I bought this ram for only $179 @ NewEgg last Fri!!!

[tigerbait]

dang, I bought that same 2 gig set two weeks ago for $180 for my conroe build...glad i didnt wait.

 

[JM Aggie08]

enflation ftl

 

[Pabster]

Glad I stocked up on 8GB of it first at $179

This is the traditional price increase this time of year. After Christmas you'll see it start dropping again.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: QueBert
memory is cheap, HOW much do you need? 4 gigs if you're some uber power user. Ram prices are incredibly cheap compaired to what I remember paying for my AST 286. a 2 meg upgrade, I paid 800 bucks.

I'd be more then happy to pay 300 bucks for 2 gigs. I know it's a lot more then it was a month ago, but how often do you buy memory?

That's the worst justification.. EVER.

how? back then a person made less then they do today, today you're getting more product for much less cash. You can't spend as much today as you did back then. In 89 I spent over $1,100 bucks on a 130 meg HD and $700 bucks on a 14.4k modem. Try spending anywhere close to that much on either thing I mentioned today, you can't do it. Technology is so cheap now a days it's almost scary. My first PC, with a MONOCROME monitor and no HD cost more then an SLI Alienware system, to the tune of 2-3x as much.
People who complain about spending 200 bucks on a buttload of memory have it GOOD I tell you *shrug*

:laugh:
I hope you're not serious.
Read up on basic economics. You're ignoring dozens of factors that affect prices.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

word has spread that the RAM in question easily hits 800MHz at the same timings - and could go up to 1000MHz with relaxed timings.
That is why everyone is jumping at it.
It seems to be identical to the kit rated for PC2-6400.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: QueBert
memory is cheap, HOW much do you need? 4 gigs if you're some uber power user. Ram prices are incredibly cheap compaired to what I remember paying for my AST 286. a 2 meg upgrade, I paid 800 bucks.

I'd be more then happy to pay 300 bucks for 2 gigs. I know it's a lot more then it was a month ago, but how often do you buy memory?

That's the worst justification.. EVER.

how? back then a person made less then they do today, today you're getting more product for much less cash. You can't spend as much today as you did back then. In 89 I spent over $1,100 bucks on a 130 meg HD and $700 bucks on a 14.4k modem. Try spending anywhere close to that much on either thing I mentioned today, you can't do it. Technology is so cheap now a days it's almost scary. My first PC, with a MONOCROME monitor and no HD cost more then an SLI Alienware system, to the tune of 2-3x as much.
People who complain about spending 200 bucks on a buttload of memory have it GOOD I tell you *shrug*

:laugh:
I hope you're not serious.
Read up on basic economics. You're ignoring dozens of factors that affect prices.

here's all the economics I need, in 89 I made jack sh!t for money and everything for my PC was expensive as hell *to say the least*
today I make a bit more then jack sh!t and everything is dirt cheap. I understand it cost far less today to manafacture electronics, that's fine and all. All I know is, I spend a whole lot less and get a whole lot more.

with economics shouldn't the prices go up? I mean my 8,000$ pc in 87 would be compairable to a maybe 2,000 PC today. That's 1/4 the price, cars go up in price, my meat in the stores go up in price, everything cost more today. I am greatful computers have gone the oppisite route. Like I said anyone who's paid 400 bucks to have a 2nd FLOPPY DRIVE added to a computer has no problem with 300 for 2 gigs of memory
I don't care what effects prices, I just know I'm paying less, and that's +++ in my book