1066MHz RDRAM cost and avaibility?

[madara]

Building new pc in next 30days and was wondering about cost and release of this 1066MHz RDRAM ?
thanks

 

[dullard]

According to Rambus (about 1 year ago) PC1066 was supposed to be produced at or possibly below PC800 costs due more efficient technology with fewer chips/rimm. However it might take a while for the prices to reach us. I'd expect that PC1066 will start with a price premium over PC800. 512 MB of PC800 can be had for as low as $122 (two 256 MB rimms). So I'd estimate that 512MB (two 256 MB rimms) of PC1066 will start around $175-$200. Note this is just an estimate of mine.

For most of the P4's life, PC800 was less expensive than PC600. Hopefully the same thing will eventually occur with PC1066. The real answer is in supply and demand. The more companies producing PC1066, the lower the cost will be.

PC1066 has just started being mass manufacturered. It's release will coincide with the 533 MHz fsb P4 in May (probably late May).

 

[Athlon4all]

Well, Anand and others keep on saying that PC1066 RDRAM will be significantley more expensive than PC800, and the only thing that is going to make it this expensive is simply lack of demand. Which will be very unfortunate. However, for the most part, all Samsung PC800 can hit PC1066 speeds, now it's not guaranteed, but as long as your board can run at PC1066, most Samsung PC800 can. It isn't avialable yet though, mid May, Intel will be releasing among other things, 850e with 533fsb Support, and this chipset will support PC1066 and PC1066 should be avialable at the same time.

 

[Strafe]

I have read that ASUS will include PC1066 RDRAM with their P4-TE motherboard. I hope you can by it without (unless they're including Corsair with it )

 

[Akaz1976]

is P4-TE the 815e based mobo? and whens it expected to be released?

Akaz

 

[Athlon4all]

I think you are reffering not to the Asus P4T-E but rather the P4T533. The P4T533 is unique. First off it is an i850e board (you mean 850e not 815e). Second though, and this is why it will it sounds like include Corsair RDRAM is that, it has only 2 RIMM slots, and how is this accomplished? Instead of running both Dual RDRAM channels to 2 groups of 2 RIMM slots, it will run both Channels to a single RIMM slot (one channel to one end and the other channel to the other end) and as a result the RIMM's I understand run cooler and you no longer need to install RDRAM in pairs among other things. The disadvantage is that in a board like this you need PC4200 RIMM's or PC3200 RIMM's as Rambus calls them. These RIMM's can be used only in 32-bit RIMM boards like the P4T533. And Asus' inclusion of probably 256MB maybe only 128MB PC4200 RDRAM is to ensure buyers have RDRAM that will work because PC4200 or PC3200 is the only RDRAM that will be compatible in this board, and thus Asus could have a nightmare in terms of compatibility. You can tell weather a RIMM is a 32-bit RIMM or not. On 32-bit RIMM's, the Center notch of the 32-bit RIMM has pins on it, where as the 16-bit RIMM (What is used today) doesn't have pins on that center notch. I hope this helps.

 

[Akaz1976]

i had just figured out that 400MHz P4 OCed to 533 MHz with 1066 RDRAM would be best price/performance solution for me and now Athlon4all comes up with this new bit of information

Could u say what the performance would be compared to regular RDRAm solutions?

Akaz

 

[Strafe]

Yeah, I meant the P4T533 I'm anxious to see these. I originally wanted to build a new PC in October but keep delaying.

 

[SexyK]

Performance between 1x32-bit RIMM and 2x16-bit RIMM should be indentical.

Kramer

 

[Athlon4all]

<< Could u say what the performance would be compared to regular RDRAm solutions? >>

Identical. I wouldn't hesitate to get a 1.6A NW and Samsung PC800 with Asus P4T-E or Abit TH7II right now. That is one heckuva deal. I'd stop waiting and start buying!

 

[dullard]

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<< Could u say what the performance would be compared to regular RDRAm solutions? >>

Identical. I wouldn't hesitate to get a 1.6A NW and Samsung PC800 with Asus P4T-E or Abit TH7II right now. That is one heckuva deal. I'd stop waiting and start buying! >>



Well with two Intel price cuts in the next 6 weeks and a new fsb for Intel next month, I'd have to say this is the worst possible time to buy new Intel hardware. From Anandtech's latest P4 article: "This should quickly alert the cautious buyer in you to put away the credit card until the 533MHz FSB units are launched." I'd be kicking myself if I bought a 1.6A today and saw the 2.0A for the same price in late May.

 

[fkloster]

Why wait for 533fsb when you could have it easily and cheaply right now?

 

[dullard]

<< Why wait for 533fsb when you could have it easily and cheaply right now? >>


Like I said with two price cuts, why not wait a little teeny tiny bit? According to Intel the first price cut is in 5 days (if anyone has the password to access that link I'd love to see what is inside). I'm sure you can wait 5 days for the 1.8A price to match the current 1.6A price, then overclock the 1.8A. Who knows it might hit a slightly higher OC or at least it will be worth more when you want to sell it. Five days isn't that long to wait.