[ale] Why is RAM is so expensive?!? Anyone know an inexpensive source?

[Mike Ivey]

It really depends on what RAM your server supports. I've always seen the
current RAM cheaper then older. For example, if your machine supports DDR3,
then here<http://www.microcenter.com/product/403678/Server_Memory_16GB_DDR3-1600_(PC3-12800)_CL11_Server_Module_Kit_(Two_8GB_Memory_Modules)>is
a 1x16GB crucial stick for $169. DDR2 and
DDR is probably double or triple that price now. It sucks.


On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

> Hey Alers,
>
> I was looking at buying some RAM for my 3+-year-old server to try to
> give it a boost over its current 16GB.  But when I was searching for RAM
> (on crucial.com, where I've always had good luck) I found 16GB (2x8GB)
> but it cost almost $400!
>
> What's up with that?  I was seriously expecting half that, or less.
>
> I know there were the floods in Thailand and such a couple years ago but
> I thought that those factories had come back online.  So why is RAM so
> freaking expensive?  It feels like chips are 2x or 3x (or more!) what
> they were a year or two ago.
>
> Is it just crucial?  Maybe there is a better/less-expensive source?
>
> -derek
>
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