Why is RAM so expensive

[WuMyster]

RAM is actually pretty cheap now adays.....

[squirrelz]

Back in 1993 I upgraded my first desktop from 1Mb to 4Mb memory with 4x 1Mb 30pin SIMMs at a cost of £130

Of course, this is all peanuts compared to an upgrade my first boss talked about, where they put 128K of memory into a mini-computer at a cost of £250,000

[cookie365]

I remember when ram was £50/mb, and most hard drives were 40Mb unless you really flashed the cash and got a cavernous 80Mb that you'd never even begin to fill.

[Kovoet]

You know compared to what it used to be I find memory is actually very cheap.

[Willzzz]

As long as you don't buy Corsair.

[flearider]

my sniper was not bad for me 16gb .. at just over 100 ... but a lot cheaper than my old black dragon 4mb was £180 ...so yeah things come down slowly and bounce a bit on the way ...

[eclectice]

In March 2013, I bought two sticks of standard 4GB PC3-12800 Corsair Vengeance CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 at MYR 109 each. Now, it is MYR 119 in June 2013.

[eclectice]

What is wrong with Corsair memory? I really want to know (unable to find any recent posts that discuss its pros & cons)

[NatoR]

RAM so expensive you can blame to the SSD.

[Willzzz]

What is wrong with Corsair memory? I really want to know (unable to find any recent posts that discuss its pros & cons)

Oh nothing at all, it just tends to be more expensive.

[Pob255]

DDR3 ram chip prices had fallen dangerously low they where approaching production cost, so the manufactures scaled back on production, switched lines to produce the more lucrative MLC chips used in SSD's
The Ram industry is still rather twitchy after the disaster from DDR2 where chip prices did fall below production costs and the manufactures get very nervous when supply looks to be out stripping demand.

[Firejack]

Expect a spike in RAM prices. Fireball has engulfed 2 Hynix FABs

http://www.kitguru.net/components/me...cal-explosion/

[Bonebreaker777]

Can't imagine the rises. Could be the same amount or percentage as from last year spring? (Not entirely sure how to say it, so...literally when RAM prices nearly doubled).

[mikolaj87]

At the moment like this I'm just happy to have spare 16gb that I bought for 45£ :-P. I'm just wondering if they will go any lower, especially after Samsung announcing mass production of ddr4.

[Bonebreaker777]

Mass production of DDR4 may have started but for now you can't use it anywhere (if my memory serves me right).
Think that will come with after-Haswell but taking into account that Intel is planning to stick with the Socket1150 till 2015 (or rather said, the next mainstream CPU will be apperently released no sooner that 2015 and most likely it will go into Socket1150), not sure how will that work out.

[mikolaj87]

True, you can't use them anywhere at the moment. I was hoping that AMD will release mobo with ddr4 support as we know that in process of creation ps4 they managed to use gddr5 as ram. But tbh who knows how big performance difference using ddr4 over ddr3 would give them.