RAM prices are insane!

[Skunk-Works]

And just look at the damn shipping cost! https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=9SIA4S862K8051

No thanks.

I have this RAM in my computer and need more, but I found a seller on eBay that's cheaper. NewEgg can piss off.

Actually, that's a third party seller. Still a rip.

 

[Carson Dyle]

$52.99 on Amazon or direct from Crucial.

 

[shortylickens]

Keep in mind computers used to cost thousands of dollars.

 

[NoTine42]

Came here hoping for this humble brag
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/ct128g4zfe426s

Left disappointed.

 

[drnickriviera]

Old timer rant. Back in my day, I paid $100 for 4MB

 

[Ns1]

Old timer rant. Back in my day, I paid $100 for 4MB

They were probably generics from Fry's too

 

[BurnItDwn]

Supply and demand curve is not relevant in the memory business as there are very few manufacturers and they have a long history of illegal collaboration and price fixing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing

 

[drnickriviera]

They were probably generics from Fry's too

More like from a company with a 2"x2" ad in the back of Computer Shopper. I miss that mag. Geeking out on things like 4X CD-ROM drives

 

[Yakk]

Supply and demand curve is not relevant in the memory business as there are very few manufacturers and they have a long history of illegal collaboration and price fixing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing

Yeah I remember that... think I got $10 back when they officially lost their class action lawsuit in court a few years ago.

I think they were quite happy with the settlement.

 

[IronWing]

Shens.

More people have died for the sins of dead economists than have died for the blessings of dead prophets.

 

[shortylickens]

Shens.

More people have died for the sins of dead economists than have died for the blessings of dead prophets.

Since what you said makes absolutely no sense and I know I'm right anyway, I dont really feel a strong motive to debate with you.

 

[Paratus]

The 32GB G Skill 4X8GB 3200mhz CL14 kit I’m looking at for a Threadripper build has increased from ~ $275 a year ago to ~$490 now.

The RX Vega 56 I wanted to get has jumped from $399 a few weeks ago to $650.


Sigh.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Old timer rant. Back in my day, I paid $100 for 4MB

Around 1994 I paid $340 for 8 megabytes of ram. I thought back then I would never need more than that.

 

[BudAshes]

Screw bitcoins, I should have invested in DDR4.

 

[nakedfrog]

Wow, yeah, the 16GB I ordered last year for $79 is now $176.

 

[whm1974]

Well I won't be building another rig until I have some money saved up anyway. So hopefully the price drop to something more reasonable.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Ram prices have always been odd like that. I think the issue is there's only a few fabs that make the actual chips.

Hopefully the prices do come back down by the time I want to upgrade my VM server.

 

[Ken g6]

When I built my last main computer I got stuck with 4GB RAM for years. So over past couple of years the computers I've built have plenty of RAM, 16-32GB. I guess if I could do without the RAM I could make some money.

 

[feralkid]

Old timer rant. Back in my day, I paid $100 for 4MB

But a Hershey bar was only a nickel; and it came with a free pack of Luckies and a Luger.

 

[squirrel dog]

the good old days ...

 

[lupi]

Old timer rant. Back in my day, I paid $100 for 4MB

I remember my biggest purchase was shelling out for 8mb. Shortly after that the first ram price crash occurred.

 

[IronWing]

For the discerning Kaypro II owner who wants more power:
256K CoPower-88 Ramdisk - $ 500.00 (as of 11/84)

There was also a 512K ramdisk on the market which I think was about $1000.

 

[Pick2]

Old timer rant. Back in my day, I paid $100 for 4MB

Older old timer rant:
My first ram purchase cost $90 for 16 KILO-bytes ! On the plus side , it doubled My ram to a Massive 32 Kilobytes

 

[monkeydelmagico]

Yep it's silly. There always seems to be one component in your new build that is overpriced. Now it's the memory. Before it was the GPU due to mining. Before that it was hard drive shortages. When do the PSU and case builders get to have their chance at the profit trough?

 

[Fir]

$2000 for a 7980XE that has 24.75MB L3 cache. It's a bargain based on the cache alone!