DDR3 RAM prices have skyrocketed! how come?

sandorski

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Wow, the Corsair Vengeance Blue ram in my sys went from $80 to $110.

I have no idea, except I wonder if the industry is transitioning to DDR4 or 5 perhaps? I keep hearing about DDR5 coming soon.

Could be just the industry trying to make a few extra $ as well I suppose.
 

lehtv

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I have no idea, except I wonder if the industry is transitioning to DDR4 or 5 perhaps? I keep hearing about DDR5 coming soon.

Where do you keep hearing that? Even DDR4 won't be introduced in the consumer market until 2014. DDR5 will be several years after that
 

Baked

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Dec 28, 2004
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Holy crap, good thing I picked up the corsair vengeance 16GB kit before it price jumped. I got mine for $73 out the door from newegg a couple weeks back. $36 hike.
 

epidemis

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poohbear

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Well thank goodness i bought my ram in January for $85! $172 is an insane price difference! I jumped on them cause never saw 2x8gb @ CL9 timings for under $90 @ the time, now looking @ the 105% price hike im glad i did!
 

Rikard

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I actually bought another 8 GB recently since I doubt the prices will come down any time soon, and I want to avoid the situation I was in a few years ago when a memory failed and I urgently needed to replace it. (By then it was out of production and you had to give your right arm for a replacement...) It is still really cheap, and I think this increase is good because at the earlier prices some manufacturers must be losing money and would go out of business if things did not normalize.
 

Lifted

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WTF?

I was just looking at my Micro Center receipt from a new build on Dec 4, and saw this

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]297267[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]CRUCIAL 16GB 8X2 D3 1600 DIMM C9[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif] 1[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif] 54.99[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif] 54.99[/FONT]

I then went to crucial to check the latest prices as I was thinking about jumping to 32GB...

16GB kit (8GBx2) DDR3 PC3-12800 • 9-9-9-24 $139.99

That's insane. 155% increase in less than 4 months!

Edit: Just checked the Micro Center website and they still have [FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]part [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]297267[/FONT] for $99.99. Only ~100% increase :D
 
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Emulex

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ddr4 if its a server! get ready!

8gb server RDIMM ECC $60-65
16gb server RDIMM ECC $155-165 each

Love the 18 x 8gb or 24 x 8gb setup. Nothing beats a metric ton of ram! other than a metric ton of SSD to go with that.
 
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