![]() ![]() There’s a handy page with graphs recording general trends, categorized by memory speed and capacity, which proves that the prices of our kits aren’t flukes: 2x8GB DDR3-1866 kits really have increased roughly 175% in retail price, probably made worse by manufacturers shifting to DDR4 production while customers desperately try to save money by buying DDR3.Įach of PCPartPicker’s public charts are for an 18-month period, though, and are more limited in what they reveal. GamersNexus worked with PCPartPicker to generate additional charts, found further below. PCPartPicker automatically generates price history graphs for each of these kits, and all of them trend upwards on all retailers logged (primarily Newegg and Newegg’s third party sellers). We’d usually blame overzealous pricing algorithms in combination with the dwindling inventory of DDR3, but these aren’t isolated examples. For one of the cheapest 8GB DDR4 sticks out there, GN’s Steve just paid twice what we did for two mid-range 4GB DDR3 sticks seven years ago. That’s better percent gains than many stocks you could have purchased a truckload of memory at the dip in 2015/2016, then sold it for 2-4x the price after using it in a system.įour samples don’t a scientific study make, but they really bring home the point: A PC builder might not have been able to build a bargain-basement PC in 2011 if DDR3 cost then what it does now. In the worst case above, we plotted a monthly price appreciation of $2.25, month-over-month, between May, 2016 and today. The most egregious case was Patrick’s $65 2x8GB DDR3-1866 purchase in 2016, which is now $180. If you bought a truckload of memory in early 2016, you could have had better gains than some stocks, and you could even sell it nearly for retail price after using it for the whole period. ![]() ![]() I bought a DDR4-2400 16GB kit in 2016 for $81, and it’s now increased 143% in price, landing at $196. In 2011, Patrick bought a DDR3-1600 CL9 kit for $44 in 8GB capacity, which is now available for $80 – an 80% increase, or an appreciation of $0.49/mo. GN staff members have bought multiple memory kits over the past few years, and almost all of them have increased in price since. The simplest way for us to start comparing prices was to look at our own Newegg purchase history. ![]()
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