DRAM Pricing Collapses
iSuppli said that 2 GB DDR3 module currently carries a contract price of about $21, down from more than $44 in June 2010. 2GB DDR2 memory is also selling in the $21 range, down from about $39 in June. The company said that DDR3 prices are falling at a faster rate as the technology accounts for the majority of the market (60%).
“DRAM prices in general have been affected by soft PC demand - especially during the first half of 2010 - as well as by greater supply of commodity memory following a solid increase in bit shipments during the second half,” iSuppli said. “That lethal combination of falling demand and growing supply has coalesced to place a great deal of pressure on DRAM ASPs.”
PC manufacturers are expected to be taking advantage of this market and load more memory into their products. iSuppli said that DRAM content per PC grew by 24% in 2010 and should add more than 33% this year.
RAM Disks... drool..
Seriously? I'm in Canada where all prices are higher than in the states and I've seen 2x4GB DDR3 1333MHz (Gskill) for as low as $70 on sale. Not on sale without any MIR, I've seen 2x4GB DDR3 1333MHz (Mushkin) as low as $85. If I look at corsair only? 2x4GB 1333MHz for $94.82. You got ripped off.
Not every buys basic value ram you know
Some would prefer quantity over quality.
6x4GB for $250 anyone?
I'm just waiting for them to have another excuse to bring the prices up again. I think they enjoyed $20-30/GB RAM for too long. This $7-10/GB for budget RAM may be good for us, but I imagine Samsung and the such don't like it one bit.
What the hell happened to that then?
Trust me, Samsung and better off moving inventory as soon as it cools, it'll be worth even less in 18 months time.
In a few years 64GB of RAM will be normal in desktop computers.
And people will still be using Windows 32 bit lol
Also what happened with the rumours of the feud between north and south Korea could force prices up? Did anything come of that or was it empty scaremongering?