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]

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.

You do make a good point  . But I actually need the RAM for CAD -- for work. DDR3 prices are still cheap, which is good.

[razielleonhart]

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.

You do make a good point  . But I actually need the RAM for CAD -- for work. DDR3 prices are still cheap, which is good.

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.

[Taketheword]

What are you using?  I've been running Solidworks on the cheapest ram I can find for about a decade with no issues.

Solidworks/Mastercam. Usually about 10+ instances of each at once. Sometimes as much as 20 instances of SW and 10~ of MC.

[wiggy]

Do you mean you have 20 files open at once?

if so, I still don't see the point. The computer isn't dong much of anything with those open but dormant windows anyway. It's not like it's constantly redrawing or rendering real-time lighting effects or anything while you leave them dormant

[Taketheword]

Do you mean you have 20 files open at once?

if so, I still don't see the point. The computer isn't dong much of anything with those open but dormant windows anyway. It's not like it's constantly redrawing or rendering real-time lighting effects or anything while you leave them dormant

Let's say I load three assemblies which each have 80 components. Then let's say I open 15 more parts from those assemblies. Then let's say I import 10 of those parts into Mastercam. That's 185 parts. Every single one of those instances is stored in the RAM. ECC is not necessary, but because we use exclusively Xeon processors, it would be foolish not to use ECC RAM.