RAM Prices Remain High in Early March
PrintRemember when you could pick up a respectable memory kit for not much more than a handful of pocket lint? If you didn't pony up for a RAM upgrade back then, you might be kicking yourself now. RAM has gone up in price, and rather than spend $50 on a quality 4GB kit, you're now looking at around $100 or more.
That's still pretty cheap compared to the days of yore, but with awesome hardware on the horizon, we'd rather not blow our budget on RAM. Unfortunately, memory prices don't look to be dropping any time soon. According to DRAMeXchange, contract quotes for 1Gb (gigabit) DDR3 inched upwards in the first half of March from $2.41 to $2.69. This has pushed the price of 2GB DDR3 modules to around $41.50 to $43 (supplier pricing).
It doesn't get a whole lot better for DDR2 modules, says DRAMeXchange, who noted that early March contract prices remained high at $38 to $40. DDR2 memory might soon spike, as memory makers continue to transition capacity to DDR3.
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TechJunkie
March 12, 2010 at 4:39am
I remember just a few years ago, I bought my 2x2 GB G-Skill DDR II 800's for 34$. When I upgraded to 1066 (same brand), it was roughly 70$. Now I got my first set of 2x2 GB G-Skill DDR3 1600's for 84$ 5 months ago and my second set for 114$ 2 weeks ago. Ram is climbing, but it's not like you have to buy it every few months.
I Jedi
March 11, 2010 at 1:14pm
Eh, I remember buying my DDR2 memory back a few years ago, and it was cheap to buy 2 x 2 dims then. $100 + now for DDR2/3 memory sets at 4 GB? Ouch!
Signal2Noise
March 11, 2010 at 8:35am
Yup, except for the single 4GB sticks prices are still reasonable imo.
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