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RAM Prices
Taketheword:
Has anyone noticed RAM prices over the last 6 months? Specifically, I mean DDR4. I purchased 64gb (16x4) of 2133Mhz ECC RAM 1 year ago and it cost me $360. I ordered that same exact RAM today and it cost me $615. That's just insane.
wiggy:
Insane was the price of RAM in 1995. I think 64mb was about $10k worth.
But seriously, I haven't noticed. I don't do PC gaming, so I don't need anything fancy.
Taketheword:
--- Quote from: wiggy on April 14, 2017, 02:15:40 PM ---Insane was the price of RAM in 1995. I think 64mb was about $10k worth.
But seriously, I haven't noticed. I don't do PC gaming, so I don't need anything fancy.
--- End quote ---
You do make a good point :D. But I actually need the RAM for CAD -- for work. DDR3 prices are still cheap, which is good.
razielleonhart:
--- Quote from: Taketheword on April 14, 2017, 08:27:56 PM ---
--- Quote from: wiggy on April 14, 2017, 02:15:40 PM ---Insane was the price of RAM in 1995. I think 64mb was about $10k worth.
But seriously, I haven't noticed. I don't do PC gaming, so I don't need anything fancy.
--- End quote ---
You do make a good point :D. But I actually need the RAM for CAD -- for work. DDR3 prices are still cheap, which is good.
--- End quote ---
i bought 8gb of DDR3 1600 ram back in Oct 2016 and it cost me about 45 bucks and when i was looking around for ram DDR4 was cheaper then DDR3. I am not sure about now as I don't have the funds for my next step in my upgrade PC project.
wiggy:
What are you using? I've been running Solidworks on the cheapest ram I can find for about a decade with no issues.