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Memory prices have slipped below $2/GB (US). I got someone to buy 32 GB DDR4-3200 SO-DIMM for under $60, but it was as low as $50 two weeks ago.
Here's 32 GB DDR4-3600 for $61.
Even DDR5 is not too bad, for example $92 to $100 for 32 GB DDR5-6000, and slow DDR5-4800 is being dumped for less.
If we haven't reached rock bottom for DDR4 prices, it will probably happen within the next couple of months:
Memory market to bottom out in 2Q23 with uncertain recovery prospects
Samsung Becomes Latest Memory Fab to Cut Production Amidst Post-Pandemic Slump
Samsung may cut quarter of chip production to ease inventory woes
DRAM spot prices stop falling
Samsung faces weakest quarter since 2009 as memory chip market in 'worst slump in decades'
SK Hynix sees H2 memory chip rebound; outlook helps shares brush off record loss
Micron to stop lowering memory chip prices starting May, say sources
Make sure to keep a record of your purchase so you can participate in a future class action lawsuit.
Edit: Poor Earnings Force Samsung To Reduce Production Of DDR4 As Pricing Takes A Rollercoaster Dive
(Score: 2, Insightful) by shrewdsheep on Monday May 01, @08:17PM (2 children)
While I trust your instincts, in most cases the strategy of only buying what you need right now or in the short term, will be cheapest, most sustainable and will lead to the most performant system (pick three of three).
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Monday May 01, @11:29PM
Do what's right for your budget, but if you can max out your system RAM (32-64 GB) today for as low as $50-100, it's hard to ignore.
I would like for RAM prices to be significantly cheaper ($/GB) some day, continuing historical trends [jcmit.net], but I think that will only apply to the RAM that's currently in production a few years from now. Not DDR4.
I also think it's time to care of your computing needs, if you can afford it, before Taiwan gets visited by unwelcome guests. Maybe that won't come to pass, but where there's smoke, they pinch back.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by krishnoid on Wednesday May 03, @01:51AM
You can also expect at least some eBay sellers will speculate and snap up what they can, so you can buy it from them later. People also forget that there were print-magazine (RIP) articles that recommended what upgrades to get to speed up your PC. The best choice was to max out your RAM, but that was definitely unrealistic because of the incredible expense. So they recommended a faster hard drive to improve file and swap I/O, or a CPU upgrade.
Now it's *way* less expensive to max out the RAM on your current motherboard, so you definitely want to do it. If you want to spend more, buy the RAM from a premium manufacturer, like Crucial/Micron and run it through memtest86 when you first install it. And if you can, put in an SSD before adding a lot of data/applications on the main drive that you'd have to migrate over to an SSD later. A RAM upgrade is definitely worth once you have the money, as putting it in is a whole 10 minutes from shutdown to completely logged-back-in.