Dose anyone have an explanation why old 2400 DDR3 ram is so expensive?

[Vendetta]

For context I have an old 3770K machine with 32Gb of 1600 DDR3 and was just wondering how much the 2400 went for meany years later.

I thought if it was a cheap throw away item it might be worth it … nope

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[TheCakeIsNaOH]

2400 is pretty much cream of the crop for DDR3, and 4x8gb is the max supported by the LGA 115x and AM3 sockets. So it basically the nicest DDR3 kit for consumer sockets, which is not surprising that it would cost a bit nowadays.

[MetalizeYourBrain]

Just like what TheCakeIsNaOH said 2400MHz speed for DDR3 means RAM chips pretty highly binned.
Iirc there are even 3200MHz kits, but they’re comparable to 5000MHz DDR4 kits so even more expensive and almost impossible to run daily.
The good compromise I found when I built my 4790K machine between speed and cost was 1866. I don’t think that past that those chips really see benefits in terms of performance.

[w.meri]

I’d say a combo of two things right now:

1. As mentioned above, DDR3 2400 was high end DDR3, 1600 was basically the “good” speed most people would buy, with DDR3 1866 becoming a decent value later in the DDR3 lifecycle.
2. Supply and demand. DDR3 isn’t manufactured in quantities near what it used to be and some people are willing to pay good money for it to keep systems alive.

Honestly £160 seems like a decent price for that much RAM. I want to say $40 USD was pretty standard for 8 GB of DDR3 1600/1866 back in the heydays of DDR3?