RAM prices?????

[kd2777]

I went to newegg a few moments ago to look for a stick of RAM and what has happened to the prices? I have corsair pc-3200 Value cas 2.5 512MB that I bought for 67 bucks, they are wanting $100 for it now. Does anyone know what caused this and if the prices are going down anytime soon?

Thanks

KD

 

[Steven the Leech]

Very similar to gas prices huh?

 

[RussianSensation]

I have insider information:

Cold War II is coming.

















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Sometimes the answer to a question requires extensive research and economic market analysis which takes a long time and I am too lazy to do it for you. But on the positive side, memory prices fall just as fast as they rise, so when they do make sure to grab yourself all the extra ram you need.

 

[Algere]

Demand for memory @ this time of year isn't that great ergo causes a decrease in production and/or because Winbond stopped making memory chips. Lastly prices should fall around the summer-fall timeframe.

 

[jerome12345]

its bull isnt it
the sticks i was looking at went up 50 i think

 

[jdogg707]

They are inflating prices of DDR to soften the blow of DDR2 when it comes out, especially since it will provide very little performance benefit, memory manufacturers want you to buy it because it is new, isn't really anymore expensive than DDR, etc. They have to make it a viable solution one way or another, and if increasing RAM prices to make it seem like a viable substitute is the way they want to play, then that's what will happen.

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: jdogg707
They are inflating prices of DDR to soften the blow of DDR2 when it comes out, especially since it will provide very little performance benefit, memory manufacturers want you to buy it because it is new, isn't really anymore expensive than DDR, etc. They have to make it a viable solution one way or another, and if increasing RAM prices to make it seem like a viable substitute is the way they want to play, then that's what will happen.

Of course the problem is that A64 platform won't require or support DDR2 for another 2 years so everyone who will buy DDRI will have to get screwed over? Hmm...sounds like a great strategy on their part. If you want DDRI pay DDRII prices. If you want DDRII pay the high price because it is "the latest" but offers no performance advantage and won't for another year or more. Wow sounds like fun and really shows that they had the consumer's interest in the back of their mind :roll:

 

[jdogg707]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation

Originally posted by: jdogg707

They are inflating prices of DDR to soften the blow of DDR2 when it comes out, especially since it will provide very little performance benefit, memory manufacturers want you to buy it because it is new, isn't really anymore expensive than DDR, etc. They have to make it a viable solution one way or another, and if increasing RAM prices to make it seem like a viable substitute is the way they want to play, then that's what will happen.

Of course the problem is that A64 platform won't require or support DDR2 for another 2 years so everyone who will buy DDRI will have to get screwed over? Hmm...sounds like a great strategy on their part. If you want DDRI pay DDRII prices. If you want DDRII pay the high price because it is "the latest" but offers no performance advantage and won't for another year or more. Wow sounds like fun and really shows that they had the consumer's interest in the back of their mind :roll:

It doesn't matter about the A64, Intel which currently has the largest share of the market is the one pushing DDRII, because once their Aldrewood boards for Socket T Prescott's replace the 875P as the "Performance" chipset, DDRII will hit big. It's just like when Intel supported DC PC3200 with the 865/875 chipset, everyone started buying it, and the price rose, even though the nForce2 chipset had supported it before.