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1 HN user recommended this in 2026, in one comment.
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1 HN user recommended this in 2026, in one comment.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
I distinctly recall purchasing 8GB DDR3 during the Windows 8 boom when RAM was overproduced with the expectation that Windows 8 was going to cause a huge surge of PC sales. When that did not materialize, it really allowed prices to go down.
I paid $35 for 8GB DDR3 ram in 2012: https://i.imgur.com/e7XKcqX.png
Here is a 20$ 16GB DDR3 purchase in 2022: https://i.imgur.com/1V1FpYh.png
That same ram is now 40$: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L8C37DH
So if we normalize prices for 16GB:
2012: 70$
2022: 20$
2026: 40$
I think we are still ahead for DDR3 but I really would prefer prices to be 20$ again. :)
Surprisingly looking my order history I found a different brand 16GB DDR3 for 15$ in early 2025. Not sure if I even noticed the price drop because it was cheap enough for me I just impulse purchased it.