When will RAM prices drop?

[IridescentCheese]

I want to know the reason why the price of ddr4 rams increase and i want to know when will it become cheap again.

 

[johnchrysostom]

Actually that's incorrect, major ram manufacturers were found guilty of unfair trade practices IE price gouging to the tune of $8 billion in fines, It has nothing to do with supply & demand or fabrication. not even close

Don't expect DRAM prices to drop significantly until some time in 2018. Many DRAM manufacturers converted production to NAND due to high demand, manufacturers are running into complications rolling process shrinks on their production lines and everyone is including more DRAM/NAND into their new tablets/phones, further driving demand up.

Price stabilization won't happen until Micron and Samsung get their 18-20nm fabs dialed in and caught up on back-orders.

 

[johnchrysostom]

Price gouging is what happened. Ram Manufactures were just busted & have to pay 8 BILLION in fines

I remember about a year ago 16GB of Corsair LPX DDR4 was $65 on sale, what the hell happened?

 

[InvalidError]

Price gouging is what happened. Ram Manufactures were just busted & have to pay 8 BILLION in fines

A lawsuit has been filed. As far as I know, the case hasn't gone to court yet and quite possibly never will now that Samsung has agreed to build a new DRAM fab in China and China decided to ban Micron.