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I was looking at the DDR3 memories and seems like the price went up once again.

I bought the my OCZ 1866 CL9 6GB kit for $120 in the summer, and it went up to $140 something around October. And when I just looked at the price on Amazon the cheapest is $230 now.....some Corsair Dominator's also went up a lot.
did the DDR3 price really went up that much recently?
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yeah, my corsair dominators skyrocketed up to 259 right now, but im selling them still for 175
to be fair

actually went up last night i believe
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yeah, my corsair dominators skyrocketed up to 259 right now, but im selling them still for 175
to be fair

actually went up last night i believe

I bought a set of Kingston DDR3 for my dad 2 weeks ago from Fry's for $90+tax, now the same set is going for $135 on egg, lol

sucks for those who's building a computer now.
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Could be a reflection of the strength of the USD. A low dollar is good for exports, not good for imports.
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I was looking at the DDR3 memories and seems like the price went up once again.

I bought the my OCZ 1866 CL9 6GB kit for $120 in the summer, and it went up to $140 something around October. And when I just looked at the price on Amazon the cheapest is $230 now.....some Corsair Dominator's also went up a lot.
did the DDR3 price really went up that much recently?

Maybe try this site...
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...dlist=celebros
..might do the trick...Good luck -Chuck
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The spot prices on DDR3 is actually going down. These price drops will be reflected in street prices in a few weeks. There was a new article about the Taiwanese gov't no longer looking to create a staterun competitor to drive up prices. Being the case, prices are now dropping.

www.dramexchange.com
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Blame Apple for buying all the NAND flash chips. -.- CURSE YOU APPLE!
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Maybe try this site...
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...dlist=celebros
..might do the trick...Good luck -Chuck

I'm not actually buying just looking cause I was bored. The problem with ZZF is that their listed price is great, but many of the items are out of stock(especially the ones with considerably lower price.)
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The spot prices on DDR3 is actually going down. These price drops will be reflected in street prices in a few weeks. There was a new article about the Taiwanese gov't no longer looking to create a staterun competitor to drive up prices. Being the case, prices are now dropping.

www.dramexchange.com


Price fixing = fail. Stupid Taiwan. I wish I could short DRAM prices lol
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The spot prices on DDR3 is actually going down. These price drops will be reflected in street prices in a few weeks. There was a new article about the Taiwanese gov't no longer looking to create a staterun competitor to drive up prices. Being the case, prices are now dropping.

www.dramexchange.com


Great info Duckie. I guess it have something to do with when the manufactures purchased or placed order for their memory chip, and it will take some time before the price drop is actually reflected in the retail level.


But holy crap! these memory chip prices went up more than the gold price and US stock market, lol
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The spot prices on DDR3 is actually going down. These price drops will be reflected in street prices in a few weeks. There was a new article about the Taiwanese gov't no longer looking to create a staterun competitor to drive up prices. Being the case, prices are now dropping.

Duckie's right. However, oddly enough, there is no explanation as to why over the past 2-3 days DDR3 has SKYROCKETED. I'd love to see what the temporary deal is regarding this.
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Price fixing = fail. Stupid Taiwan. I wish I could short DRAM prices lol

Dude, look at the stock NLST, they are a memory chip company and their stock went from 89cents to 6 dollars in a week...probably have something to do with the DRAM price lol
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Duckie's right. However, oddly enough, there is no explanation as to why over the past 2-3 days DDR3 has SKYROCKETED. I'd love to see what the temporary deal is regarding this.

The manufactures probably ordered their DRAMs ahead of time when the price was very high or at the peak, so their cost for the current lot/batch of memory modules are much higher.

I mean even now the price is still HIGH although they are dropping, so it's gonna be a while before the manufactures lower their price.
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Dude, look at the stock NLST, they are a memory chip company and their stock went from 89cents to 6 dollars in a week...probably have something to do with the DRAM price lol

Holy crap.
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Hey. Don't know if my post belongs here, but I'll post anyway =)...

I noticed that DDR2 went up too! I bought Corsair 2x2 800's for $46 about 6-7 months ago and now that same pair is $96. Waddup with that?!


I hope the prices go down again because I'd REALLY like another pair.

Happy buying!
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Holy crap.
I'm pretty sure there are a good amount of stock manipulation in it but the DRAM price certainly helped IMO.

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Hey. Don't know if my post belongs here, but I'll post anyway =)...

I noticed that DDR2 went up too! I bought Corsair 2x2 800's for $46 about 6-7 months ago and now that same pair is $96. Waddup with that?!


I hope the prices go down again because I'd REALLY like another pair.

Happy buying!
I think they reduced the production of DDR2. Just like how the DDR1 price went up after DDR2 went into mass production
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