DDR2 price increases while DDR3 price set to drop - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 24th Jan 2008, 16:06

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/01..._set_to_drop/1

If 2007 was the year when DDR2 prices hit rock bottom, 2008 looks like it will be the year when DDR3 becomes affordable.

MilkMan5 · 24th Jan 2008, 16:13

No surprises here, DDR-III needs to make an impact this year.

DDR-III pricing is wayyy tooo expensive at the mo.

<A88> · 24th Jan 2008, 16:24

Best buy that 8GB of DDR2 sooner rather than later then

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WhiskeyAlpha · 24th Jan 2008, 16:26

Better not sell my G.Skill HZs just yet then eh?

Angleus · 24th Jan 2008, 16:27

I knew it, I had this argument with my housemate about 4 months ago, HAHA now I am proven right!

mrb_no1 · 24th Jan 2008, 16:27

WICKED AWESOME, i was thinking of going x38 and ddr3 in the latter part of this year, maybe now it wont cost so much, lovely!

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HourBeforeDawn · 24th Jan 2008, 19:42

well this only makes since, look at DDR prices compared to DDR2 prices, so naturally DDR3 would go down and DDR2 to go up, not to mention pc manufactures will make the switch to DDR3 and that will certainly drop the price as they pick up the grunt of the cost making it cheaper for the consumer, which is nice but once the pc manufactures drop DDR2 prices will really start to go up and by then I really dont want to see what DDR will go for lol.

Redbeaver · 24th Jan 2008, 21:09

i'm glad too i picked up 4gb of ddr2-1066 for my 64-bit OS already, for $59.99/2gb kit

[USRF]Obiwan · 24th Jan 2008, 22:29

"seeing is believing"

naokaji · 24th Jan 2008, 23:00

in the uk ddr2 prices never went as far down as elsewhere.... but i bet the price increase will still hit here too....

ToMMo · 25th Jan 2008, 00:06

unless it's all a ploy to make us buy more RAM in which case the prices might go down even more :O

notatoad · 25th Jan 2008, 00:27

ah-ha! i knew buying that motherboard with ddr2 and ddr3 slots would pay off.

Blademrk · 25th Jan 2008, 06:39

looking at the price of 2GB corsair kit in the shopping section for £37 incl postage, I think I may have to get that next month.

cpemma · 26th Jan 2008, 01:14

One thing, DDR2 is a quarter the price of DDR these days. Replacing a 512Mb PC-3200 was going to cost me at least £25, for £27 I've got 2Gb of PC2-5400.

boiled_elephant · 26th Jan 2008, 01:36

Even if DDR2 put on a third of its current price, it'd still be dirt cheap

I'd best start buying too, though.
Funny, I read the article, but I still don't see why DDR2 prices need to rise. I feel like someone is trying to rob me

Gravemind123 · 26th Jan 2008, 05:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by boiled_elephant

Even if DDR2 put on a third of its current price, it'd still be dirt cheap

I'd best start buying too, though.
Funny, I read the article, but I still don't see why DDR2 prices need to rise. I feel like someone is trying to rob me

Could be more expensive as facilities switch to making more DDR3, leaving less facilities to turn out DDR2.

Same thing happened with DDR when DDR2 started to take over.

8igdave · 26th Jan 2008, 16:00

It will be ages till the high speeds of DDR3 are truely needed for overclocking, by then decent DDR3 will be out with lower timings and even better boards to run it on.

24th Jan 2008, 16:06	#1
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