What do you think is going to happen to DDR1 pricing in the near future?

[PingSpike]

Whats going to happen when AM2 comes out?

I'm a bit torn lately. I was originally going to ride 1gb out on DDR, rather then moving to 2GB of something that isn't going to be used soon. But it doesn't look like AM2 is going to offer much of a performance boost, and it seems like my current rig(s) can probably hold their own for awhile, perhaps with just an upgrade to a dual core when they get more affordable. So maybe I'll get some more ram and just be happy for awhile?

But I've heard the prices will likely go up after AM2 comes out. And I've heard predictions that DDR1 will start to get more expensive as early as this summer. Its current trend seems to be historical lows.

 

[GrammatonJP]

Hard to predict because we dont manufacture these items.. some guy can decide to stop producing ddr1 and screw us all..

Personally I bought some 1gb off outpost for 55 after rebate.. thats pretty dirt cheap.. i'm just stocking mine up to make my 8gb iram boot drive.. got 6 so far..

not the fastest thing but iram does not care..

 

[kmrivers]

The price will go up. This is pretty much the trend with these kind of parts. The cheapest PCI video card is pretty close to the same price as the cheapest PCI-ex card. (Newegg)
A 1GB stick of PC133 will cost you over 4 times the price of a 1GB of PC3200. So, that is how it goes.

Are they trying to force people to upgrade? Or maybe just preying on those who stick with old technology to foot the bill and lower prices on the new tech? Who knows? Just be prepared for slow increases as DDR1 phases out and DDR2 in. Repeat.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Total guess here (which is all anyone can really do at this point ), but I would expect DDR1 prices to go up as production shifts away from DDR1 to DDR2 starting later this year. I recently bought a pair of PC3200 512MB sticks for $55 on the FS/T forums here (to add to the 2x512 I already have), and I feel I should be set for quite a while (at least as far as CPU/mobo/RAM goes...my 6800GT is almost on its last legs however ). I'd say that if you really need or could make use of a second gig of RAM, buy it now while it's relatively cheap (unless you plan on jumping to AM2/Conroe immediately this summer).

 

[Ike0069]

I agree. Prices will start to go up as supply goes down.
Now when exactly that starts to happen is what the real question is.

 

[batmanuel]

The DDR1 price will go up, while the DDR2 price drops as they shift production, but I don't expect the production to swing majorly towards DDR2 until around the big holiday season production ramp up and Conroe launch. The shift to AM2 is probably going to only cause a small uptick in DDR2 sales, because the performance increase probably isn't going to be as drastic as a Conroe upgrade.

I also fighure that there probably will to be some price stability this year for RAM in general in the wake of all the recent price-fixing trials. Assuming there are no earthquakes, Chinese invasions or other unexpected events in Taiwan this year.

 

[Bobthelost]

I thought DDR prices were going to rise, but they dropped.

The market may drop even further as AM2 is released, but after that it will start to rise again as the excess stock is sold off. If you're going to buy then you might as well buy now. The prices may fall a bit more, or they might rise. Either way you'll get the RAM at a reasonable price and you'll have it to use now.

 

[PingSpike]

Seems like the consensus is they're probably going to go up.

I think I'm going to buy some DDR1 and probably stick with the s939 platform for awhile. I suspect I can upgrade to dual core at some point and probably not lose out much since it seems like any dual core cpu is probably going to have some lasting power as software starts to take advantage of it.

 

[Lonyo]

It's going to do what SDRAM has done, relatively obviously.
But it's already started, since Intel is the dominant player in PC's and has been doing DDR2 for a while now.

 

[PingSpike]

Now the question is...am I going to be ok sticking with the s939 platform for a reasonable amount of time? Conroe does sound nice, but honestly I've been pretty happy with a single core venice, and I still am. I figure single cores have topped out, at this point you just have to wait for software to catch up and actually take advantage of dual core's offerings. So a lot of people that own dual cores can probably get a longer run out of them then we generally get out of CPUs. And I can just pick one of those up when I feel I need more speed.