RAM Prices

[Lilthrasher]

Any idea or news on if and when RAM prices will go back down for desktops? I want to build a new system but if ram prices go down to like $100 for 16 GB that would save a lot of money.

[Bananasplit_00]

no time soon. Samsung are starting new fabs but the price of the silicon wafers is going to rise quite a lot. you might see some drop but its going to take time to open up new fabs

[ErykYT3]

I know what you mean... I get an uneasy feeling looking at my Pc build parts list and see the price of the ram.

I believe that prices should go down as demand is becoming more and more met by companies. I heard something about Samsung when talking with someone on the matter before but I'm not sure. I'm also not sure on any dates but will follow this post to find out more too.

[Sakkura]

Samsung are converting a small portion of their NAND production facilities to DRAM, coming online early next year. But that should only really be enough to hold off further price increases. We'll probably have to wait until the new DRAM fabs they're building from the ground up come online in late 2018.

 

It's all speculation though, surprising developments are always possible.

[Howitz]

13 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

Samsung are converting a small portion of their NAND production facilities to DRAM, coming online early next year. But that should only really be enough to hold off further price increases. We'll probably have to wait until the new DRAM fabs they're building from the ground up come online in late 2018.

 

It's all speculation though, surprising developments are always possible.

i don't know if this is the increase you guys are talking about but i got a ddr4 trident Z 2x8gb 3200mhz cas 16 one year ago for like 110$CAD and today it's something ridiculous like 250$... is this not like a broken price and i could find it cheaper elsewhere? did it really increase like 150% in one year?

 

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231929&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwordsCA-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwordsCA-PC-_-pla-_-Memory+(Desktop+Memory)-_-N82E16820231929&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0b_QBRCeARIsAFntQ9qwFkUR9yIy6C4-8BjlWg6Zj4zuMETVV1r_jf6wjX-rdRD4pkCZkIsaAvoOEALw_wcB

[johndms]

I don't expect it to go back down, at least not back to it was last year. You may see a few "sales" as the holidays approach, but as long as people are willing to pay these insane prices, why would they lower the price? Greed will probably keep the prices near to where they are now.

[Sakkura]

12 hours ago, Howitz said:

i don't know if this is the increase you guys are talking about but i got a ddr4 trident Z 2x8gb 3200mhz cas 16 one year ago for like 110$CAD and today it's something ridiculous like 250$... is this not like a broken price and i could find it cheaper elsewhere? did it really increase like 150% in one year?

 

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231929&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwordsCA-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwordsCA-PC-_-pla-_-Memory+(Desktop+Memory)-_-N82E16820231929&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0b_QBRCeARIsAFntQ9qwFkUR9yIy6C4-8BjlWg6Zj4zuMETVV1r_jf6wjX-rdRD4pkCZkIsaAvoOEALw_wcB

You should never expect individual kits to have a reasonable price later on, as prices fluctuate. There'll be some other kit of DDR4-3200 CL16 that's cheaper now.

 

The one you're looking at is $266, while this one is $254. That's a reasonable representation of the generally rising RAM prices.