the price of RAM >8-(

[Red96TA]

I bought a stick of Corsair XMS low latency 512mb last year for $119...why is it that the exact stick of ram now runs $145? You would think that the cost of advancing technology would drive down the price of my puny pc2700...

[stiltman]

supply and demand

[offline]

... and a lack of price elasticity in the market segment

[Cobra]

Remember years ago when a memory factory burned down? RAM prices went into orbit.

[Faustus]

Remember years ago when a memory factory burned down? RAM prices went into orbit.

I thought it was an earthquake? Its become the stuff of legend!!!

Memory prices have always been crazy, I dont get it. Personally I think its quite artifical.

[Cobra]

Maybe it was, and I'm dreaming stuff up again.

I do remember the price of memory in the UK almost doubling at one point.

I also remember being able to pick up 512MB of RAM last May for £45, and now it is £65...

[Faustus]

Maybe it was, and I'm dreaming stuff up again.

I do remember the price of memory in the UK almost doubling at one point.

I also remember being able to pick up 512MB of RAM last May for £45, and now it is £65...

I remember a friend of mine got 4 megs of ram for his 386 and he was just dancing around in pure joy. Things were tight back then, I think the ram cost was higher then the drives. (and they were not cheap either)

[Cobra]

I remember when we got our Performa 6400. It came with 16MB of RAM in it, so we put in another 32MB. That made an incredible 48MB of RAM - it was a real luxury. We never ran out.

Look at us now. 1,024MB of RAM in my machine, and it still isn't enough...

[ViRaL1]

I still remember the big (plant explosion?) back in 92/93 when I paid $495 for 4 sticks of 4x9 30-pin simms. Be grateful for what you have. :P

[Faustus]

I still remember the big (plant explosion?) back in 92/93 when I paid $495 for 4 sticks of 4x9 30-pin simms. Be grateful for what you have. :P

Wait thats the time frame meant! See... earthquake, fires.... I smell conspircy! 8)

[SLICK RICK]

I bought a stick of Corsair XMS low latency 512mb last year for $119...why is it that the exact stick of ram now runs $145? You would think that the cost of advancing technology would drive down the price of my puny pc2700...

I know what you mean Ped96TA, the same 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 that I bought 9 months ago for $199 is now selling for $345.

SLICK RICK....

[tekkieman]

Just depends when you catch it. I bought my 512 stick for $75 a year and a half ago. Been watching the price go up ever since.

[Capmaster]

I still remember the big (plant explosion?) back in 92/93 when I paid $495 for 4 sticks of 4x9 30-pin simms. Be grateful for what you have. :P

I remember getting a Pentium 133 /MB for my birthday (pretty damn geeky ) but no memory. I went to Best Buy and bought 16MB of fast-page RAM.

The cost: $750. The going rate for a long time there had been $45/Megabyte

[shoozleboy]

Reading this makes me glad that I bought my 512meg 1066mhz Rambus memory LAST year!!!

I don't even WANT to look up how much it would be now.....

[ViRaL1]

I remember RAMBUS. :P

BTW you're looking at $185 on Pricewatch.

[giantsmurf]

The plant fire that you are all talking about was because of an earthquake that hit Taiwan in 92. It was one of the worst to ever hit the country. The day it hit is now a memorial day in Taiwan. As for prices now, one of the main Memory Chip producers has cut production to drive up the cost of ram, since prices were dropping too much and they wern't making enough money. Even as it stands right now, prices aren't too crazy IMO.

[Capmaster]

The plant fire that you are all talking about was because of an earthquake that hit Taiwan in 92. It was one of the worst to ever hit the country. The day it hit is now a memorial day in Taiwan. As for prices now, one of the main Memory Chip producers has cut production to drive up the cost of ram, since prices were dropping too much and they wern't making enough money. Even as it stands right now, prices aren't too crazy IMO.

Then I would hold off on buying it just on principles. I wouldn't want to reward that sort of unethical business practice :P

[Faustus]

Ah ha! it was both a fire AND an earthquake. Wonder if it feel over into a swamp while on fire....

[shoozleboy]

I remember RAMBUS. :P

BTW you're looking at $185 on Pricewatch.

Still not too bad - I paid $130 for it about a year ago.... just found the receipt....

[handyguy]

Yes, an earthquake at a resin factory in the far east, i think it was. I remember when it happened before, one meg went to $90.