Comment on Ask HN: Why are flash memory prices going down so much faster than RAM?Comments−paws9yFor some historical context this is worth remembering:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing−valarauca19yThis should be top.I purchased 64GB of DDR3 for <$100 a year ago. Now I the prices are >$100 for 32GB of DDR3. DDR4 prices are idiotic ~$100 for 16GB−gruez9yI purchased 64GB of DDR3 for <$100 a year ago.I don't think it was ever this cheap−lightedman9yLooking back on my prior receipts, a stick of 8GB DDR3-1600MHz a year ago was about $12. Currently, lowest price I see is sitting at $21 on pricewatch.com with Newegg being the seller offering the deal (my receipt is from Portatech.)−yuhong9yLooking back on my prior receipts, a stick of 8GB DDR3-1600MHz a year ago was about $12.This would make a 4Gbit DDR3 chip cost less than a dollar, and I don't think that DRAMeXchange prices has ever been that low−Ensorceled9yYou are responding to somebody who claims to have a receipt with a "I think". The best way to respond to an anecdote is data, not opinion.−lightedman9yI'm the kind of person that keeps receipts for tax purposes, as all parts I buy are for business purposes (repairs, fresh builds, etc.)−lightedman9yUmm, would you care to point out where in my unedited post I said "I think"?−yuhong9yI did mention the DRAMeXchange source though.−Marazan9yIn the late ninies I spent £100 on 4 megabytes of ram. Less than 2 months later it was £12.−yuhong9yI don't think DRAM prices declined that fast even in 1996.
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For some historical context this is worth remembering:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing
This should be top.
I purchased 64GB of DDR3 for <$100 a year ago. Now I the prices are >$100 for 32GB of DDR3. DDR4 prices are idiotic ~$100 for 16GB
I don't think it was ever this cheap
Looking back on my prior receipts, a stick of 8GB DDR3-1600MHz a year ago was about $12. Currently, lowest price I see is sitting at $21 on pricewatch.com with Newegg being the seller offering the deal (my receipt is from Portatech.)
This would make a 4Gbit DDR3 chip cost less than a dollar, and I don't think that DRAMeXchange prices has ever been that low
You are responding to somebody who claims to have a receipt with a "I think". The best way to respond to an anecdote is data, not opinion.
I'm the kind of person that keeps receipts for tax purposes, as all parts I buy are for business purposes (repairs, fresh builds, etc.)
Umm, would you care to point out where in my unedited post I said "I think"?
I did mention the DRAMeXchange source though.
In the late ninies I spent £100 on 4 megabytes of ram. Less than 2 months later it was £12.
I don't think DRAM prices declined that fast even in 1996.