What the RAM Price Index Actually Shows
The price index tracks how the cost of a fixed basket of RAM configurations moves over time β it is a trend line, not a prediction, and it says nothing about any single kit you are about to buy.
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The price index tracks how the cost of a fixed basket of RAM configurations moves over time β it is a trend line, not a prediction, and it says nothing about any single kit you are about to buy.
A dying memory generation does not get cheaper on its way out β it gets more expensive, because the economics of end-of-life manufacturing are the opposite of the economics of a maturing one.
A 2x16GB kit sits at the highest-volume point on the memory market, and volume is what actually sets price per gigabyte β not capacity, and not how new a kit's specification is.
RAM pricing has a real seasonal pattern tied to retail calendar events and component launch cycles, but a listed discount only means something once it is checked against the index, not against an arbitrary earlier price.