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reuters said the fire hasn't effected production of ram
Do any CPUs have DDR4 memory controllers yet?
I know that amd apu used in ps4 work with gddr5 ram, but I haven't heard about ddr4 controller in any of the CPU's available at the moment.
Regarding the Reuters info. I've read that hynix only managed to recover 60 percent of their original production power.
Last edited by mikolaj87; 05-09-2013 at 10:05 AM.
"Despite that, the spot price that vendors and manufacturers are paying for RAM—not the street price—has jumped by 10 to 20 percent, according to DRAMExchange.com, though long-term vendor contract pricing for RAM has stayed flat. That makes sense; most manufacturers keep component stockpiles and should have no trouble coasting through this temporary hiccup." - PC World
"However, this facility is responsible for about 15% of total DRAM production, therefore, we should be expecting the DRAM price going up significantly. Today the DRAMexchange showed that 256*8 IC price is up more than 15% this morning, so don’t be surprised when you get the new quote from us." - Overclockers.co.uk
I personally do expect the RAM prices to go up. And so far no CPU's been equipped with DDR4 memory controllers (tops I would guess some ES, but even that would be a bit far fetched).
that's price gouging pure and simple - the actuall production stopped for under 24 hours.....so on site stocks will ensure a steady supply flow.
for retailers to jack up prices , its shameful
Sorry if this is a stupid question: Will this also increase gpu prices or just RAM prices?Originally Posted by Firejack
Expect a spike in RAM prices. Fireball has engulfed 2 Hynix FABs
http://www.kitguru.net/components/me...cal-explosion/
If you mean graphic card, I would say maybe. But with the impending HD 9000 series release the spike will be minimal and short lived.
Ok I think I'll get a 7950 while theyre still cheap then
2 weeks later prices dont seem to have gone up much. Maybe Hynix managed to get production back online, or the other mem maufacturers took up the slack
Thread bump, and grrrrr.
Just looking at some DDR3 and the 2x4GB 2133MHz sticks I bought in January for £47 are now £83 pounds. Not after super speedy RAM like before as its for the AM3+ platform, but it is looking around £65 for 2x4GB of 1600MHz stuff.
Maybe just have 4GB per system in single channel mode and hope for an eventual price drop...
Maybe with DDR4 but I am dubious.
Prices are ramping up as production steps down in preparation for the transition to DDR4 - I wouldn't be too hopeful.
Only a slight price increase:
£54.98 + VAT = £65.98
Nov 2013
Jesus. That is a bit of an extreme example though, Corsair Vengeance kits (for example) can still be had for around 120.
Although memory has roughly doubled in price in the last year, it is still "cheap as chips"(sorry). Looking at old computer builds:
1992 £30,720 per GB - In 1992 I paid about £30 for a 1MB expansion for my Amiga 600 (although this did include a real-time clock).
2006 £ 132 per GB - In 2006 when my son built his first machine 2 x 512Mb XMS ProLED DDR cost £131.60 £100 per GB (with LED bar graph)
2011 £ 6 per GB - In October 2011 when he built his next 2 x 4GB Vengeance DDR3 1600 cost £43.47
2012 £ 4 per GB - In September 2012, when I built mine 2 x 4GB Vengeance DDR3 1600 cost £29.80 (I wish I had bought a lot more)
2013 £ 8 per GB - Looking at Scan's website, the same 2 x 4GB Vengeance DDR3 is £59.99
At 1992 prices, the 8GB in my PC would cost a quarter of a million pounds! even at 2006 prices it would be over £1,000.
Don't get me started on hard disk prices, or what I paid for a 32MB SmartMedia card for my first digital camera
The entire channel had massive oversupply issues with DDR3. They turned production down, thus prices have gone up.
Unless something happens in the PC market causing a surge in demand, it's probably going to stay where it is now till DDR4 hits (and not budge much then like it didn't with DDR2->3)
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