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Will RAM prices ever go down? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago by mmyu@lemmy.zip to c/hardware@lemmy.world

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I'm going to be honest and say I don't know much about hardware.

I want add some more RAM to my PC, but I'm not sure if I should wait for lower prices. I don't need the RAM urgently, but I'm not sure if prices will go down enough in the future to justify waiting for months or years.

Do any of you expect that there's going to be substantial drops in RAM prices within the next year?

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago

The complaints about RAM prices are kind of funny, when you have experienced the shortages that were caused by a fucking plastic factory in Japan burning down. Turned out that all RAM casing in the world was based on plastic from that single factory!

RAM has on occasion since the 80's increased in price due to shortages, but also due to cartel agreements, and they've always come down again.

It may take a couple of years, but the they will come down for 2 reasons. 1, production will increase because it is extremely profitable. 2, the high prices are caused by overheated AI demand. That demand will cool down, as new market opportunities slow down.
It's not a matter of if but when