Ridiculous DDR2 Prices!

[d0w0rk24]

This is Insane! The cheapest DDR2 4 gig kit on Newegg is 73$!

 

I was planning to up my memory to 8 gigs but this is just silly.

 

I don't know about you but I recall earlier this year being able to get a DDR2 kit for 25 bucks. (really!)

 

What made the prices go up almost 200%?

 

(here is the link to prove it) http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....20(2%20x%202GB)

[nickosha]

FWIR, the memory market basically flooded itself so that manufacturers were selling at a loss just to get rid of the supply. I think they expected that there would be a ton of people upgrading to windows vista, but that never happened to the extent that they had been preparing for.

[xchrissypoox]

You can buy used.

[Kash]

It's DDR1 all over again. I remember how those prices spiked when DDR2 became the standard. Now that DDR3 is here, the same thing was bound to happen to DDR2. It's the nature of the beast.

[Zertz]

Supply and demand

[IVIYTH0S]

comparable ddr2 is still cheaper than ddr3 so it's still recommended (while the price still sucks also). DDR3 should be coming down in price because it's a lower nanometer. If they could sell DDR2 at those low prices, then they can sell ddr3 at those low prices

Edited October 28, 2009 by IVIYTH0S

[Waco]

If they could sell DDR2 at those low prices, then they can sell ddr3 at those low prices

That's not really how it works...

[Zertz]

comparable ddr2 is still cheaper than ddr3 so it's still recommended (while the price still sucks also). DDR3 should be coming down in price because it's a lower nanometer. If they could sell DDR2 at those low prices, then they can sell ddr3 at those low prices

 

Comparable kits:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820145268

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820145270

Opps.. they cost exactly the same

 

Sorted by lowest price:

DDR3

DDR2

 

There goes the price argument

[IVIYTH0S]

Comparable kits:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820145268

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820145270

Opps.. they cost exactly the same

 

Sorted by lowest price:

DDR3

DDR2

 

There goes the price argument

those latencies are horrible and whoever buys those corsairs is a bloody fool and that's all there is to it

you can't tell me you don't LOL when you see crap like THIS get compared with THIS

Edited October 28, 2009 by IVIYTH0S

[SMeeD]

The last time I bought RAM I think I remember paying right around $100 bucks, IMO those prices arent bad we were just spoiled when they were dirt cheap.

[Waco]

you can't tell me you don't LOL when you see crap like THIS get compared with THIS

They are both fairly equal...

Edited October 28, 2009 by Waco

[Baulten]

those latencies are horrible and whoever buys those corsairs is a bloody fool and that's all there is to it

you can't tell me you don't LOL when you see crap like THIS get compared with THIS

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820148227

 

Cheapest DDR3 2x2GB set. Good latency, good speed, cheaper than cheapest DDR2 set.