DDR4, Why is it so cheap?

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  1. signex

    signex Ancient Guru

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    I was browsing for SSD and found out that DDR4 ram is much much cheaper then DDR3.

    Can get 16gb for just 50 euro, i pay double that for DDR3. :bang:

    EDIT: It looks like ram in general is cheaper now, cause of work i don't browse that much anymore.
     
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  2. pimpernell

    pimpernell Master Guru

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    It is the new standard, therefore the production is bigger and the prices go down.
    This is a good thing, so why complain?
    Move on to X99 or Z170.
    (I am waiting for broadwell-e)
     
  3. Twiddles

    Twiddles Maha Guru

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    Seems like the smaller memory chips are helping quite a bit in reducing the overall price. Besides that, it's been some time since DDR4 came on the market. Inital R&D costs are steadily being returned because the overall sales are higher than before. Just a guess of course!
     
  4. signex

    signex Ancient Guru

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    I'm not complaining, just cought me off guard, was surprised. :)

    Buying a new set in 2 weeks.
     

  5. Twiddles

    Twiddles Maha Guru

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    I know what you mean ;) I recently had to build a somewhat decent gaming rig and wanted DDR3-2133, of course for the lowest price and almost ended up buying DDR4 by accident :giggle2:
     
  6. Agent-A01

    Agent-A01 Ancient Guru

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    I remember buying a cheap set for $300 on release, now its inexpensive.
     
  7. Corbus

    Corbus Ancient Guru

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    I remember someone here saying in a thread that they bought, at that time, a pair of ddr4, he( you, maybe?) at that time didn't have ddr4 compatible gear. Thought it was funny, new tech hype.
     
  8. lucidus

    lucidus Ancient Guru

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    DDR4, why you no buy?
     
  9. Arkadietz

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    The new standart is already applying so.. that will be the near future.
     
  10. 0blivious

    0blivious Ancient Guru

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    I got the upgrade itch when I noticed how cheap DDR4 is now. Must resist, for now...
     

  11. GhostXL

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    They "claim" it's the new standard. Really though, DDR3 is fast enough for a lot of people.

    I just got a 32GB DDR3 kit for my setup not too long ago so I can properly support a Video card in the future with a large amount of Vram.

    4790K let alone a 3770k, if properly taken care of and OC'd well, well they just aren't going anywhere for a long time.

    The only reason to upgrade if anything is the chipset and some specific features that most probably...a non-gamer may need.

    Extreme series chips are great and all...but the cost is very high. Most gamers even at 4K can afford a monitor before a whole Intel extreme rig.

    These chips can blaze through 2K Gsync at 144hz. So I dunno....standard shmandard.

    I don't see a need to upgrade anything on this rig unless its possibly a video card later on.
     
  12. Lioncomputer

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    oumm its a big queston and ihave a same question whyyy ?
     
  13. Twiddles

    Twiddles Maha Guru

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    If you read the thread then you should have an idea by now.
     
  14. thatguy91

    thatguy91 Guest

    With DDR4 it also depends on the speed, just like DDR3. Currently 3200 is around the best value. It doesn't cost much more than slower RAM speeds, and is about where Skylake maxes out the potential of faster RAM. This is like with DDR3 platforms with Ivy Bridge and later where 2133 ended up being the ideal speed, with 2400 being an option if the price was much the same.

    It will be interesting to see what happens with AMD Zen and what speed that platform maxes out with.
     
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    [​IMG] get 2x16gb ddr4
     

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