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JarredWaltonGPU Let me rephrase that headline: The memory companies have increased the prices so much over the past few months that — in Germany! — they didn't need to tack on an additional increase this month. Probably because hardly anyone is willing to pay these stupidly high prices. Eventually, prices will have to come down. The only way to keep prices this high is if there's demand for it, and while the AI bubble will provide a lot of demand, you can't put standard DDR5 kits into servers. They need RDIMMs, so just refuse to pay server memory prices for consumer RAM kits. (I'm not planning on buying any RAM for the next year at least, possibly two or three years if things continue in the current trajectory.) TLDR: Don't buy DDR5 at current prices. Reply
pjmelect The prices have stabilised because hardly anyone is buying them at these prices, most people are waiting for the price to drop, I know I am. Reply
ejolson Are the actual memory chips used on the DIMM different between the buffered and unbuffered versions of DDR5? Reply
Key considerations
- Investor positioning can change fast
- Volatility remains possible near catalysts
- Macro rates and liquidity can dominate flows
Reference reading
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/ddr5-ram-begins-to-stabilize-in-germany-january-saw-only-a-0-1-percent-increase-in-pricing-across-the-month-some-kits-even-saw-price-cuts-as-volatility-begins-to-plateau#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com
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