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Default Why has RAM gotten so expensive?
In the past 3 months, DDR2 RAM has mor than doubled in price? Can someone explain why?
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Today, I was lookin at ram and wondering the same thing. Almost $100 for 4gg! Isnt it always the same though? When ddr2 first came out it was really expensive then got cheaper and ddr became expensive. I guess it might be because they arnt making as much of it? I really dont know. DVD drives too. They went up around $10.

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In the past 3 months, DDR2 RAM has mor than doubled in price? Can someone explain why?
Supply and demand i'm geussing.
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i read somewhere that due to increased demand, the supply of ddr2 chips has gotten low, and thusly prices have been raised. on the + side, ddr3 has gone down in price
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Someone was posting a comment about this a while back and one of the people who replied (can't remember who) posted a nice graph that showed sales of DDR2 compared to DDR3 and DDR3 has either passed DDR2 or will be passing it very shortly. I think that's what is driving the prices up... they just aren't selling as much of it. The good news is that DDR3 prices are coming down.
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Exactly, they arent making as much.

There was some news about it a few weeks ago. Grab some used ones while you can!
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I was reading this article the other day and it seems that the DDR2 prices will continue to climb, unfortunately.

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Manufacturing process is shifting to ddr3. It happens with every new memory generation. Out with old, in with the new.
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Today, I was lookin at ram and wondering the same thing. Almost $100 for 4gg! Isnt it always the same though? When ddr2 first came out it was really expensive then got cheaper and ddr became expensive. I guess it might be because they arnt making as much of it? I really dont know. DVD drives too. They went up around $10.
Last year paid $100 for (4 x 2)8 GB ddr 2 1066.
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prices for New Zealand ram hasn't gone up as far as I've seen but it has always been really expensive anyway

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