Are We in for a DRAM Shortage?
PrintTiming the purchase of RAM can be as maddening as trying to predict the stock market. It's entirely possible to plunk down a wad of cash on a memory kit, only to watch as prices plummet a week later. That said, if you're in need of a memory upgrade, now might be a good time to buy.
Or at least that's the message we take away from market research firm DRAMeXchange, who warns that a DRAM shortage looms. The firm notes a lack of capital investment as the reason why, adding that there's already a shortage of some memory densities because of a recovery in the PC market. DRAMeXchange says some OEMs paid as much as $55 for 2GB DDR2 modules in the sport market.
The firm says that year-on-year PC shipment growth could climb to 13 percent in 2010, putting pressure on memory makers to keep up with demand.
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MeTo
December 25, 2009 at 6:04am
Price control. If they think they are not getting enough money they cut production. Then they say we only have so many we need to charge more. Do a Google search on "memory price fixing" As usual it will all come out in the end for the Courts and lawyers screw the little guy that buys a PC with overpriced memory.
Danthrax66
December 24, 2009 at 1:08pm
Should have bought some ddr2 in the summer when it was $50 for 4 gb
TimberWolf
December 25, 2009 at 1:29am
Yeah. When i build my rig back in april i got 6 gigs of Corsair DOMINATOR dd3 memory for 164. Now the price for 3 gigs is 220 something. its rediculus.
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