Why are ram prices, especially Crucial's prices, starting to fall?

[Nocturnal]

????

 

[Jhill]

Because supply is exceeding demand.

 

[duragezic]

They are up and down constantly. Well, obviously a downward trend in the past few years too.

 

[boi]

Are you complaining!?!? :Q

There's a lot of reasons why it is going down. One of them is that the technology is getting older and will replaced by newer technology which is more expensive obviously.

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

Everyones tring to dump old crap because JEDEC will soon validate DDR400 for Springdale.

 

[flavio]

A couple months ago 256MB PC133 Crucial was going for $32 now it's $43.

I see this as an increase.

HelloDeli- Where's Willoughby?

 

[PAB]

They're commodities like anything else. Prices fluctuate based on market demand, supply, et al.

-PAB

 

[MrCodeDude]

I just got PC2700 Kingston 512MB ram for $75
-- mrcodedude

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: HelloDeli
Everyones tring to dump old crap because JEDEC will soon validate DDR400 for Springdale.

I cant tell whether that some made up BS or it the truth...Ive lost track of new technology after the RivaTNT

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Originally posted by: flavio
A couple months ago 256MB PC133 Crucial was going for $32 now it's $43.

I haven't looked at the manufacturing numbers, but PC133 is essentially a dead-end technology. If everyone's producing PC2100 now, the price of older memory will rise as supplies become scarce. Look at Duron and Slot A Athlon CPU prices -- most hover in the $40-$50 range, even though XP chips at twice the clock speed are only about $20-$30 more.

 

[milagro]

Because of the impending war with Iraq. Crazy isn't it?

 

[Legendary]

Originally posted by: milagro
Because of the impending war with Iraq. Crazy isn't it?

Yeah - the real reason we're going to war is to bring RAM prices back up!

 

[rudeguy]

just picked up a stick of 256 meg pc 2100 ddr from bb today...dont hear me complainin

 

[Zee]

Im pissed at myself cuz i bought one for 120 like a month ago, and now it's 92 bux. pc2700 512 meg Crucial. ARGGHGHGHG. Buyers remorse... actually Buyer's Regret

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: Zeero
Im pissed at myself cuz i bought one for 120 like a month ago, and now it's 92 bux. pc2700 512 meg Crucial. ARGGHGHGHG. Buyers remorse... actually Buyer's Regret

gotta wait for the right time. I've been waiting.. oh, about a year now to upgrade till the price is right.

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

Originally posted by: flavio
A couple months ago 256MB PC133 Crucial was going for $32 now it's $43.

I see this as an increase.

HelloDeli- Where's Willoughby?

Its from an Twilight Zone Episode. Man fed up with the grind of everyday life, takes a train back to the year 1920 to get away from it all.

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

Originally posted by: MaxDSP

Originally posted by: HelloDeli
Everyones tring to dump old crap because JEDEC will soon validate DDR400 for Springdale.

I cant tell whether that some made up BS or it the truth...Ive lost track of new technology after the RivaTNT

I got that strait from a Rep at Intel. Chip makers trying to unload some old DDR to make room for DDR 400.

 

[RossMAN]

I could care less since I already have 512MB PC2100 for $12, not bad

 

[Grasshopper27]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I could care less since I already have 512MB PC2100 for $12, not bad

That *IS* why you're the "Grand Nagus", now isn't it?

Hopper

 

[gooseman]

Won't catch me complaining. I remember the day paying $205.00 for a stick of Mushkin PC133 128MB and thought I was getting a "great" deal on it!!:Q