why is a 4gb DDR3 laptop ram memory stick so expensive??

[bolbim33]

2gb sticks of ddr3 ram are affordable, but why are 4gb sticks of ddr3 laptop ram such a huge price difference??

 

[thescreensavers]

its DDR3 its 5% faster then cheap DDR2! woo

 

[pontifex]

because it's 4 gb sticks??

why is 1 TB drive $100 and a 2 TB drive $200

 

[Crono]

Maybe there just isn't enough demand to warranty mass manufacturing of the 4GB variety, and therefore price remains high. I'm guessing the sticks require greater density, and packing more crap into the same size space will usually cost you more $. It should come down eventually, as it did with prior RAM types.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Because anyone who genuinely needs 8gb of DDR3 in their laptop will pay an exorbitant amount for it.

 

[Barfo]

why is a 600hp car more than twice as expensive as a 300hp car? must be a conspiracy!

 

[darkswordsman17]

Because they have to use higher density chips to get that much memory on a PCB that normally handles half that?

 

[Capt Caveman]

B/c it's not cheap.

 

[DivideBYZero]

You're new to capitalism, right?

 

[evident]

go price it out on apple.com for some unintentional comedy.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

this is why they need to merge forums

 

[SunnyD]

4GB dimms require either a custom DIMM or higher density chips. Higher density chips are more expensive to make, and aren't made in the same volume as the lower density chips - simply because lower density is in higher demand and produce better production volumes making it more economical for companies to produce the lower density that exponentially more people would buy for a lower price than the higher density the few people would buy for a lower price.

It's called supply and demand. You should look it up sometime!

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: bolbim33
2gb sticks of ddr3 ram are affordable, but why are 4gb sticks of ddr3 laptop ram such a huge price difference??

higher density = harder to make = more cost.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Putting in 32GB ECC DDR2 (8x4GB) to our workstations was definitely not cheap.