RAM (DDR) Prices going to fall again after today's hike?

[bigredelmo80]

Well RAM prices (especially pc133) went up today (Nov. 9.) by an average of $6 US Dollars.
Micron and Samsung are the main culprits.
They are charging $0.25 extra per chip now.

Do you think that ram prices (ESPECIALLY DDR) prices well fall by christmas time?

Thing is they have been selling below cost these days, so in a way you don't think they will drop.
But with infenion and hitachi etc. all closing there ram factories, do you think if this continues they'll open again?

Anyways, I plan to buy ddr memory around christmas time, but if it's going to keep going up I might as well buy it now, or off some guy on Ebay.

What do you think?

 

[John]

Hello, there is an identical thread right below this one.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=621573

 

[Ionizer86]

I just bought a 256mb PC2100 stick from Crucial today. The prices haven't went up at Crucial yet, since I paid $31.59 (price with tax included). They still have 2nd day free shipping, and if you buy through this site, Anandtech, you can save 16%. Just hit the crucial topic above in this General Hardware Forum (it should be the 2nd one from the top).

 

[bigredelmo80]

This is an opinion thread, you know, what's your opinion kinda thing. Not like the other thread which just states the obvious.