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Cabages

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(these prices are at Newegg)

It has been about ten months now since I built 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.
 
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John

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Please do a search for prices and you'll see a plethora of identical threads with identical thoughts. :)
 
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DaveSimmons

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Last year there was an oversupply. the manufacturers cut production. DDR-1 is being phased out in favor of DDR-2 so production of DDR-1 was cut even more.

It hasn't been long enough yet for the next doubling of transistors to happen and drive down prices again, and that will probably only happen for DDR-2 now.

Price old Rambus and SDRAM to see really high prices.


> Please do a search for prices and you'll see a plethora of identical threads with identical thoughts
I remember long ago when the search function actually worked. Good times . . .
 
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acegazda

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HaHa... rambus... I wasn't old enough to spell computer when rambus was the norm, but ridiculous prices nonetheless.
I fully agree that prices of all RAM are too high however it can be explained in 3 words: supply and demand.
I'll extrapelate though;) Like dave said, there was lots of RAM last year, so mfgs had really low prices. With the intro of C2D and such, people go out and buy memory. They come back to the forums, post their experience with the RAM and more people go out and buy it. Supply goes down, prices go up. People continue to buy RAM. Supply may go back up, but mfg's realize that people will pay the high prices, so they don't lower them.
Capitalism at its most shrew.:evil:
 
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John

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Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
I remember long ago when the search function actually worked. Good times . . .
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I hear ya. It's still semi-functional though. :)

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Memory prices are as unstable as oil. Leak word to CNBC that you found a renewable source of RAM that costs half the price to make as current memory prices and that China has pledged never to invade Taiwan and see what happens.
 
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AlgaeEater

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We're in a computer transitional phase (Moreso than usual), so prices on technology are going to fluctuate considerably. RAM is one of these things since there's so much mainstream technology right now in terms of computer motherboards and processors. Usually it's "old and new" ram, and you go on your way, but right now it's "Old, current, upcoming but compatible" that's causing price fluctuations.

In a nutshell, there are a lot of options right now for computer building, so RAM is all over the place. But if you take a step back, a lot of other things are as well.

 
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Cabages

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Alright, alright, I get it. I didnt search to see if there were any other topics like mine. Sorry.

I guess I will just go ahead and buy then. Hopefully I wont regret it.

If anyone just wants to just look over my setup, just for kicks, here it is Here

I figure I already wasted one thread, and wont make another for people just to look over my setup.

Edit: Link changed, hopefully fixed.
 
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pkme2

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Have you seen the thread regarding the RAM execs getting indicted for price fixing.
Since C2D has hit the market, all RAM prices have skyrocketed out of sight.

We, consumers are at the mercy of the memory chip manufacturers.
I bought my OCZ Gold 2GB CL2 <$200 back in Dec 2005. Today 1GB <$200.

Do you think we're getting screwed or just lulled to sleep.
The Gasoline execs did it to us, so now naturally the RAM execs' turn for profits.

Since people have been conserving gasoline , prices have dropped.
Refuse to pay the ripoff prices, and watch RAM go down.

Just say, you not gonna take this anymore and those sob's won't get my money.
You make your stand and wait till prices get to be realistic once again!

Only you can make a difference. Let's turn the shaft the other way.
 
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JMSpeed

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Not to undermind you pkme2, but gas prices dropped because of initial investing into oil related hedge funds. These are top dollar, high requirement investments. Thank the national weather service for falsely predicting a severe hurricane season :)

I know it isn't related, but since it is such a hot topic I thought it would be nice to fill in some gaps. Forbes is always a pleasure to read, if you enjoy that kind of stuff.
 
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pkme2

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The State of Hawaii took the Oil Companies here to court for price fixing gas prices and won. They paid their fines and admitted no guilt.

So you think the RAM execs are not price fixing? The point is that no matter what is said, published or made up, we are still getting ripped off.

What we see on the streets is what affecting all of us. Publications say one thing, but what does that matter to the guy who has to fork out his hard earned dollars. Prices are being fixed and somebody needs to realize there is a solution. Don't buy until they come down.

If you're willing to pay twice the money for RAM, well that's your choice. IMO, there's many of us out here who don't need any cute followups.
 
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here's another observation regarding the price of RAM from a friend of mine from another Forum...he's a PC Bench Tech and is fairly well read,

Simple:
>Supply & Demand.

The PC market is what they call 'cyclical'...meaning it functions through highs and lows over the course of a year. This past summer, the PC market was particularly slow...evidenced by the rash of layoffs from some of the industry's bigger players. As sales decrease for PC builders, the demand for parts drops off. In order to compensate, parts builders, namely memory manufacturers, decrease their production. When the market picks back up, supplies are now tight until the production increase and evens things out.

When RAM prices are low, this usually indicates a market surplus. Overproduction has put an abundant amount of chips into the market with not enough buyers.

The PC market always climbs around 'Back-to-School' time and continues into the 'Holiday Season'.

Currently you can expect memory prices, both DDR & DDR2, to conntinue to grow in the upcoming months and hopefully we'll see them plateau around the end of the year.

My advice?
>Buy now.

this mirrors many of the previous posts in this thread

 
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pkme2

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Originally posted by: DLM
here's another observation regarding the price of RAM from a friend of mine from another Forum...he's a PC Bench Tech and is fairly well read,

Simple:
>Supply & Demand.

The PC market is what they call 'cyclical'...meaning it functions through highs and lows over the course of a year. This past summer, the PC market was particularly slow...evidenced by the rash of layoffs from some of the industry's bigger players. As sales decrease for PC builders, the demand for parts drops off. In order to compensate, parts builders, namely memory manufacturers, decrease their production. When the market picks back up, supplies are now tight until the production increase and evens things out.

When RAM prices are low, this usually indicates a market surplus. Overproduction has put an abundant amount of chips into the market with not enough buyers.

The PC market always climbs around 'Back-to-School' time and continues into the 'Holiday Season'.

Currently you can expect memory prices, both DDR & DDR2, to conntinue to grow in the upcoming months and hopefully we'll see them plateau around the end of the year.

My advice?
>Buy now.

this mirrors many of the previous posts in this thread
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True, that prices go up seasonally, but doubling? Get real! I and everyone else realized that everything is affected by the Holiday rush.
What my point is, how does this increase RAM prices to the point of absolute ripoff. Are you that naive to say, "Well, its that time of the year, and we all gotta ride the shaft".

Intellectual arguments are fine, but where I come from, we were taught to watch out for the con. If you believe all those pretty words are going to justify the shafting the American buyer is taking now, then you can sell me the Brooklyn bridge. Just Crap.
 
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DLM

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hey pkme2, i was constructively contributing to this thread...i've got 6600+ posts on another forum, don't try to flame someone you think is a noob...go toe to toe with me and i'll grind you...

and don't pump up your chest to look bad with a noob here, i'll be the one calling in the mods...
 
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pkme2

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Originally posted by: DLM
hey pkme2, i was constructively contributing to this thread...i've got 6600+ posts on another forum, don't try to flame someone you think is a noob...go toe to toe with me and i'll grind you...

and don't pump up your chest to look bad with a noob here, i'll be the one calling in the mods...
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You're made your point so lighten up. Chill. ;)
 
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her34

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Originally posted by: DLM
here's another observation regarding the price of RAM from a friend of mine from another Forum...he's a PC Bench Tech and is fairly well read,

Simple:
>Supply & Demand.
The PC market is what they call 'cyclical'...meaning it functions through highs and lows over the course of a year. This past summer, the PC market was particularly slow...evidenced by the rash of layoffs from some of the industry's bigger players. As sales decrease for PC builders, the demand for parts drops off. In order to compensate, parts builders, namely memory manufacturers, decrease their production. When the market picks back up, supplies are now tight until the production increase and evens things out.

When RAM prices are low, this usually indicates a market surplus. Overproduction has put an abundant amount of chips into the market with not enough buyers.

The PC market always climbs around 'Back-to-School' time and continues into the 'Holiday Season'.

Currently you can expect memory prices, both DDR & DDR2, to conntinue to grow in the upcoming months and hopefully we'll see them plateau around the end of the year.

My advice?
>Buy now.

this mirrors many of the previous posts in this thread
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supply and demand, yet ram is the only component that almost doubles in price? not cpu's, not motherboards, not videocards, just ram?


 
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Shortass

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Originally posted by: her34
Originally posted by: DLM
here's another observation regarding the price of RAM from a friend of mine from another Forum...he's a PC Bench Tech and is fairly well read,

Simple:
>Supply & Demand.
The PC market is what they call 'cyclical'...meaning it functions through highs and lows over the course of a year. This past summer, the PC market was particularly slow...evidenced by the rash of layoffs from some of the industry's bigger players. As sales decrease for PC builders, the demand for parts drops off. In order to compensate, parts builders, namely memory manufacturers, decrease their production. When the market picks back up, supplies are now tight until the production increase and evens things out.

When RAM prices are low, this usually indicates a market surplus. Overproduction has put an abundant amount of chips into the market with not enough buyers.

The PC market always climbs around 'Back-to-School' time and continues into the 'Holiday Season'.

Currently you can expect memory prices, both DDR & DDR2, to conntinue to grow in the upcoming months and hopefully we'll see them plateau around the end of the year.

My advice?
>Buy now.

this mirrors many of the previous posts in this thread
Click to expand...


supply and demand, yet ram is the only component that almost doubles in price? not cpu's, not motherboards, not videocards, just ram?
Click to expand...

Well think about it. This time last year, DDR2 was only being used in Intel rigs. AMD was the best choice for a lot of reasons and they still used DDR, hense sales in DDR2 were pretty low. If they wanted to entice any sales at all, both Intel and DDR2 were being sold for much less.

Now the game changed and both AMD and Intel are using DDR2, so the demand for it increased tenfold. Demand UP and Supply staying the same = price gouging, since they can get it due to low supply and all of us at anandtech who went crazy to go buy our new rigs. I BLAME YOU ALL ;)

Just like DDR1 a couple years ago when the price skyrocketed (during the 2500+ Mobile craze). It'll go down when the technology has stabilized a bit and they've squeezed an immense amount of profit out of us, and then I'll buy a sick new system for real cheap. SO HURRY EVERYONE AND BUY so the prices are lower for me faster plzkthx.
 
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rudder

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Big deal, I spent a couple of hundred dollars to bring my Atari 800 from 16K of RAM to 64K.... quit your whining.
 
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