Why haven't 4GB DIMMs become mainstream?

[Red Squirrel]

Can't wait to see 4GB be more obtainable. The idea of 24GB on a home built server is awesome. 😀

 

[cbn]

As of Today 2 x 4GB DDR3 1600 ranges from $399.99 (G.skill Ripjaws) to $456.

G. skill 2x 4GB DDR3 1066 is $379.

Lets see what happens to prices in the next few months.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...E&PageSize=100

According to Newegg, DDR3 2x4GB kits are now $269.

 

[Absolution75]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...E&PageSize=100

According to Newegg, DDR3 2x4GB kits are now $269.

Prices are actually becoming almost reasonable, this is great. I doubt it will be awhile before we see 8GB go for anything less than $200, but maybe in another year. Once they hit that price range, I'll bite 😛

 

[Emulex]

4gb udimm should be becoming really popular now - like 8gb x R2 - everyone needs moar ram. just going to take a bit of time for adoption.

 

[solofly]

Nah won't be that long, the next node release will bring with it the 1Gb chip densities needed to make 4GB single-rank unregistered/unbuffered dimms.

There will still be a price premium over the 512Mb chips (2GB dimms) at first because the yields will be all the lower with the new process node, always is the case, but another 6 months thereafter and that will change.

I would be surprised if we don't see 4GB dimms for desktop PC's selling at newegg en masse 6 months from now, and the affordable stuff (4GB dimms <$60) a year from now.

So soon...😉

 

[pjkenned]

I have every PC/ Server at home using 2GB modules in every memory slot. I highly doubt that 90&#37; of users are running 8GB or more these days.

 

[faxon]

I have every PC/ Server at home using 2GB modules in every memory slot. I highly doubt that 90% of users are running 8GB or more these days.

yup and then you get guys like us who just cant get enough :awe:

 

[corkyg]

They will become mainstream when 64 bit becomes standard in m the general marketplace. Right now the main demand would primarily be from geekdom, not the G.A.P.

 

[Idontcare]

So soon...😉

😕 I don't follow

 

[corkyg]

😕 I don't follow

I think he is referring to the repeated 6 months time frame in the message he quoted. His "So Soon" suggests to me that he feels it will be longer than 6 months.

 

[Idontcare]

I think he is referring to the repeated 6 months time frame in the message he quoted. His "So Soon" suggests to me that he feels it will be longer than 6 months.

Well it has been 6 months since that post was made, and looking at the egg we do have the quite a wide selection of 4GB dimm packages to buy from today. So I don't see where the projections were all that far off.

1x4GB

2x4GB

3x4GB

4x4GB

6x4GB

Right now they are hovering around $150 per 4GB dimm for the 4x packs, about 3x what I thought we'd see a year after my post...so they got from now until Oct to cut that price in half. I doubt such an extensive price cut will happen but they'll definitely be below $100/4GB dimm come Oct.

 

[cbn]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2%20x%204GB%29

$179.99 for Gksill DDR3 1066 8GB kits.

$189.99 for Gskill DDR3 1333 8GB kits.

Feb 9th 2010 that same G. skill DDR3 1066 kit was $379.99 (according to this thread).

So in less than 6 months the price of 4 GB dimms has decreased by more than half.

 

[Emulex]

what is funny is that brand name (HP DDR3 1333 4GB ECC RDIMMS) are like $140 for big customers. volume buyers. rdimms are buffered fully and have address protection (think UDIMM=PATA, rdimm=SATA) so you can stuff 18,24,96 dimms on a mobo and rock out.

i use 18 myself since i do vmware with dual X5670's and that is the optimal most ram i can stuff in there right now (sacrificing bus speed) but bus speed is nothing if you are swapping imo.