Kingston Kicks Off DDR2 Price Hikes
PrintIf you're looking to squeeze one last DDR2 upgrade out of your aging rig before moving to a DDR3 platform, you might want to go shopping now rather than put it off for another day. According to reports, Kingston Technology raised the prices for its DDR2 modules by 7 to 10 percent, prompting other memory makers to follow suit.
Further driving prices up, chip suppliers are currently in the process of converting production capacity to DDR3, resulting in a limited supply of DDR2 parts.
While you're shopping for memory, don't expect DDR3 prices to get any cheaper either, sources say. Those purportedly in the know say that current DDR3 prices don't have any wiggle room for further reduction in the third quarter, especially as stockpiles have started to run low.
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Danthrax66
August 13, 2010 at 3:11pm
1. Invent time machine
2. Go back to last summer
3. Buy ddr2
4. ?????
5. Pofit
tornato7
August 13, 2010 at 12:20pm
I hardly notice any performance improvments in ddr3 over ddr2, but DDR2 used to be like $40 for 4GB. I'd rather have 8GB of DDR2 than 4GB of DDR3
TechLarry
August 13, 2010 at 11:24am
"If you're looking to squeeze one last DDR2 upgrade out of your aging rig before moving to a DDR3 platform, you might want to go shopping now rather than put it off for another day."
I think that's exactly what they want us to think/do.
I don't trust 'shortage' reports. They are just self-fullfilling prophecies they artificually create to get ram prices up. Old trick.
mralexosborn
August 13, 2010 at 10:30am
I got 4GB of the RAM above (1066) for $95 at Best Buy! Cheaper than Newegg at the time. I was amazed.
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