DDR2 cheap but DDR expensive

BeatMaster · 3 May 2007 at 12:40

/rant on

How come that DDR2 is ridiculously cheap now but DDR is still quite pricey! :eek:

I suppose it means that I'm stuck with 1Gb DDR for now until I upgrade but that means I'd need a new motherboard and CPU

/rant off

Not sure how much difference I'd really notice in going from:

Opteron 165 (stock @ moment)
DFI Ultra-D Motherboard
2x 512Mb Corsair XMS PC3200LL

to say

Intel Core2Duo 6420
Gigabyte DS3P Motherboard
2x1Gb DDR2 / 2x2Gb DDR2

Probably not justified? Thinking Quad core would be more logical so might have to hold back for now...

BeatMaster

Will_3rd · 3 May 2007 at 12:43

supply and demand, less DDR is being made so the price goes up

Zefan · 3 May 2007 at 12:45

Depends what you're doing, 2GB will be much better if you're running vista or games.

As for the pricing of RAM, it's due to the amount being manufactured. The latest motherboards/cpu's use DDR2 so manufacturers are running full pelt to meet demand so they can drop their prices due to econimies of scale.

BeatMaster · 3 May 2007 at 12:48

Zefan said:
Depends what you're doing, 2GB will be much better if you're running vista or games.

As for the pricing of RAM, it's due to the amount being manufactured. The latest motherboards/cpu's use DDR2 so manufacturers are running full pelt to meet demand so they can drop their prices due to econimies of scale.

I do run games but mostly programming at the moment so can afford to hangfire for just now until them Quad cores drop under £200

I'll keep an eye on members market for people upgrading to DDR2 systems, think it'll be the only way

BeatMaster