Why is DDR400 (PC3200) so expensive?

[Q]

I wanted to get 2GB of PC3200 184pin DDR for my PC, and I was surprised that this was much more expensive than any other RAM type out there (well you know what I mean)

Why is it so expensive if it's older than everything else?

 

[Setral]

Because it isn't being made, and as stock goes down, prices go up.

Newer memory, there is just too much of it already produced and the only way to move units is to sell dirt cheap.

 

[taltamir]

look for used sticks on ebay.

 

[alcoholbob]

I sold 2GB of DDR400 CAS2 for $140 a few months ago on ebay.

 

[taltamir]

😵

WOW... I need to look through some of the my older ram... also i need to stop throwing it in the trash when it sells for less than 15$ on ebay because apparently it goes right up in price.

 

[Beanie46]

Originally posted by: Astrallite
I sold 2GB of DDR400 CAS2 for $140 a few months ago on ebay.

Then you found a sucker since one can find quite a few manufacturers still making and selling 2GB sets of DDR CAS2 RAM, although it sells for $70-$80 per 2GB set (OCZ, Corsair, GSkill, Patriot, Kingston HyperX, Buffalo to name a few.) But $140? Like I said, you found a sucker.

Biggest thing about the price is volume. While it's still being made in small batches today, the volume being produced is a small fraction of what it was years ago. Small volume=higher prices.

 

[RebateMonger]

DDR2 is going up in price, too. All of those nice rebates are gone.

 

[alcoholbob]

Originally posted by: Beanie46

Originally posted by: Astrallite
I sold 2GB of DDR400 CAS2 for $140 a few months ago on ebay.

Then you found a sucker since one can find quite a few manufacturers still making and selling 2GB sets of DDR CAS2 RAM, although it sells for $70-$80 per 2GB set (OCZ, Corsair, GSkill, Patriot, Kingston HyperX, Buffalo to name a few.) But $140? Like I said, you found a sucker.

Biggest thing about the price is volume. While it's still being made in small batches today, the volume being produced is a small fraction of what it was years ago. Small volume=higher prices.

It was the highest end Corsair DDR RAM. The only set (AFAIK) that did 2-2-2-5 on AMD platforms back in the day. Most of the others defaulted to cas 2.5, or were only stable to 2-3-3-6. That was the reason it went for a high cost.