when will memory prices come back down to earth?

On the flip side this is great for me, i have 4gb of 1000mhz team xtreem i bought from ocuk to offload, im sitting on it just to watch that price fly. ;)

Been superb memory mind shame it's so damned hard to get hold of.
 
4GB Kits of DDR2 used to be around £40, which was reasonable enough. Then the prices started to rise which was to be expected due to it being phased out and replaced by DDR3, which meant that the price of DDR3 should have DROPPED to the old price of DDR2, which just hasn't happened. Hell, it's risen by a scary amount. You used to be able to get a decent 4GB Kit for £60, now it's about £100. Remember when the Ripjaws were released?
 
eek, didn't realise just how much it had risen by, this Feb i got this from OCUK:

OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Series (OCZ2G8004GK)

price?

£28.99

bloody recession! :o
 
I remember buying 2Gb of Geil for £180 about 3 years ago. Then last year it dropped to about £25 for exactly the same sticks.
Puts current pricing in perspective
 
I too agree with this. Prices have rocketed with not only memory but SSDs too well not in fact it’s everything computer related but hey.

There is a sticky on this forum about SSDs: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18040306

Here is a quote: “The Crucial M225 is the cheapest which is approx £103 for the 64GB version, £200 for the 128GB version and £363 for the 256GB version” - 6th Aug 2009, 13:41.
I was like :eek: that’s good! *has a look at the SSD section on the store*
Here you go boys:

64GB version was £103 > now £173.99
128GB version was £200 > now £293.99
256GB version was £363 > now £500.98

What? So technology has moved on... it's cheaper to make... it is now out performed by a lot of the others... so the price goes up by 50%?? :rolleyes:

Then about 6 months ago I was looking at some DDR3 6GB OCZ Blade @ 2000 MHz, guess what the price was? £103.99! The CHEAPEST on there now is over £159.99 and that on this week only, it’s usually £173.69.

I have been keeping my eye on this memory: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-200-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1392

Literally about last week this memory was around £230. Then it went up to £280, and then it went up AGAIN because of the VAT rise. In less than 2 weeks it has risen by about £60 - recession my arse.
 
It is frustrating after having seen DDR2 prices so low last year. 4Gb of decent DDR3 seems to be up around £90-£100 at present. Memory is now a much larger percentage of a new build, God knows how many people are delaying upgrading to a new platform because of the high prices!
 
Me for one!
mobo - £70
CPU -£70
ram -£90

Think I will wait. No way 2 sticks of ram should be more expensive than a dual core processor or a decent motherboard!
 
Both the £ & $ are trash, expect to see price increases for most items, and im talking about food, energy, cars, computers etc.
 
roadie said:
It is frustrating after having seen DDR2 prices so low last year. 4Gb of decent DDR3 seems to be up around £90-£100 at present. Memory is now a much larger percentage of a new build, God knows how many people are delaying upgrading to a new platform because of the high prices!
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But what with the 'recession' and mostly down to a few people wanting every scrap of money they can get their hands on, constantly pushing the prices up until people simply stop buying, I honestly don't see the prices going down.

I remember once when I asked why the creative cards are going up in price so quickly and the reply I got from everyone was it's the exchange rate from the dollar to the pound. So why then, if the exchange rate has returned to almost what it was, have the prices stayed exactly the same, and if anything, keep creeping up.

When will people realise, it's nothing to do with a so called recession, it's nothing to do with exchange rate, it's simply down to greed. People at the top become obsessed with money and they want more, more, more. Let's face it, if it wasn't for the greed of bankers we wouldn't even be in this recession.

Trillions disappeared from the global market and no one knows where it is still. It’s obvious where it is ^. It’s for the same reason you won’t see price reductions any time soon.
 
VortX said:
But what with the 'recession' and mostly down to a few people wanting every scrap of money they can get their hands on, constantly pushing the prices up until people simply stop buying, I honestly don't see the prices going down.

I remember once when I asked why the creative cards are going up in price so quickly and the reply I got from everyone was it's the exchange rate from the dollar to the pound. So why then, if the exchange rate has returned to almost what it was, have the prices stayed exactly the same, and if anything, keep creeping up.

When will people realise, it's nothing to do with a so called recession, it's nothing to do with exchange rate, it's simply down to greed. People at the top become obsessed with money and they want more, more, more. Let's face it, if it wasn't for the greed of bankers we wouldn't even be in this recession.

Trillions disappeared from the global market and no one knows where it is still. It’s obvious where it is ^. It’s for the same reason you won’t see price reductions any time soon.
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Could be some truth in there somewhere !!!! I suppose we could all sit it out and see which way it goes, but I certainly wont be holding my breath for it to get cheaper.

Mark
 
I bought:

OCZ Reaper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (OCZ3RPR1600LV6GK) for 70£ in late June, these prices seem absolutely insane!
 
I got 4gb of kingston hyperX for £36 in july and was really lucky. There seems to be no point in building new machines with DDR2 as there is no difference in price compared to DDR3.

DDR ram is quite expensive even now and probably hit the price of DDR2 earlier this year!
 
RAM pricing is so volatile because it’s a traded commodity like oil & copper so the price is determined almost purely by market forces and not by the manufacturers which is unlike any other PC components where the price is set directly by the manufacturers.
So trying to second guess the price of RAM in the future is like trying to guess how much petrol will be down the line.
Until you appreciate this you are potentially doomed to wait for a price cut that may not come for years if at all.
Pricing hit levels that were unsustainable recently as the manufactures were selling at a loss which can only mean that prices had to rise. There was an intervention in the market I believe which helped force a correction.

The DRAM exchange is http://www.dramexchange.com/
 
smilingcrow said:
RAM pricing is so volatile because it’s a traded commodity like oil & copper so the price is determined almost purely by market forces and not by the manufacturers which is unlike any other PC components where the price is set directly by the manufacturers.
So trying to second guess the price of RAM in the future is like trying to guess how much petrol will be down the line.
Until you appreciate this you are potentially doomed to wait for a price cut that may not come for years if at all.
Pricing hit levels that were unsustainable recently as the manufactures were selling at a loss which can only mean that prices had to rise. There was an intervention in the market I believe which helped force a correction.

The DRAM exchange is http://www.dramexchange.com/
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At least we know petrol is by and large only going in one direction - ie up because as we all know we have passed peak oil so the reserves will be decreasing from here on in - so the price will only keep going up, although we may get temporary drops because of market competition.

As for ram prices - who knows, trying to predict is a bit of a black art given the state of world economies, exchange rates etc etc.

Mark
 
DDR2 prices shot up when DDR3 was released.

Demand for DDR3 went up. Pleased i got my 4x2gb 1066mhz for £79.98 when i did because now it'd cost me £150.
 
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