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> the average fixed contract price of PC DRAM DDR4 8Gb stood at $11.50

If that's the case, then why are the cheapest options I can find online multiple times that much?

That's a small b, that's gigabit. And that matches e.g. a "crucial pro udimm 64GB kit ddr4-3200 cl22-22-22 2Rx8" being at about 100$ a year ago.

Currently they sell here in Germany for 409€ each, that's 6.25€ for half of each of the 16Gbit chips on that kit.

> That's a small b, that's gigabit.

That explains it, thanks!

Because that’s just the price for the dies, still need packaging, integration and then retail distribution. Also raw BOM is like 1/5th of the retail price usually.

Raw BOM is much higher than 1/5th of retail price for ram. Some industries have higher margins than others.

11.5*8 = 92. I'm seeing plenty of DDR4 sticks below that price.

The 11.5 isn’t the raw bom for the sticks that’s the cost of the dies.

Brent crude is $71 a barrel, but you can't buy gas for $1.69. Why's that?

Are you able to buy crude by the gallon and refine it yourself? That would bring the cost down a bit.

You can buy oil on the market and take delivery, yes. Figuring out the logistics (tanker trucks, rail cars, storage tanks etc) will also be your problem though.

Commodities markets aren’t like eBay, nobody is just going to FedEx you a barrel of oil.

> nobody is just going to FedEx you a barrel of oil.

I'm sure someone will if you pay enough. But you certainly won't be getting the market standard bulk price.

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