RAM prices...

Cabages

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(these prices are at Newegg)

It has been about ten months now since I build my last computer. But with the recent FX-55 deal, I decided to build another, lower cost computer.

The only problem I am having is the RAM prices. In the ten months since I got my 2x1GB G.Skill RAM, it has gone UP at least $15, and that same RAM is the cheapest in the category.

While I am not looking at getting 2GB of RAM, but sticking with either a one stick GB of RAM or 2x512, I found that the cheapest I could find it is $114.99. Which hasn't gone down in price in the last 10 months, but might even have increased.

Is there a cheaper place to get RAM than Newegg? Am I missing something? Why havent RAM prices gone down, or at least stayed the same?

I am looking for something like THIS with a CAS latency of 2 (3 if the price difference is significant) if anyone wants to point me in direction of a better price.
 

JasonSix78

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DDR prices have went up in the past months. I was going to pick up 2-1 gig PC3200 dimms a while back for my rig only to see the price increases across the board. I don't know what happened.

An example is this: Wintec 512MB PC3200 3-4 months ago it was $34.99 and that wasn't a sale price.

-Jason
 

ElFenix

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DDR is drying up because no major platform uses it anymore.

DDR2 is getting stocked up by the OEMs because they think they're going to sell lots of systems when vista finally comes out.

plus we've just finished the back to school buying season and we're about to start the christmas buying season, both of which tend to have increased prices.
 

13Gigatons

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I'm glad I grab that 512MB stick for $20, didn't realize that prices would go back up so fast.