YAMHDT 2x1Gb Kingston DDR2-800 $69.99 NR Shipped

[Stoik]

EDIT***Still alive as of 2am June 20th!***

toasty?

2x1Gb Kingston ValueRAM PC2-6400 at Fry's, $69.99 shipped no rebate!

Fry's spreading the love once again!

I heard that these Kingston ValueRAM's have the Micron D9's on them.

Also, while these are probably not great for overclocking, I hear they're rock solid at stock speed and voltage.

Link, he come to town, he come to save the Princess Zelda!

 

[rml]

Why does memory price drop that quick lately?

 

[Stoik]

not quite sure, i think ram manufactured over produced and are now trying to catch up. i pulled the trigger on these because it feels like prices have been going up since a few weeks ago.

 

[Jassi]

Sweet deal op, too bad I got enough RAM for now.

 

[hans007]

well prices seem to have bottomed out and even slightly recoverd on the spot market. this is a pretty godo price, but its not dirt dirt cheap like some of the ddr2-667 deals. great for the brand though.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

DDR2 is going to get cheaper as MFG offload their excess stock and ramp up DDR3 production.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
DDR2 is going to get cheaper as MFG offload their excess stock and ramp up DDR3 production.

Thats not really true and is a widely held mis conception.

I'd like to see you try to buy 2 gb of rambus, or even 2 gb of pc3200 now.

 

[hans007]

price raised to $79.99 already , and its $89.99 now at the brick and mortar stores. looks like ram prices are finally going up (dramexchange.com has raw chips up lik 35% the last few weeks)

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: hans007

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
DDR2 is going to get cheaper as MFG offload their excess stock and ramp up DDR3 production.

Thats not really true and is a widely held mis conception.

I'd like to see you try to buy 2 gb of rambus, or even 2 gb of pc3200 now.

I would think supply and demand is the usual determiner of price.

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: hans007
price raised to $79.99 already , and its $89.99 now at the brick and mortar stores. looks like ram prices are finally going up (dramexchange.com has raw chips up lik 35% the last few weeks)

I wouldn't use Fry's volatile pricing to judge any industry-wide trend. I'm waiting for a brand I prefer to be on sale before I buy my next 2 gigs.

 

[jlin101]

for the same $80 there is Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2 / 2GB (2x1GB) / PC2-6400 (800MHz) / 12-4-4-4 / PDC22G6400LLK, also at Fry. Why get valueram when you can get performance ram with heatspreader?

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A few weeks ago there were many good DDR2 deals (2gb PC6400 CAS4 for $70 AR); they are harder to find now. Maybe RAM price is getting close to the bottom. Manay AT readers have also got in on the HP PC5300 deal (1gb for $16 AR, limit 5)--those have Micron D9 chips and can easily surpass PC6400 speed at stock voltage.

 

[hans007]

i've had the patriot extreme , i doubt it is any better than the value ram.

it runs 2.2 volts or something and when you plug the patriot into a mobo that only takes 1.8v ram it doesnt work.

 

[hube235]

Originally posted by: rml
Why does memory price drop that quick lately?

Perhaps this is the answer?

I'm actually part of this class action settlement. Any one here included?

 

[apexi350z]

$69.99 again..

 

[jlin101]

Originally posted by: hube235

Originally posted by: rml
Why does memory price drop that quick lately?

Perhaps this is the answer?

I'm actually part of this class action settlement. Any one here included?

LOL. I think this started because the feds were peeved to have paid high prices for memory chips in government computers. If only the federal government can go after OPEC for fixing high oil prices.

 

[Stoik]

ooo still alive as of 2am wednesday June 20th!

 

[hans007]

i bought 2 sets, and they have nanya chips. still a good deal.