I was picking up DDR3 16GB sticks for $5/piece on eBay last year. The world has gone mad.

seltzered_ an hour ago | parent | next [-]

My anecdata: bought used DDR4 ECC 16gb ram sticks (i.e. serverpulled ram) for $11 off ebay last year (Jan 2025), now as of June 2026 the lowest listing I see is $42, most are around $50.

When I bought the same ECC DDR4 16gb ram stick in 2016 (when DDR4 was rather new) it cost $85 (cant remember if it was new or used)

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Hamuko an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

To be fair, DDR3 is still kinda cheap. It's really only DDR4 and DDR5 that are massively in demand. DDR3 is a bit too old for it to be in high demand by consumers.

	▲	qingcharles 39 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I wanted to buy another one and they are like $90 now :(
	▲	giantrobot an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		While DDR3 is cheaper it's still tripled or quadrupled in price over the past two years. I just bought a pair or sticks for an old Mac Pro and it was 4x what i paid just a few years ago.