Earlier this week, I took a look at DDR5-7200 memory prices, and immediately regretted it. With such runaway memory prices, it's hardly surprising that sales of have seen a dip as a result—or that some folks are not even opting for last-gen hardware, but extremely old CPUs to make the most of last-last-gen memory.
To be clear, DDR4 memory pricing isn't much more sensible than DDR5; according to TrendForce's latest report, "the average spot price of mainstream chips (i.e., DDR4 1Gx8 3200 MT/s) has increased by 9.64% from US$25.407 last week (Jan.7) to US$27.857 this week (Jan.14)." A near 10% price increase in just one week is huge.
