Monday, January 30th 2017
DRAM Prices to Continue to Rise Over 2017
There will be no respite from the rising prices of DRAM chips over 2017, according to a report by Taiwan-based industry observer DigiTimes. Prices of DRAM chips directly affect DDR4 memory modules. Pei-Ing Lee, president of Nanya Technology, a DRAM maker, said that DRAM prices will continue to rally (rise) over the second quarter of 2017, but could stabilize (not necessarily fall) over the second half of the year.
The stability of DRAM prices could still depend on the capex plans of major DRAM manufacturers. The rise in DRAM prices is being attributed to tight supply. Nanya is upgrading its production lines to the new 20 nm node, with early production by the end of Q1-2017. Prices of consumer DDR4 memory modules have nearly doubled over the past six months. A typical 32 GB dual-channel DDR4 memory kit, which could be had for a little over USD $90 in Summer 2016, is now priced around $170.
Source:
DigiTimes
The stability of DRAM prices could still depend on the capex plans of major DRAM manufacturers. The rise in DRAM prices is being attributed to tight supply. Nanya is upgrading its production lines to the new 20 nm node, with early production by the end of Q1-2017. Prices of consumer DDR4 memory modules have nearly doubled over the past six months. A typical 32 GB dual-channel DDR4 memory kit, which could be had for a little over USD $90 in Summer 2016, is now priced around $170.
20 Comments on DRAM Prices to Continue to Rise Over 2017
SSD prices prices also...
Damn illuminatis lol.
I'm running a 2600k @ 4.5Ghz with 32Gb for 3 Years now and the only thing I upgraded was the memory from 16 to 32 and a new gfx card. The 2600K is handling my 980Ti @ 1506 pretty fine. 2626 Heaven score
2. :confused:
I do remember paying $100 for 4MB of EDO RAM back in the days though and that was 2nd hand...
:shadedshu:
are you looking at the exact model ram with a set of timings & you're sure every sale & every non sale price isnt actually going up?
SSDs are in the toilet. 500GB for 110 (850 evo), 240/250GB for less than 50, etc. I even got 250s for 20 bucks LOL.
I don't even look at ddr3. That's going to increase no matter what. Production must be tanking.
www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=USD&to=INR&view=1Y#
Ddr4 prices were seriously inflated in India when X99 was released since the prices have come down. But for last year or so prices been stable for Rams and ssds in India. In some cases you can find them cheaper now than they were a year back.
now if there are some quality kits that started out fairly expensive, then sure it's understandable to see them dropping over time even if many of the lower end sticks are rising