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Anonymous
(Unregistered)Fri 18-Dec-09 18:14:58
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Memory prices. Wow!


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Last year I bought 2 GB of corsair XMS2 CL4 for £23. (after the recession began) Now the same memory has gone up and doubled in some cases.

Anyone know why memory is so expensive right now? I was hoping to get a good deal on 4gb 1200 mhz memory as my mobo supports it but after looking around I think not...

Andre
Standard User JonRennie
(knowledge is power) Fri 18-Dec-09 18:25:21
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We're seeing component prices go through the roof at the moment. Some of our suppliers are saying that manufacturing has been scaled back over the last year or so in response to the global recession but their order books are full hence the shortage.

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Standard User Desmond
(sensei) Fri 18-Dec-09 22:05:46
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RAM seems to have become a commodity product. At present, demand is rising again and supply is low and thus prices are high. Another few months and prices will fall like a stone for DDR3 RAM, but expect DDR2 to stay expensive and only rise in price further. Manufacturers, who have cut back because of the recession, will not want to start making DD2 again en masse when DDR3 is the new standard. By the end of next year expect DDR3 RAM to be dirt cheap per GB compared to DDR2. Expect old DDR RAM, which is expensive already, to be extortionate in price by then.

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Standard User Seansmit17
(knowledge is power) Sat 19-Dec-09 15:34:23
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Yep, ram is expensive at the moment. I just got 2GB of kingston Value ram DDR2 667 for £15 inc postage so not bad at all but for some 800mhx ddr2 @ 2gb im looking at almost £30! blush

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Standard User Alnath
(fountain of knowledge) Sun 27-Dec-09 14:04:25
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In reply to a post by Anonymous:
Last year I bought 2 GB of corsair XMS2 CL4 for £23. (after the recession began) Now the same memory has gone up and doubled in some cases.

Anyone know why memory is so expensive right now? I was hoping to get a good deal on 4gb 1200 mhz memory as my mobo supports it but after looking around I think not...

Andre


Because when prices drop they slow production to limit supplys which hikes the price.
Standard User gomezz
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Sun 27-Dec-09 15:06:01
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eRAM is a a tad more expensive. Saw an ad for Macbooks yestereday and the difference between the 2GB and the 4GB version was £200!
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(deleted) Tue 29-Dec-09 19:29:40
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There is somewhat of a shift towards DDR3 so DDR2 prices rise, you will find DDR3 is a fair bit cheaper now compared to when you bought your cheap ddr2.
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