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[skneogaf]

So I read on here about the price of ram going up but I didn't quite think it would be as dramatic as it turned out to be.

I checked on how much my ram is to buy today compared to when I bought it

This was in March

This was today

Insane!

How much is your ram today?

 

[Rentahamster]

Last I checked it was around $800 lmfao

 

[Xyphie]

CMK32GX5M2B6000C30
2x16GB 6000CL30

Paid: 899SEK (~€80) - 2024/09
Now: 4999SEK (~€450)

 

[KyoZz]

Damn, brought those for 380e in november 2022, now it's almost 670e wtf

 

[Mownoc]

I'm running a 5700x so I'm still on DDR4.

Used DDR4 is cheap but even that is going up. £84 on CEX for 32gb of 3600mhz, was £60 a few weeks ago. I certainly wouldn't be building a DDR5 PC today, I'd still go for AM4.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

DDR4 so not much different, lowest price I can find and deliver right away is exactly the same price.
CMH32GX4M2E3200C16
198eur

 

[Sticks]

2x32Corsair DDR5 Vengeance bought around this time last year for 220 euros. Current price 880 euro

 

[JohnnyFootball]

I will sell my laptop 5600 DDR5 and will likely make a nice profit to help pay off my laptop.

 

[mindfreak191]

bought 16gb for 50 Euro, now it's 164 Euros lol

 

[evolve]

I have exactly that one.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Don't remember exactly what I paid but this is more than double I think.

 

[Magic Carpet]

2X16 Corsair DDR5 Vengence 5600
$195 USD NOW

I bought it for
$111.99 USD on 19Jan2024.

I hope this 32GB will last me a few years.

 

[Myuni]

32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB grau DDR5-6000 DIMM CL30 Dual Kit

bought for € 134,89 on February 8th 2024

€ 439 today, insanity!

https://www.mindfactory.de/product_...rau-DDR5-6000-DIMM-CL30-Dual-Kit_1483019.html

 

[Moses85]

Team Group T-Create Expert DDR5-6000 - 32GB - CL30 - Dual Channel, I paid 89€ for 2… now: 400€

 

[ReBurn]

Amazon.com

Paid $220.99 in March. $879.99 today.

 

[MacReady13]

Here's potentially very silly question- I have 2 used 16 gigs of DDR5 RAM that I had in a PC that I took out and no longer need. Does that RAM retain ANY data whatsoever if I were to look at selling them?

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Here's potentially very silly question- I have 2 used 16 gigs of DDR5 RAM that I had in a PC that I took out and no longer need. Does that RAM retain ANY data whatsoever if I were to look at selling them?

Nope!

 

[ReBurn]

Here's potentially very silly question- I have 2 used 16 gigs of DDR5 RAM that I had in a PC that I took out and no longer need. Does that RAM retain ANY data whatsoever if I were to look at selling them?

RAM is volatile so it won't save data. It might save some timing info to improve post time at boot, or maybe some RGB config info, but nothing personal.

 

[Mr Moose]

£202. Fucking hell.
I bought one lot of it for £38.98, the other lot was like £50.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0143UM4TC

 

[MacReady13]

RAM is volatile so it won't save data. It might save some timing info to improve post time at boot, or maybe some RGB config info, but nothing personal.

Thank you for that. Well looks like I have 2x16 gig sticks to sell now for FAR higher than I originally purchased them for!

 

[ReBurn]

Thank you for that. Well looks like I have 2x16 gig sticks to sell now for FAR higher than I originally purchased them for!

Me too. I have 2 16 GB sticks of DDR5-5600 g.skill RGB for AMD AM5 that I took out when I upgraded that I could make some money on.

 

[Pejo]

$700 now for what I paid $210 for previously. DAMN. I didn't realize it got so bad, so quickly. That was March of last year.

 

[hinch7]

32GB Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4 3600 MT/s £110, bought years ago.

None in stock but other equivalent sets easily worth double (and then some) new.

 

[PeteBull]

2x32gigs of 6200mhz ddr5, bought it in march together with x870 mobo and my precious 9800x3d, unless it blows up i will be golden till end of ps6 gen aka 2036 or so

 

[Magic Carpet]

I've got 16GB of DDR5 sitting in a box on a shelf not being used.
Where do I go to sell it? I'm picturing a big server buiilding with a tiny window cut out the side buying from people off the street.

 

[FoxMcChief]

 

[Gripsx]

2x16gb cl30 6000mhz bought in August for 139.99 cad is now 599.

 

[IDKFA]

So I read on here about the price of ram going up but I didn't quite think it would be as dramatic as it turned out to be.

I checked on how much my ram is to buy today compared to when I bought it

This was in March

This was today

Insane!

How much is your ram today?

Amazon.com

Paid $220.99 in March. $879.99 today.

What the fuck?!

That's an insane price. Is the price changing daily? I didn't think the price was that much.

Edit.

You can check price history on Amazon. Check out that spike for the same RAM over the last 90 days

 

[StereoVsn]

I just got 64GB G.Skill DDR 6000 CL30 in late September for about $300. It's about $800 now.

This shit is absolutely crazy and it's not going to get better for at least a year, probably two.

 

[Shockwave_Fox]

Bought 32gb DDR5 Crucial Pro for £81 in July - it's £247 now.

 

[ReBurn]

What the fuck?!

That's an insane price. Is the price changing daily? I didn't think the price was that much.

It was about $100 less a week or so ago. It's insane.

 

[Loomy]

32gb is over $500 CAD

 

[IDKFA]

It was about $100 less a week or so ago. It's insane.

Check the edit of my post showing the rise over 90 days. Insane

 

[Aenima]

Bought it for 120€ back in April, now costs more than a PS5. I checked the price 2 weeks ago and was at 420€ so already raised in price again.

 

[Mister Wolf]

$500 give or take going by Amazon listings. 64GB DDR4 3600mhz

 

[Filben]

Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3600 for 69 EUR in May 2023.
It's 302EUR now new on Amazon, or 270EUR used.
Cheapest one via price comparison sites is 225EUR.

 

[El Hee-Ho]

87 bucks, got it for 30 at the start of the year. It's DDR4.

 

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64GB Crucial DDR4, purchased Oct '24 for $125 via Amazon. Currently listed with $410 as the cheapest option.

FWIW the M.2 drive I bought around the same time I paid $225 is currently listed for $379.

 

[Crayon]

jfc

G Skill 32gb ddr5 kit. $347.99 at newegg.

I got it in a bundle back in may.

A mobo/ram/cpu/ssd/cooler bundle that was $395.05.

 

[Aressa]

Not available. On amazon at least.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

510€

 

[DaleinCalgary]

I was going to make the joke that Apple now has the cheapest ram upgrades but they have greyed out some ram upgrades and for macbook pros's the 16" version like i have there's only one option for going 24GB -48GB for $600 CDN

 

[IFireflyl]

Oooh, I love this thread!

RAM Type	Date Purchased​	Original Price​	New Price​	Price Difference​
G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB Series DDR5-6000 64GB (2 x 32GB)	December 29, 2022​	$430​	$730​	+$300​
CORSAIR - VENGEANCE LPX DDR4-3200 32GB (2x16GB)	April 6, 2020​	$148​	$171​	+$23​
G.Skill Trident Z Royal Silver DDR4-3200 32GB (2x16GB)	August 26, 2019​	$220​	$280​	+$60​
CORSAIR - VENGEANCE LPX DDR4-3200 16GB (2x8GB)	August 17, 2019​	$82​	$81​	-$1​
CORSAIR - Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4-3000 16GB (2PK x 8GB)	December 4, 2018​	$140​	$179​	+$39​
G.SKILL Sniper Series DDR3-1600 8GB (2 x 4GB)	February 4, 2012​	$50​	$38​	-$12​

Obviously I can't recall exact information from in-store purchases (which I know I made at least three times in my life), but this covers my Amazon, Best Buy, and Newegg orders as far back as they store history.

 

[jmiller180]

 

[Soodanim]

I paid about £110 for 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance earlier this year, but yesterday it was £390.

Over triple.

 

[Ailike]

I paid $299.99 for my 64GB. Today it's $949.

 

[DryvBy]

I have 16gb and put off buying more for over t years. Now I'm mad.

 

[A.Romero]

It seems pricing changes haven't impacted my region (Mexico). I got 32 GB of Kingston DDR4 memory for about $120 shipped back in 2022. That particular listing is not available anymore but a similar one is about $65 today.

I got 2 different kits of 2x16 GB of DDR5 a few weeks back for about $120 each.

Does having 64 GB really make a difference? I don't feel I'm running out of memory despite having 100 Chrome tabs open.

 

[Crayon]

It seems pricing changes haven't impacted my region (Mexico). I got 32 GB of Kingston DDR4 memory for about $120 shipped back in 2022. That particular listing is not available anymore but a similar one is about $65 today.

I got 2 different kits of 2x16 GB of DDR5 a few weeks back for about $120 each.

Does having 64 GB really make a difference? I don't feel I'm running out of memory despite having 100 Chrome tabs open.

32 should give enough headroom for a long time. I'm on linux so it uses a little less, but 16 was perfectly fine. I just got 32 for the next build.... because it was cheap lol. Maybe there are some tests out there that say there's a difference between 32 and 64 in some games, though.

 

[Braag]

I have a spare 32GB of DDR5 RAM in the closet as well as 32GB of DDR4 RAM. I almost gave the DDR5 sticks to a friend for free back in January cause he was gonna build a second PC for the fun of it but then changed his mind.
Now, I'm gonna sell them most likely lol
I hate this situation so much. Will I make money? Yes, yes I will. Do I hate the current situation? Absolutely.