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For some historical context this is worth remembering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing
by paws 10y ago
For some historical context this is worth remembering:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing
- valarauca1 10y agoThis should be top. I purchased 64GB of DDR3 for <$100 a year ago. Now I the prices are >$100 for 32GB of DDR3. DDR4 prices are idiotic ~$100 for 16GB
- gruez 10y ago>I purchased 64GB of DDR3 for <$100 a year ago. I don't think it was ever this cheap
- lightedman 10y agoLooking back on my prior receipts, a stick of 8GB DDR3-1600MHz a year ago was about $12. Currently, lowest price I see is sitting at $21 on pricewatch.com with Newegg being the seller offering the deal (my receipt is from Portatech.)
- yuhong 10y ago>Looking back on my prior receipts, a stick of 8GB DDR3-1600MHz a year ago was about $12. This would make a 4Gbit DDR3 chip cost less than a dollar, and I don't think that DRAMeXchange prices has ever been that low
- Ensorceled 10y agoYou are responding to somebody who claims to have a receipt with a "I think". The best way to respond to an anecdote is data, not opinion.
- lightedman 10y agoI'm the kind of person that keeps receipts for tax purposes, as all parts I buy are for business purposes (repairs, fresh builds, etc.)
- yuhong 10y agoI did mention the DRAMeXchange source though.
- lightedman 10y agoUmm, would you care to point out where in my unedited post I said "I think"?
- Marazan 10y agoIn the late ninies I spent £100 on 4 megabytes of ram. Less than 2 months later it was £12.
- yuhong 10y agoI don't think DRAM prices declined that fast even in 1996.