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For some historical context this is worth remembering:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing

This should be top.

I purchased 64GB of DDR3 for <$100 a year ago. Now I the prices are >$100 for 32GB of DDR3. DDR4 prices are idiotic ~$100 for 16GB

>I purchased 64GB of DDR3 for <$100 a year ago.

I don't think it was ever this cheap

Looking back on my prior receipts, a stick of 8GB DDR3-1600MHz a year ago was about $12. Currently, lowest price I see is sitting at $21 on pricewatch.com with Newegg being the seller offering the deal (my receipt is from Portatech.)

>Looking back on my prior receipts, a stick of 8GB DDR3-1600MHz a year ago was about $12.

This would make a 4Gbit DDR3 chip cost less than a dollar, and I don't think that DRAMeXchange prices has ever been that low

You are responding to somebody who claims to have a receipt with a "I think". The best way to respond to an anecdote is data, not opinion.

I'm the kind of person that keeps receipts for tax purposes, as all parts I buy are for business purposes (repairs, fresh builds, etc.)

I did mention the DRAMeXchange source though.

Umm, would you care to point out where in my unedited post I said "I think"?

In the late ninies I spent £100 on 4 megabytes of ram. Less than 2 months later it was £12.

I don't think DRAM prices declined that fast even in 1996.

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