CRUCIAL MEMORY HIT DEAL

[Kwad Guy]

Actually, with ram both high demand and very low demand can
lead to higher prices...High demand (outstripping supply) is obvious.
But very low demand means it falls into the specialty catagories,
where production is very very low, and prices are high.

I wouldn't expect to see SDRAM going back down much, because
it's yesterday's news...It's heading toward the low demand-high price
end of things (along with stuff like EDO memory that has been
there for a long time).

Kwad

 

[JJordan]

So why not buy 512MB Mushkin BASIC PC2100 for $125 -- won't that work fine on the new Dell that is not going to be overclocked. Or how about 512 MB of Viking/Transcend for $126 Here. I assume this stuff won't work for overclocking but since I cannot overclock a Dell, won't these cheaper priced items work fine ?

 

[StealthGlass]

OK! It's all over. Move along now. That's a good fellow.

 

[toshiba3020]

yes! this is SO HIT!!!

 

[JameyF]

<< And I brought mine 2 weeks ago with amex blue hoping to get a lower price later too... >>




HAAAHHHH!!!! I'm not the only one Look at the bright side, you dont' have to buy it now and hope for the same thing.

 

[bsRaven23]

Was there really a point to posting this thread? Maybe this junior member is excited to make his (or her) first appearance in Anandtech at starting a post. Learn to post HOT DEALS... we're not reading to find out about you not liking the prices.

 

[XFreebie]

if u want to blame somebody for high memory prices, blame intel and boycott them. they released their ddr chipsets at the same time Hynix (#3 world RAM maker) was going bankrupt.

and yes there will be a monopoly for a short while since Micron is buying the remains of hynix and then they will become the #1 ram supplier ahead of Samsung. and then.... capitalist investors see high ram prices, pour money into upstart companies that want to make ram and then ram will be cheap again... and then ram will be too low and they will all go bankrupt. this is a cyclical market segment so stop crying.

 

[XFreebie]

and if u think ram is expensive, go make ur own!

yeah pull out several hundred million dollars, or even a billion and develop your own production facility and then u can make all the ram u want! see its only a few million dollars per stick!

 

[silver8]

Hey, don't be fooled. Micron that is parent of Crucial now has more than half of DRAM market. And they tried to buy another Hydix that hold 20% capacity of DRAM. Who dares to raise price so quickly, so largely? Only monopolist who controls the majority of market can do!
1. I was troubled by the way they increased the price, Saturday night. Who does buy chip on Sunday? people who read post here, not companies they do business on weekday.
2. Yes, This is definitely a hotdeal!!! Still there are some excellent deal on newegg, for example, 256DDR PC2100 is $83 vs $94, the same chip. http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=20-145-001, Neweggs surely will raise the price on monday.

Take easy!!!