Why has the price of DDR3 Ram gone through the roof?

mjwhelan · Dec 29, 2013

I bought 8gb of gskill at 1333 ram 2 years ago for £25, now I cant find anywhere that sell at a price similar, the cheapest branded ram i can find is £67 on ebuyer!

Am I missing something? is there somewhere i can purchase from to get similar prices?

Is it possible to get 16gb ddr3 at 1333 or higher for less than £50?

Thanks

Krishna Moorthy · Dec 29, 2013

mjwhelan :

I believe this is because of the explosion at the worlds biggest ram factory about a month ago since then prices have started rising due to supply and demand.

smorizio · Dec 29, 2013

there been a few issues. one of the ram vendors went under (lost to much money and folded). There also was a big fire and a main ram fab.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/business/global/elpida-memory-japanese-computer-chip-maker-files-for-bankruptcy.html?_r=0
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/166775-ram-pricewatch-memory-spikes-in-wake-of-hynix-fire-but-for-how-long

cst1992 · Jan 2, 2014

A pity.

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