Why is crucial memory so expensive

[biofobia]

I looked on newegg and the crucial memory is so expensive compared to the other brands... i know crucial is the best company, but why make its prices so high... one day i saw it was like $160.. like 2 weeks ago.. and then 2 weeks ago, 2 days later its $190... but now it dropped to $185.. is it worth it over the corsair memory which is $168 or the pc2100 DDR both corsair and cruciall which is $185 but same exact ram... which one is better considering price too!

 

[John]

<< I know crucial is the best company, but why make its prices so high... >>



Actually that's an opinion. Memory prices are very volatile.

 

[Om]

<< i know crucial is the best company... >>



I guess you have answered your own question.

You can buy a Hyundai a lot cheaper than you can a BMW.

 

[biofobia]

so what would you say is a better company ???

 

[sparks]

Thats hard to quantify, Corsair is a company that buys its RAM from various manufacturers and and puts it on its own PCB. Crucial memory is 100% Micron RAM on a Micron PCB. They are both high quality parts, if I were buying, I would just buy the one that costs less.

 

[Om]

Crucial.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

<< Thats hard to quantify, Corsair is a company that buys its RAM from various manufacturers and and puts it on its own PCB. Crucial memory is 100% Micron RAM on a Micron PCB. They are both high quality parts, if I were buying, I would just buy the one that costs less. >>



Crucial doesn't use Micron chips exclusively. For example my 512 MB stick of PC2100 has Infineon chips.

-Ice

 

[bluesky]

<< You can buy a Hyundai a lot cheaper than you can a BMW. >>



You don't mean the quality is so different btw Samsung, Hynix, Infineon etc and Crucial, do you?



<< Crucial doesn't use Micron chips exclusively. For example my 512 MB stick of PC2100 has Infineon chips >>



Yes, there are some samsung chips on Crucial ddr 256mb.

I would buy pc2400, or pc2700 from Samsung, Corsair and some other at same or less price, if I need one.

 

[exp]

Last year pricing was reversed--Corsair was the most expensive and Crucial was the cheapest of any quality name brand. It's just the way things work. They both make great RAM.