How much did you pay for yours? If you don't mind me asking.
DRAM Prices Surge 172% YoY with No Signs of Slowing Down
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At least you are sorted now
Hopefully if prices become more normalised, possibly towards double of how they bottomed, there will be enough time passed for those who paid towards quad that price to soften the impact, if it comes to selling on what they bought.
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I decided a couple of weekends ago to pull the trigger on the new build PC I have been putting off for years (often due to price gouging on various components). I decided a 64 GB two channel kit would be a nice to have, rather than the minimum 32 gigs I could get away with. I found one of the big e-tailers who must have still had some older stock of G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo at what I though was overpriced £380 (but still cheaper than most others for the spec I wanted). That same kit from the same supplier is now £770 just over a week later.
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I bought 64GB of used Kingston DDR5 in September for £110. No more used stuff to be had now, and OCUK list that kit for £599.
There is some memory (DDR4/DDR5) still available at reasonable prices in unexpected places. Have a trawl through some comms/networking infrastructure websites (for example) and you might find something you can use. I suspect the items have been on the shelf for some time...
Its not going to be top of the range like the store here but that might not matter so much now?
Its not going to be top of the range like the store here but that might not matter so much now?
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I deeply regret not buying a 64GB kit of DDR5 sodimm when prices were cheap.
At some point I’ll want to buy another mini-PC, but it’s just not going to happen if the memory costs more than the damn PC.
At some point I’ll want to buy another mini-PC, but it’s just not going to happen if the memory costs more than the damn PC.
You can still get the good stuff used on a competitors site if you're lucky. Just have to keep looking and get a bit lucky.
I'll be shifting some DDR4 and DDR5 SODIMM's next week as well as some DDR5 desktop stuff, is there a market for used stuff at slightly less inflated prices?
I'd rather help someone on here out, then whatever doesn't sell I can ebay or whatever...
I'd rather help someone on here out, then whatever doesn't sell I can ebay or whatever...
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Holy moly the 64GB kit I bought for £195 this time last year is now....£740. The world is ******
At least Gibbo tried to give fair warning here for those thinking about buying RAM, it was "buy it now"...!!!
But, yes I noticed that almost immediately the prices jumped, I suppose when it is a crash of something then it can work opposite, perhaps that not happening as often though..!
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The CL40 6400mhz kit 64gb I picked up at the start of the rises was £200 on Nov 6th
few days later £299
checked last night its £449....
few days later £299
checked last night its £449....
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What you want to do is when it's reach the very highest, buy as many as you can your entire life savings. Then keep them when they drop in price, that's when you sell them
Yes please, how about £100, inc delivery..?
Given you're probably going to be the reason I end up buying a new Q3 Headstrap, how about £400