Why the FUCK are RAM prices still x2? For what fucking reason? I want to upgrade my RAM but goddamn it.
Why the FUCK are RAM prices still x2? For what fucking reason? I want to upgrade my RAM but goddamn it
Michael Myers
Jaxon Ward
I built my PC between 2011 and 2012 when 8GB (2x4GB) of DDR3 was $40. I ended up doing 16GB for $80. What are the prices like now?
Henry Sullivan
Hey guys industry insider here, we decided to raise the prices because OP is a little bitch that'll pay them lol. AMA
Josiah Rivera
Gook collusion.
>“At the same time, changes have occurred in the relationship among the top three suppliers – Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung,” Wu added. “Based on the oligopolistic market situation, the trio have opted for co-existence as the best way to maximize their own profitability. They therefore are turning away from aggressively competing for market share through price reduction and capacity expansion.”
>“In a sense, there a strategic aspect behind the latest wave of DRAM price increase,” said Wu. “In the short term, rising prices lift up margins for suppliers. In the long run, the barrier to keep Chinese competition out of the DRAM market is reinforced.”
Carson Gomez
Stop being poor.
Lucas Stewart
The US should tell China they need to break up this monopoly or face war.
Isaac Murphy
>lmao gotem
I built mine some 3 years ago. HyperX 8GB DDR3 was ~£30, now it's £60+. I want to upgrade to 16GB out of my 8GB but goddamn is this annoying that I pay x2 for what was a normal price years ago.
Xavier Roberts
*oligopoly (basically a monopoly as far as the consumer is concerned)
Jason Williams
There was a time when a fairly fast 2x16GB DDR4 kit could be had for $160. They went up beyond $400 a couple months ago and are now coming down to the $300 level again.
Hunter Myers
price fixing
Gabriel Fisher
a what?
Luis Hernandez
I remember back in 99 when prices skyrocketed when there was that Taiwan earthquake. A bunch of RAM factories impacted which caused prices to jump.
Sebastian Bailey
crypto?
Anthony Wood
It's over now, isn't it? The peak is gone but the companies still insist on selling things as if it's the middle of the bitcoin rise and don't even think about bringing it back down.
Anthony Cruz
EU need to get on this shit
Jaxon Cooper
>EU need to get on this shit
Like manufacturing it's own DRAM?
They can't compete because of over-regulation.
Joshua Nelson
Regulations are good. The government is your friend.
Joshua Morris
>Regulations are good. The government is your friend.
Do you get government approval before you made that post?
I hope you filled out the proper paperwork and waited for the go ahead.
Jose Butler
Yes, comrade! You can trust your friend Stalin.
Anthony Powell
Because demand is still much higher than the supply.
Gavin Perry
Then they should fuckin' make more of it. Unless they are keeping a bottleneck just so they can sell it at a higher price.
Bentley Phillips
>tfw you fell for the 32gb meme before prices skyrocketed
Ryan Rodriguez
Are you guys talking about ddr4 ram? Cause ddr3 is cheap as dirt.
Connor Harris
>I had the money to buy 32GB back in the day
>Never did because I thought it was too expensive and I didn't need it
>Fuck
Dylan Martin
ddr3 m8. I checked and it's basically x2 the price it used to be years ago before crypto became big.
Cameron Hill
US is part of the oligopoly (Micron).
Xavier Perez
>crypto
Charles Williams
>16gbs of ddr3 ram less than $100
You sure they're not cheap?
Nicholas Brooks
They're building more fabs but those take a long time and billions of dollars to make. Expect the situation to alleviate around 2020.
Luke Richardson
I got 16gb DDR3 1600 for only $60 on ebay
Liam Baker
No I meant that as 8GB. If 16GB was £80 I'd be on it instantly.
A stick of 8GB is £60/70+
Welp.
Lincoln Hughes
How is that allowed?
Jason Cook
It's "allowed" because the fines they could get for it mean nothing in the face of the profits they're raking in. It'd take years and years to investigate it and bring charges, and the end result will be an amount that pales in comparison to the amount they made from doing it in the first place. This isn't just theory either - it's literally happened before.
theregister.co.uk
Adrian Gonzalez
I'm surprised, they are still on the same high price since September of 2016. two years of high markups brahs. How come no one bats an eye about this?
John Ortiz
wait for China
David Young
proud to be korean
Christopher Richardson
the based free market will save us because a savvy entrepreneur will come in any day now and set up a multitrillion dollar semiconductor fab along with the required knowledge and intellectual property to cash in on this overinflated market :^)
Anthony Stewart
>2020
the year ZEN3 comes out, welp i will build my next pc in 2020
Robert Russell
>tfw chinks are the actual free market invisible hand
Cameron Gutierrez
the chinks are the original inventor of paper, printing, paper money, and paper money printing
Brandon Perez
>liberals will still defend government regulations that cause this
Ryder Lopez
nope. buy today. DDR5 DRAM will come around by 2020
Jaxon Perry
>buying NEW ddr3
Nigger this shit has been in production for a decade used shit is just fine and cheap
Zachary Roberts
in january I bought from amazon a 8 gb module for 73 euros, now it costs 146