jamesriley94
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I take it this should mean a price increase in the SSD market in the near future too?
Why has RAM gotten so expensive?
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alpenwasser
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I was looking for something like that, but I only found rumors, no official statements. Thanks for the link.
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Interestingly, those same rumors stated NAND prices would continue to fall for some reason. But again, just rumors and conjectures, unfortunately.
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AverageNinja
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I think jamesriley is right. DDR4 is getting close.
Also, I hope the SSD pricing won't get higher as well :/
Also, I hope the SSD pricing won't get higher as well :/
SieB
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If RAM prices go up SSD's should as well, they use the same memory chips. It's why SSDs dropped in price when RAM dropped in price too.
Prices probably wont go up while existing stock is still around, it's only going to increase when prices go up on retailers getting new stock in.
Prices probably wont go up while existing stock is still around, it's only going to increase when prices go up on retailers getting new stock in.
alpenwasser
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I think if SSDs were to use volatile memory chips there would be quite a few unhappy customers :lol:
See here and here for a quick primer.
EDIT: Just to clarify, the buffer on an SSD is a volatile chip afaik, but the actual storage chips are something quite different from a DRAM chip if I have been informed correctly. /EDIT
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SieB
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alpenwasser
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It happens. I too have fallen victim to this from time to time, and will certainly again at some point in the future
I was just picturing the faces of all those customers who had their precious data stored on volatile memory chips. Turn off the power and poof, no more data :lol:
alienware
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It happens. I too have fallen victim to this from time to time, and will certainly again at some point in the future
I was just picturing the faces of all those customers who had their precious data stored on volatile memory chips. Turn off the power and poof, no more data :lol:
The first SSDs were a PCI card that took ram modules. They had a power socket on the back and you had to use an external PSU. If your power went out you lost all your data :lol:
alpenwasser
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Now that just sounds like a disaster to happen (pet rips out cord for that small PSU? :lol
.Although there are still RAM disks last time I checked, but afaik they use batteries to preserve the stored info during system shutdowns nowadays.
Excalabur50
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I think the reason for the price increases are as aria_rawz said a little while ago now that motherboards and the like were going up due to the workers winning the right for a pay rise and some of the raw materials needed has also gone up in price and so the cost of manufacture has gone up.
MrShinyPig
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amazon uk have corsair vengeance 8gb for £37, but there always out of stock, i only seen them have it in stock like twice over the past 5 weeks, seems everyone wants ram or theres just not enough to go around...
Why DDR3 RAM has increased dramatically in price
Crucial will be launching their next-gen memory with next-gen performance late 2013. Crucial DDR4 will use 20% less voltage and permit mainstream data rates that are at least twice as fast as DDR3 RAM. The reduction in power use will give way to longer battery life and increased energy efficiency, not to mention reduced system temperatures. Less voltage, less heat, making it easier to keep your system cool.
A very likely cause may also be that manufacturers are investing more into the research and development of DDR4 and the stock and supply of DDR3 modules are dwindling as we saw with DDR2 after the release of DDR3.
Crucial will be launching their next-gen memory with next-gen performance late 2013. Crucial DDR4 will use 20% less voltage and permit mainstream data rates that are at least twice as fast as DDR3 RAM. The reduction in power use will give way to longer battery life and increased energy efficiency, not to mention reduced system temperatures. Less voltage, less heat, making it easier to keep your system cool.
A very likely cause may also be that manufacturers are investing more into the research and development of DDR4 and the stock and supply of DDR3 modules are dwindling as we saw with DDR2 after the release of DDR3.
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WYP
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also not that the new xbox will be using ddr3 ram which will put more stain on the limited quantities of ddr3 being produced.
last month i sold some spare ddr3 corsair vengeance low profile whites i received from upgrading client build. sold those for £30 to a friend. my mate got a bloody great deal there
last month i sold some spare ddr3 corsair vengeance low profile whites i received from upgrading client build. sold those for £30 to a friend. my mate got a bloody great deal there
NeverBackDown
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