Tuesday, December 20th 2011
DRAM Prices to Rebound
Prepare for your RAM to cost you a little bit more early next year! According to the chairman and CEO Simon Chen for Taiwan-based memory module maker Adata Technology the previous cuts in DRAM production will begin to take effect in early January thus effecting the consumers bottom line. He is quoted as saying, "The rebound is mainly because cuts in DRAM output will begin to take effect, PC makers will replenish DRAM inventories and so will buyers on the spot market in January.' He also said, 'PC makers are expected to hike inventory level from two weeks to one month."
Mr. Chen went on to say, "The popularity of Ultrabook PCs will reduce demand for DRAM, but total demand for DRAM will not decrease because of large potential demand for server DRAM arising from fast growth in cloud computing-based applications. However, large demand for Ultrabook PCs will take off when prices fall to US$599 and they are equipped with Microsoft Windows 8." In tough economic times this is a bitter pill to swallow but to be expected given the laws of supply and demand.
Source:
DigiTimes
Mr. Chen went on to say, "The popularity of Ultrabook PCs will reduce demand for DRAM, but total demand for DRAM will not decrease because of large potential demand for server DRAM arising from fast growth in cloud computing-based applications. However, large demand for Ultrabook PCs will take off when prices fall to US$599 and they are equipped with Microsoft Windows 8." In tough economic times this is a bitter pill to swallow but to be expected given the laws of supply and demand.
31 Comments on DRAM Prices to Rebound
Also damn hardware market making me want to spend all my money..... yea, ok it's my fault for being so weak :laugh:
Best,
Liquid Cool
any suggestions for 2x4gb kit?thanx.
Boy, were they wrong.
Should I maybe get me one of them quadchannel sets? I'll go with 4x4gb because 8gb sticks arent very economical at the moment.
tweakers.net/pricewatch/cat/675/ddr3-sdram.html#filter:XYzLCoMwEEX_ZdYujCYh9QOELgoFuysuJE4hJT5I0lIQ_70zVjfdzGXumTkLPFyI6RqcxZsb8NJ9oBpf3mf_wI0HmEKPoXboe6hgDu4ZYS-bKSTqumipmfl18wmVHytbZAbRTuHH1LEwobOIHm3CvpnRnvsI1R1KkhUCWoJU1s4nDAQWUJLnwJ9gxKmgu4GdIHRpJKwZKMMX785vnkJIVhmdU5R7FJr9pdKaQubGQLuu6xc
Thats the pricewatch I'll be using to get em from, as they list about every Dutch electronics seller.
Tnx in advance
tweakers.net/pricewatch/296015/g-punt-skill-ripjawsz-f3-17000cl9q-16gbzh.html
thats the most expensive set i'd be willing to go for.
Just get the cheapest 4gb performance ram sticks that you can get, you don't really need the frequency boost when OC'ing Intel chips now that they started to only use multipliers, unless of course you need the little boost XD
I feel strongly on this kind of oppurtunistic price-hiking.
GRRRR so it's not even a lack of availability, just a massive demand that they apparently "can't keep up with". F*CK YOU PENNY PINCHING B*STARDS.
That is all.
I just don't understand why you're defending it unless you're going to be happy with 4GB DDR3 jumping from $30 to $80.
A 4GB kit of decent RAM will cost £50+ so tbh it's not dirt cheap when people are looking for 6/8GB nowadays.
I'm having a hard time finding a single RAM manufacturer that hasn't made a healthy profit this year so I would say, they already have a balance: They have a selection of cheap and expensive goods and they're going to snuff out poor people like me just to make all goods expensive.
Me and my customers and friends are going to be f*cked out of upgrade money again. But hey, as long as some people can be happy about it then it's all good :rolleyes:
Anyway, I'm going to have a smoke - might get rid of the stress lol