Another drop in Crucial memory pricing 6/15/2001

[SkepticalOne]

Crucial drops yet another notch lower. This from an email from them:
****************** Crucial Pricing Alert! ******************
128MB PC133 SDRAM.............$ 31.49
256MB PC133 SDRAM.............$ 59.39

Check out our factory-direct prices on DDR!
128MB PC2100 DDR (with ECC)...$ 34.19
128MB PC2100 DDR (non-parity).$ 31.49
256MB PC2100 DDR (with ECC)...$ 70.19
256MB PC2100 DDR (non-parity).$ 59.39

Keeps on dropping. Have more to eat

 

[187]

i love these guys. when im finally ready to build my system i figure at this rate they will pay me to take their DDR RAM? lol well anyway, isnt it true that win98 and 2k dont recognize over 512mg of RAM. as in there is no performance increase?

 

[T2T III]

<< , isnt it true that win98 and 2k dont recognize over 512mg of RAM. >>


Windows 98 &amp; ME don't do as well with more memory. When I run Windows ME, my physical memory goes down the drain - quite quickly and then a reboot is required. Windows 2000 isn't completely free of memory leaks, but it does quite a bit better. I now have 768 MB of memory and Windows 2000 preserves most of it. I get nowhere near using up all of that physical memory ... unless I go out and work with multiple large images under Photoship and AutoCad.

 

[187]

ok, so for now, there is basically no need to go over 512mg for non strenuous activity.

 

[LoStZ]

keep em dropping!

 

[Sesopedalian]

Fill the slots! Fill the slots!

 

[IronTek]

<< << , isnt it true that win98 and 2k dont recognize over 512mg of RAM. >> >>




It is true that WinME can't recognize more than 512MB of memory...it's a bug that Microsoft isn't going to bother to fix because it is generally assumed that if you have more memory than that, you're not going to be running an OS as crappy as WinME...

...as for Win98, I'm pretty sure it can recognize over 512MB, but I'm not completely sure...

 

[loosbrew]

win2k can have upto 4gb of memory

 

[IT4Me]

W2K Maximum Memory:
Server = 4GB
Advanced Server = 8GB
Datacenter Server = 64 GB!

 

[mrEvil]

Let's set the story straight, any OS based on the Win9x line does not like >512MB RAM. If I wasn't lazy tonight, I'd throw up the link on Microsoft's Technet web site. As is, I'll use those famous last words and say &quot;trust me&quot; on this one.

Great price on RAM though.....

 

[RossMAN]

Let's set the story straight, any OS based on the Win9x line does not like >512MB RAM.

I admit my 512MB RAM is way overkill for my Win ME rig but it was just so cheap, actually when I bought it I paid $89.24 per 256MB stick of Crucial RAM, ouch! It was still a great buy compared to last year's rates though.

 

[187]

lol, ok thanks for clearing up those issues guys. and yes... winME is crap indeed.

 

[LukFilm]

Cool, but this price has been the same for last two weeks at least

 

[CactusJac]

By the title of the thread, I thought the price had suddenly gone down. Ordered 256MB Tuesday for this price, and got it today. Windows 98 has never ran so good. Definately get in on this deal.

 

[Jokeram]

^ Good deal

 

[dejacky]

how do i know if this memory will work w/ my mobo in my athlon system?

-dejacky
...damn i'm tired...

 

[ace31216]

Jus ordered a 256MB stick today...great deal!

 

[kennyG]

<< how do i know if this memory will work w/ my mobo in my athlon system? >>



When you go to the site check the make and model of your motherboard and it will give you the right memory for your system

And yes this is a great price for all of us computer-crazy-people

 

[dcpsoguy]

What is your motherboard?

 

[Siamskunk]

And that I thought I got a good deal a while back from DOTD Kingston 128mb pc100 for $60..........can't complain, some day it'll be like $1 for a stick of 1GB ram.

 

[kennyG]

<< some day it'll be like $1 for a stick of 1GB ram. >>


I hope it's next week

 

[Netopia]

It KILLS me that 6 years ago I was buying 16Meg sticks of EDO for $800!

This is getting just too rediculous (though I like it!) It's a shame that Win9x seems to have a problem with over 512M memory installed, otherwise I would think everyone would have at least 768M at these prices... whether they need it or not!

On disappointing thing is the cost of 512M sticks. Although 512M for roughly $200 is truly CHEAP, you can get 3 256M chips for less. It would be too cool (braggin' rights only) to have a Win2k machine with 1.5GIG of RAM... but it would be a big waste too.

Joe

 

[Tacoma99]

The last earthquake in Taiwan caused memory prices to go up about 20% overnight. Currently there is such an oversupply even that won't make a difference.

 

[randypj]

Joe,

Yep.....about '94 or 95 I paid ~$800 for (2) 8's....to add to my (2) 2's....giving me a total of 20mb for my 486. I had gotten tired of making boot disks for every game.

And, let's see...it was only what, < 2 years ago? when I was selling 32MB PNY sticks on eb*y for as much as $600 for a lot of (10) sticks. Wowsers.
--Randy

 

[bernse]

<< The last earthquake in Taiwan caused memory prices to go up about 20% overnight. Currently there is such an oversupply even that won't make a difference. >>



I don't know if I would agree with that. Memory is almost a commodity now. If there was a big earthquake again I would bet prices would rise pretty darn fast... even if they shouldn't.