Why is RAM more expensive now?

It is due to a increase in the graphic cards prices -- RAM go up around 10~15%.

It is due to a increase in the graphic cards prices -- RAM go up around 10~15%.

lol WHAT? that's some solid reasoning you got bro.

economics 101, the supply demand curve. end of last year, supply was high, so demand and cost was low. they must have shorter supply now so the price is going up. my 16gb of ram is twice the price now.

A year ago the economy sucked, no one was spending money, and the market was flooded with goods nobody wanted to buy. Now, the economy is improving fast, people are spending money again, and prices are going up. Its all about demand and supply.

I see that it is about economy state. When economy is ok, demand > than supply. When it sucks, it is opposite. Why do you say that it is caused by demand and supply? Blaming demand and supply is like saying than it is my leg kicked you, not me. Stop reading the marketing preachers.

So you're saying the price isn't subject to the laws of supply and demand?

So if I understand what has been said correctly, in recent years there has been a surplus of RAM, so the costs went down as an incentive to buy. Since then the economy has improved, so the same stuff is going out at higher prices, simply because it's assumed that we all have more money to give away? Not to be too cynical, but basically that implies that as long as we, the end users maintain a a frugal lifestyle, retailers feel justified taking any financial advantage that we may obtain through our own endeavors?

So if I understand what has been said correctly, in recent years there has been a surplus of RAM, so the costs went down as an incentive to buy. Since then the economy has improved, so the same stuff is going out at higher prices, simply because it's assumed that we all have more money to give away? Not to be too cynical, but basically that implies that as long as we, the end users maintain a a frugal lifestyle, retailers feel justified taking any financial advantage that we may obtain through our own endeavors?

My understanding of supply vs demand is reasonably limited but I can understand that if there is a high demand for something and a low supply, then high costs are a natural occurrence. For example a hand made or vintage sports car is expensive because there are limited numbers available. I do not see how that carries over to RAM though, especially if the reasoning behind the lower prices in the last few years were due to a surplus that they couldn't sell... If that is the case then there must be some remnants of that surplus still in retail circulation today, being sold at a much higher price... This is in contrast to CPUs, which seem to be cheaper now than in previous years. It's not related, directly, to the OP but I'm also curious as to why a 2600K is still considerably more expensive than a 3770K... And just look at the price of a samsung 1tB SSD now... Most computer hardware seems to have gone down in price but RAM still costs more. I understand that Hynx has had a major set back but there seems to have been a big push towards the so called "performance RAM" and the rest has been left behind. I live in Perth, Australia which is pretty dismal for off the shelf computer hardware but I can buy a performance GPU pretty cheap, cheaper than ever before - but I literally cannot find a store that stocks any of the cheap ranges of RAM - corsair value select, Kingston ect. Even A dual set of Patriots is only marginally cheaper than a kit of Corsair Vengeance... The "Supply vs Demand" logics seems to merely be that PC hardware is cheap and you can't biuld a PC without RAM, so here's what you're gonna have to pay... I find it hard to believe that there is a global drought of RAM.

Just found this, worth a read http://www.extremetech.com/computing/166775-ram-pricewatch-memory-spikes-in-wake-of-hynix-fire-but-for-how-long

Its because of the big companies buying up all the RAM. Those PS4s and Xbox 1s all have 8 gigs of ddr3 ram.