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by moondev 1483 days ago
In October 2019 I bought two 32GB 2666MHz DDR4 SODIMMs for my laptop for $140 each.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N124XDS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...

You can now get a single 32GB DDR4 3200MHz SODIMM for under $120

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08FBNQXC4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...

1 comments

Are you posting these links to suggest that the commenter is incorrect about prices remaining the same?

If so, I'm not sure comparing prices of DDR4 are the same thing, since the commenter was talking about LPDDR4.

* 64GB of 2666MHz DDR4 in 2019: $280

* 64GB of 3200Mhz DDR4 in 2022: $240

memory has been getting faster and cheaper, and it really wasn't that expensive to begin with.

I said cost not price.

You manage to pick the highest margin product with the biggest variation of pricing inside a commodity market to compare using two data point within a short period.

https://thememoryguy.com/dram-prices-hit-historic-low/

Compare this with CPU operations per second per dollar and it paints a totally different story