HOT! CRUCIAL LOWER PRICES!!!!!

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: joecool

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: joecool
hey, can somebody please tell me where to find the 5% discount?

There are tech bargains all over the place. You have just to get off your fat butt to help out your wallet.

ouch!

Let me re-do this to help you out.

There are tech bargains all over the place. You have just to get off your fat butt to help out your wallet.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: Yo2
Your point is well taken. On a sidenote I am not sure you need 8 chips anymore. Many newer chips are 256x16 - thus you would need only 4

Yeah, but those chips are not $3 on the spot market. No matter how you figure it, the price of the memory chips themselves is still in the neighborhood of $25. Add in the cost of the PCB, manufacturing, testing, packaging, shipping, etc, we're still a long way from the glory days of $20 for 256MB DDR2100.

 

[joecool]

There are tech bargains all over the place. You have just to get off your fat butt to help out your wallet.

ok, smarty pants, i get it ...

and i actually did get it the first time!

 

[NazzyG]

Originally posted by: Superdoopercooper
alm99,

Yes the ram is clocked from you motherboard, so if you are clocking at the PC2100 rate (133MHz), then the ram will operate there. Heck, if you want to run it at 10Hz, that'd work to. Your 'puter would super suck, but you could do it.

The rating just means the MAX speed the ram was tested at the factory and GUARANTEED to operate at. Just like the Athlon XP. You can buy a 3000+ and run it at 500MHz. not sure why you'd want to, but you could.

I'm no expert on RAM by any means, but I think this is partially false or at the very least misleading.

I purchased some PC133 RAM and put it in someone's computer who had previously been using 66MHz ram. The computer would not even boot with the new RAM in it. Now I remember way back when there was issues with parity vs. non-parity and stuff like that so I don't know what the culprit was, I just know that newer RAM wouldn't work in the old computer even though the type was the same (I think they were both SIMMs)

 

[psianime]

Ummm...wow. Lets wait until they start giving it away for free =D

-psianime

 

[Superdoopercooper]

You may in fact have point. However, I bet the parity, ECC, or whatever had more to do with it than clcok speed. Some of the older boards couldn't accept non-parity (or parity can't remember which). But, in most cases, clock speed can be safely lowered below guaranteed operating spec, but not above.

Of course, the O/C'ing community has shown in many cases that stuff is spec'd at a much lower speed than it is capable of doing. There are many reasons for this... but regardless, if AMD sees you O/C'd your chip by 1MHz over spec'd range, and poof, warranty is null and void.

Anywho... if I'm wrong and misled someone, sorry....

Originally posted by: NazzyG

Originally posted by: Superdoopercooper alm99, Yes the ram is clocked from you motherboard, so if you are clocking at the PC2100 rate (133MHz), then the ram will operate there. Heck, if you want to run it at 10Hz, that'd work to. Your 'puter would super suck, but you could do it. The rating just means the MAX speed the ram was tested at the factory and GUARANTEED to operate at. Just like the Athlon XP. You can buy a 3000+ and run it at 500MHz. not sure why you'd want to, but you could.

I'm no expert on RAM by any means, but I think this is partially false or at the very least misleading. I purchased some PC133 RAM and put it in someone's computer who had previously been using 66MHz ram. The computer would not even boot with the new RAM in it. Now I remember way back when there was issues with parity vs. non-parity and stuff like that so I don't know what the culprit was, I just know that newer RAM wouldn't work in the old computer even though the type was the same (I think they were both SIMMs)

 

[tydas]

I see 512mb pc2700 prices dipping below $50, so hold your horses pilgrims!

 

[Digobick]

Originally posted by: UCDznutz
ugh i just ordered 512mb pc2700 yesterday at 89.99. time to email for a price adjustment

Darn, me too. I'm not going to email them though; I understand it's just business and I lucked out this time. Maybe next time I'll be luckier.

 

[Jerry944T]

Thanks for the tip. Used the 5% code and that covered the tax so good deal. Every time I wait for prices to go lower they seem to raise. I'm not taking too much of a chance at this price. Code is easy to find if you use your obese bill-holder.

 

[tydas]

You know, I just noticed that crucila rasied the price of its 9700 pro to 339, i Wonder if they are getting ready for another round of 15% coupons and didn't want the vid card affected?

 

[Scitex]

How long has Crucial been selling PC3200 DDR? I don't remember seeing it last time I looked on thier site. Price is kinda steep though :disgust:

 

[UCDznutz]

Originally posted by: Digobick

Originally posted by: UCDznutz
ugh i just ordered 512mb pc2700 yesterday at 89.99. time to email for a price adjustment

Darn, me too. I'm not going to email them though; I understand it's just business and I lucked out this time. Maybe next time I'll be luckier.

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your email, I have researched the price drop, charged $89.99 todays pirce $83.99 total credit back to credit card: $6.00. Please be advised this is a one time deal with price drop per order.

Please let me know if I can assist you with questions or comments.

Sincerely,

ROSE BAIRD
Customer Support Representative

woohoooo! crucial rocks!

 

[link26]

eheh.

it's interesting how ddr prices are falling like a hippo, whereas RDram prices are skyrocketing. :Q

 

[alchemize]

Originally posted by: Scitex
How long has Crucial been selling PC3200 DDR? I don't remember seeing it last time I looked on thier site. Price is kinda steep though :disgust:

It was the last couple of days. I'm looking forward to someone reviewing it. The CAS is high (3 if I recall), but Crucial usually overclocks well, so I wonder if this will make some nice high end ram.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: UCDznutz

Originally posted by: Digobick

Originally posted by: UCDznutz
ugh i just ordered 512mb pc2700 yesterday at 89.99. time to email for a price adjustment

Darn, me too. I'm not going to email them though; I understand it's just business and I lucked out this time. Maybe next time I'll be luckier.

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your email, I have researched the price drop, charged $89.99 todays pirce $83.99 total credit back to credit card: $6.00. Please be advised this is a one time deal with price drop per order.

Please let me know if I can assist you with questions or comments.

Sincerely,

ROSE BAIRD
Customer Support Representative

woohoooo! crucial rocks!

OMG !! :Q they did a price adjustment..as always ymmv ..as we see

 

[ShowdOWN]

these lower prices are just too good to be true.
hmmm, should i wait a bit longer to see how much more it will drop or buy it now just in case it goes up like the last time.
damn it...my bills were just gettn lower too. ughhh.

 

[xenolith]

Originally posted by: ShowdOWN
these lower prices are just too good to be true.
hmmm, should i wait a bit longer to see how much more it will drop or buy it now just in case it goes up like the last time.

Lets see... let me look into my crystal ball... hmmm... it doesn't seem to be working today... sorry.

 

[Granorense]

Originally posted by: joecool

There are tech bargains all over the place. You have just to get off your fat butt to help out your wallet.

ok, smarty pants, i get it ...

and i actually did get it the first time!

Ouch!

 

[dafatha00]

Hmm.. I'm running one stick of 256mb of 2100 Crucial right now. If I change to 2700 memory, will i notice a speed increase?

 

[Mustanggt]

Originally posted by: dafatha00
Hmm.. I'm running one stick of 256mb of 2100 Crucial right now. If I change to 2700 memory, will i notice a speed increase?

Thats a joke right??

 

[LostHiWay]

Originally posted by: dafatha00
Hmm.. I'm running one stick of 256mb of 2100 Crucial right now. If I change to 2700 memory, will i notice a speed increase?

Only if your system supports pc2700

 

[pcmax]

Originally posted by: UCDznutz

Originally posted by: Digobick

Originally posted by: UCDznutz
ugh i just ordered 512mb pc2700 yesterday at 89.99. time to email for a price adjustment

Darn, me too. I'm not going to email them though; I understand it's just business and I lucked out this time. Maybe next time I'll be luckier.

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your email, I have researched the price drop, charged $89.99 todays pirce $83.99 total credit back to credit card: $6.00. Please be advised this is a one time deal with price drop per order.

Please let me know if I can assist you with questions or comments.

Sincerely,

ROSE BAIRD
Customer Support Representative

woohoooo! crucial rocks!

Thank you, I just ordered two sticks at $89.99 gonna email them.

 

[Hummercash]

here is a question...

i bought 4 sticks of 256MB PC2100 RAM back in September 2001 @ about $30/stick. Two sticks just crapped out on me. When I RMA them, will they make me pay the difference in price (~$10 per stick) or will they replace them for free???
TIA.


.//chris

 

[tuan121]

replace for free. ive done it a once b4. crucial is an excellent vendor.

 

[Paolo]

Holy smokes, I too have just received 2 sticks of 512meg pc2700 from Crucial today and noted the nice price drop. While I am certainly enjoying the extra memory and bandwidth (over the 3 sticks of 256meg pc2100 they are replacing ) this evening, a $12 price adjustment refund would really make my week. Hope Crucial comes thru...