I was counting on it happening.

They are just building up some cash for investment into new technology like DDR4 and like that article said mobile modules. RAM will be cheap again, once there is enough demand for what's coming next!

[Kilerbomb]

Damn, I was going to buy some cool LED RAM sticks soon. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148554) Looks like I'll be waiting.