The price of RAM is very low, this is a reasonable time for you to upgrade your PC

The current price of RAM has dropped by half, perhaps this is the lowest level in many years. What's happening?

From the middle of 2016 RAM prices skyrocketed

The price of RAM is similar to many other products, which may be affected by the balance of supply and demand. From mid-2016 to early 2019, the demand for memory chips increased sharply due to the explosion of cloud computing and data centers.

According to Corsair's director of public relations, Justin Ocbina, the rapid growth of mobile devices in recent years is also one of the reasons for the rapid increase in RAM prices. According to the latest data from PewResearch, worldwide there are more than 5 billion mobile devices, of which more than half are smartphones. Devices sold a few years ago still affect the memory chip market.

CEO of Chillblast, Ben Miles, said that because of running a semiconductor manufacturing smartphone smartphone fever, it turned DRAM production lines into memory chips for smartphones. This led to a reduction in supply while demand increased, forcing manufacturers to reserve DRAM and pushing up resale prices.

All of this is the reason why the price of RAM increased during the period 2016-2018. At the beginning of 2018, DDR3 and DDR4 RAM were even more than double the price of the same period last year. The price of RAM has now reached its highest peak of all time.

When the price of RAM peaked, the market demand declined

When RAM prices peak, the market will start correcting trend. The price of RAM is too high for big data storage companies and users to be cautious about upgrading and expanding RAM. This causes RAM memory sales to decline, especially for dedicated modules for large data centers.

Currently, the price of RAM has dropped, causing sales to start rising. The market will start to adjust according to its rules.

This may be the last round of discounts

Market analyst Trendforce said that the decline in RAM price will continue during the next 3Q2019. However, this may be the final price drop, the price of RAM will soon rise again.

According to Miles, the current sharp decline in RAM prices will cause producers' profits to decline and they will shift their focus to the other direction. Meanwhile, the demand for memory is increasing as online services are growing, data centers are increasingly expanding.

By Q4 / 2019, the price of RAM may increase again and when this happens, it may take more than 3 - 4 years for the price of RAM to drop to its lowest level.

The all-new DDR5 generation is also coming soon and will definitely not be cheap. This may be one of the reasons for the higher price of DDR4 and DDR3.

So for DDR4 and DDR3 memory, this may be the final price cut. If you want to upgrade your PC, this is the best time.

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