Hardware Did RAM prices go up?

[brickmii82]

I just upgraded my RAM from Patriot Viper Extreme DDR4 2666 to Gskill RGB 3200. I swear I only paid about 100$ for the Patriot, but on eBay it’s going for around 200$. Did prices go up or am I just lost? Well, I’m definitely lost but am I lost on RAM prices?

 

[migles]

ram prices did rised up since IIRC 1 year ago (or maybe more)
prices are crazy currently
the same stick you could get for 50 bucks years ago is going currently for more than 100

there is apparently a shorage of chips, and also the cryptocurrency miners problem (which i think they are most going after DDR3?)

 

[tech3475]

I've heard they did either as part of the crypto-currency mining bubble or a general shortage of DRAM.

 

[brickmii82]

Ah, thx. I guess I lucked out.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I've heard they did either as part of the crypto-currency mining bubble or a general shortage of DRAM.

As far as I know it's just a general shortage. RAM isn't really used much for mining. Ethereum and some others use a lot of memory but you'd normally mine on the GPU anyway which won't be using DDR3/DDR4.

 

[Joe88]

its still going up and not predicted to start going down to maybe a year from now

 

[jDSX]

Companies chose to produce more DDR4 to supply the phone market than produce GDDR5 to supply the gfx card market.

At least, that's what I've heard.

 

[Wolvenreign]

Nah, just download more RAM.

 

[brickmii82]

As far as I know it's just a general shortage. RAM isn't really used much for mining. Ethereum and some others use a lot of memory but you'd normally mine on the GPU anyway which won't be using DDR3/DDR4.

With Ethereum, the RAM is only used if you're running a geth node on the network. The entire blockchain is up to 80GB HDD storage right now I think.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

With Ethereum, the RAM is only used if you're running a geth node on the network. The entire blockchain is up to 80GB HDD storage right now I think.

In the case of Ethereum, it's more dependant on memory bandwidth than the amount of memory, so that might have been a bad example. I can't really think of any crypto that requires large amounts of RAM. Masternodes do, but they don't seem to be very popular.

 

[brickmii82]

In the case of Ethereum, it's more dependant on memory bandwidth than the amount of memory, so that might have been a bad example. I can't really think of any crypto that requires large amounts of RAM. Masternodes do, but they don't seem to be very popular.

If its the ram on a gpu thats mining, yeah. But if it's just a geth node you typically want more space to avoid geth dumping often as it slows down syncing to the network. But you only need access to a single node to run all account activity so I dont see that causing a shortage of DDR4

 

[The Real Jdbye]

If its the ram on a gpu thats mining, yeah. But if it's just a geth node you typically want more space to avoid geth dumping often as it slows down syncing to the network.

Masternodes seem to require you to keep the entire blockchain in RAM. But they don't require much of anything else except an initial investment into the crypto.
It might actually be better for gamers if people were to switch to masternodes instead of conventional mining. Since a lot of those cryptos don't have very big blockchains people wouldn't need to buy up all the available hardware.

 

[brickmii82]

Masternodes seem to require you to keep the entire blockchain in RAM. But they don't require much of anything else except an initial investment into the crypto.
It might actually be better for gamers if people were to switch to masternodes instead of conventional mining. Since a lot of those cryptos don't have very big blockchains people wouldn't need to buy up all the available hardware.

When Casper gets implemented that’s exactly what’s gonna happen.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

When Casper gets implemented that’s exactly what’s gonna happen.

Indeed, though that only applies to Ethereum. Masternodes are more widespread.

 

[brickmii82]

Indeed, though that only applies to Ethereum. Masternodes are more widespread.

Well, I’m only really familiar with Ethereum and learning about a few more crypto’s.


(Don’t hate me I like this hobby)

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Well, I’m only really familiar with Ethereum and learning about a few more crypto’s.
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(Don’t hate me I like this hobby)

I don't hate you. But you shouldn't use wood, if anything goes wrong you might have a fire on your hands.
Edit: What's the blue thing?

 

[ov3rkill]

It's insanely expensive at the moment same with GPU. I think it will only go down once DDR5 gets announced or released.

 

[brickmii82]

I don't hate you. But you shouldn't use wood, if anything goes wrong you might have a fire on your hands.
Edit: What's the blue thing?

A fan to help keep the heat dissipated. I've been wanting to learn coding and this is teaching me Javascript I guess. There's other aspects I enjoy, but mainly the challenge of learning something new and difficult.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

A fan to help keep the heat dissipated. I've been wanting to learn coding and this is teaching me Javascript I guess. There's other aspects I enjoy, but mainly the challenge of learning something new and difficult.

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.

 

[nero99]

Prices had a increase because Apple allocated most of Samsung’s memory for the iPhone 8 and 10. Or at least that was one major reason