Any end in sight for high RAM prices?

[UNESCO]

I'm contemplating upgrading from my X2 4400+ to an overclocked Conroe system but these inflated prices are are deal breaker right now.

Are we going to see any DDR2-667/DDR2-800 2GB kits come down to the $200 region anytime soon... I'd really like to jump aboard the Intel bandwagon!

 

[Misoprostol]

Best thing to do is probably pick up some used RAM. Considering most RAM comes with a lifetime warranty, there's almost no reason to buy it new unless it's bleeding edge and no one is unloading it. By this time DDR2 has been through a couple refreshes though. That's what I'd look into doing anyway.

 

[Misoprostol]

Update: Looks like things are slowly dropping

 

[Babrbarossa]

I see that many visitors are still viewing that thread- so just to update: as of now, RAM prices are great! they will be increasing in the next quarter so if you're thinking about it- now is a pretty good time to upgrade your memory.

 

[Eldonko]

Yeah Micron and some others dropped the prices alot in the last 2 months. Takes a bit to see this in the Canadian market because the old stock has to sell first but it will come. h34r:

Heres an article from today. http://www.computerworld.com/action...articleId=9016120&taxonomyId=66&intsrc=kc_top

 

[Misoprostol]

I had actually heard that it was on its way back up due to the manufacturers anticipated an increased demand for flash products for the spring/summer...

 

[sswilson]

Mysterybyte.com has a couple of supertalent ddr2 800 sets on for $199 & $219 for improved latencies.

 

[Beermaster]

Well prices are better then what there where 6months ago, thats for sure

still not great yet

 

[Babrbarossa]

I call 2GB pc8500 5-5-4-12 for 240 bucks pretty good.

 

[Shadowed]

There is something that has been bugging me. Why can you buy a 2gb flash drive for $25 and have to pay 10x as much for dram ?
According to an article I just read, flash memory is supposed to be more expensive than dram.

Unlike DRAM, non-volatile memory like flash can store memory when a device's power is turned off, but flash memory chips write and read data more slowly than DRAM, have less capacity, and are also more expensive.

From this article :
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130747-page,1/article.html