Taiwan hit with earthquake - ram prices going back up real fast?

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mikef208

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From what I hear on some of the sites, there was no major damage reported, so RAM prices should not go back up. But then again, you never can tell with the tightwads that want all the money in the world.
 
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Muerto

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Does anyone have a link to the report? It's funny, many people could be injured or dead right now and everyone is terrified of RAM costing more. :)
 
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LukFilm

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BTW, I bought some RAM today, but not because of this report. Going DDR baby!
 
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Joyride

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Sorry had to chuckle but thats's bad.

Moment of silence for anyone who died.

And another moment for the low RAM prices

;)
 
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crzyc

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going ddr too, bought cause of quake, and i am ready to build the comp lucky me
 
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irf

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Well if everybody starts buying a ton of ram than prices will start creeping up a bit..bit by bit
 
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MGMorden

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Even if prices do go up b/c of an event like this they do stabilize again. It took roughly 6-8 months last time this happened. Hoenstly who amoung us realy just couldn't wait that out? I've still got my 256MB of PC100 that I bought 2.5 years ago. It should last me at least another year. After that I think I'll have to move on to something that can do 133mhz bus, so I'll probably go DDR, but I'm stretching the lifespan on these chips :).
 
BFG10K

BFG10K

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Whenever someone wants to jack up the prices of RAM, there just happens to be a mysterious earthquake in Taiwan that allows them to do so. ;)
 
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cLiPLiK

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ain't no mysterious earthquake, BFG10K.
it was a serious one which people have gotten injured from, don't just talk about it as if its no big deal when there are people suffering
 
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noxipoo

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isn't crucial aka micron an american company? what does taiwan have to do with it
 
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userpete

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A MFG. rep (at techie show in orlando) told me that 68% of all the mem chips are made there in tw... but china is getting a bigger bit of the market $$ and will continue due to the cheapo labor.

Frankly, i buy as much as i think i need when i need it and try not to worry about whats going on all the D** time :)

CU
Pete
 
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walla

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<Do you think the Taiwanese gave 2 craps last time there was an earthquake in the states? Nope. >

Heh. Thats the spirit. For a sec, I forgot I was living in the United States. Back to watching MTV...
 
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Garion

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The last big earthquake that affected RAM prices was much more serious - I seem to recall that some of the warehouses storing some of the critical RAM components (raw silicone of some kind, I seem to remember??) were totally destroyed. Doesn't sound like that happened this time around..

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