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Deflation era bargains - inflation? PAH!

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    Deflation era bargains - inflation? PAH!

    Been speccing up a new PC and was stunned to see how cheap ram is at the moment.

    e.g. 8gb DDR3 (2x4gb) is around 40 quid plus vat, so I'm looking at getting 4 sticks giving 16gb for little over 80 quid (I can reclaim the vat ).

    Not sure if current prices present an investment opportunity (i.e. buy a load of ram sticks and wait for the prices to recover), this article suggests prices could drop even further!

    D-Ram chipmakers hit by fall in prices - FT.com


    There must be other useful items that are bargains in this deflation era?
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    #2
    Try checking price for 16 GB sticks - it's never cheap on top end

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      #3
      Originally posted by AtW View Post
      Try checking price for 16 GB sticks - it's never cheap on top end

      I was hoping 8gb sticks would be reasonably priced, but there's still a x2 premium (at least) on those.
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        #4
        Originally posted by zeitghost
        No one will ever need more than 640kb.


        Quite. I'll probably be using the rest for a ram disk. Should make my virtual machines fly.

        If only 8gb sticks were reasonably priced I could max out at 32gb on consumer boards with only 4 slots.
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