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What Actually Drives Server Memory Resale Value: DDR4 vs DDR5

By BSR Admin / May 31, 2026 /

For most of the last two decades, the secondary server memory market followed a predictable curve. A new generation launches, the prior generation slides down a gentle depreciation slope, and a few years later the last sticks clear at scrap pricing. DDR3 followed that script. So did DDR2. DDR4 did not. Between September and November…

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Why DDR5 Retail Prices Are Dropping Despite the AI Infrastructure Boom

By BSR Admin / March 31, 2026 /

The memory market has entered a period of unprecedented divergence as of late March 2026. For nearly a year, IT departments and hardware enthusiasts have been battered by the “Rampocalypse,” a sustained period of skyrocketing DRAM costs that saw some modules triple in price. However, the tide is finally turning—at least in the retail sector.…

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