No DDR3 is reasonably priced, we've just been spoiled with DDR2 oversupplies and dirt cheap pricing that it has skewed the price perception.
I bought 8GB of DDR2 1066 last year for just about $110, now you get 4GBs DDR3 for about that much, which is about where DDR2 was before the market became over saturated.
Now that there are DDR3 AMD boards out there, DDR3 prices will come down as they will ramp production to meet demand and hit lower price points as DDR3 is no longer relegated to just higher end Intel chipsets and boards.
What happened to the memory maker that made a loss for 3 years running?
Surely they must be crying now? Can anyone remember who it was?
Also, in 18-36 months when things pick up these guys will be oversupplying at the end of that 3 year cycle. But the numbers will be higher. SSD's, SATA3 6GB, AMD cpu's will finally push Intel to lower prices, Windows 7 will be stable, etc etc.
No DDR3 is reasonably priced, we've just been spoiled with DDR2 oversupplies and dirt cheap pricing that it has skewed the price perception.
I bought 8GB of DDR2 1066 last year for just about $110, now you get 4GBs DDR3 for about that much, which is about where DDR2 was before the market became over saturated.
Now that there are DDR3 AMD boards out there, DDR3 prices will come down as they will ramp production to meet demand and hit lower price points as DDR3 is no longer relegated to just higher end Intel chipsets and boards.
They should make even more. DDR3 is still too expensive.
Surely they must be crying now? Can anyone remember who it was?
Also, in 18-36 months when things pick up these guys will be oversupplying at the end of that 3 year cycle. But the numbers will be higher. SSD's, SATA3 6GB, AMD cpu's will finally push Intel to lower prices, Windows 7 will be stable, etc etc.