Hardware Did RAM prices go up?

[brickmii82]

It did look like a fan, but it looks like there's solid acrylic in front since it's shiny all over, that's what confused me.

Lol it’s sooooo ugly, which is probably why it was the cheapest box fan in Walmart

 

[JellyPerson]

There's a global ram shortage right now. RIP pc builders.

 

[guily6669]

Its mostly because of Smartphones\tablets as far as I know, not much about miners...

Specially samsung is focusing a lot on selling\making faster ram for smartphones and computer stuff dont sell anywhere near smartphones where ppl have lots of them and keep buying...

 

[TheMrIron2]

They aren't showing any sign of slowing down - if you want to upgrade your PC within the next year, you should buy now while it's on the rise and not at its highest point. PC prices in general are on the rise, and bitcoin is driving GPU prices insane too. It's a bad time to buy a PC, unfortunately. Hopefully it'll be remedied once manufacturers release new RAM and new GPUs.

 

[GeorgeKuwanay]

I dont think RAM prices will go down because there are more and more smartphone that is produce that needed more RAM than the PC. The manufacturers most likely allocate a lot of their RAM being produce to cater more on the smartphone. Also there is issue regarding the price fixing of the RAM manufacturers.

 

[RealLatias]

Big problems with ram prices because cryptomining, just like problems with RX 480 card stocking problems earlier this year and late last year.

 

[Deleted member 388531]

Sorry to necropost, but a class action lawsuit just got opened against hynix and Samsung.