What is it with all these memory deals?

littlepuppy · 7 Mar 2009 at 20:44

Is it me or has DDR 3 just literally fallen like a meteorite from space in price!

mjones1 · 7 Mar 2009 at 20:45

Yeah it's fallen a lot in the last 2 months

Eye seven · 7 Mar 2009 at 21:34

Let's hope it continues that trend until i have the funds for my purchase in 2 months or so

mjones1 · 7 Mar 2009 at 21:37

Only is i7 motherboards went down i would be so happy.

jeffmango · 7 Mar 2009 at 23:44

It's all to make way for the new DDR4 RAM coming in a few months to make everything obsolete. Just kidding (or am I

).

AndyOcUK · 8 Mar 2009 at 10:55

littlepuppy said:
What is it with all these memory deals?

I'm just a genius m8

Seriously, been working very hard to get these deals over the last couple of weeks and its clearly paid off

alex24 · 8 Mar 2009 at 11:00

There have been some very impressive deals, keep up the good work!

This should make moving to Core i7 a lot cheaper than a few months ago.

mjones1 · 8 Mar 2009 at 11:04

I think a i7 pc maybe possible at £500 if i go for cheaper ram and mobo.

AndyOcUK · 8 Mar 2009 at 11:19

mjones1 said:
I think a i7 pc maybe possible at £500 if i go for cheaper ram and mobo.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-050-OE

Already sorted that deal for you m8

mjones1 · 8 Mar 2009 at 11:23

I want to build one with a case and psu so i will hold out till i can get it.
I can get a i7 pc for £550.

AndyOcUK · 8 Mar 2009 at 11:31

mjones1 said:
I can get a i7 pc for £550.

The cheapest CPU is £200+

The Cheapest MOBO is £150+

Thats over £350 before you've started on the rest....

I'd hate to see the quality of the:

Case
PSU
RAM
Optical Drives
HDD
GFX Card

For your £150 or so change? :confused:

mjones1 · 8 Mar 2009 at 11:54

£35 ram, £52 for cm case and psu bundle, £20 dvd drive, hdd about £35 then a cheap card to get me started untill i have more money.

AndyOcUK · 8 Mar 2009 at 12:01

mjones1 said:
£35 ram, £52 for cm case and psu bundle, £20 dvd drive, hdd about £35 then a cheap card to get me started untill i have more money.

Most of which you'll probably upgrade within a couple of months....pointless mate. IMO its madness to buy the most powerful platform available and fill it with the cheapest parts....you might as well stick with what you have. I'd wait until I had the money to do it properly too.

mjones1 · 8 Mar 2009 at 12:03

I single core laptop running at 2.4ghz, 256mb dd1 ram, 30gb hard drive. I don't think i can take it any longer.

AndyOcUK · 8 Mar 2009 at 12:12

lol

I hear ya mate

herr_brush · 8 Mar 2009 at 13:53

These prices may not last. Because of intense competition among chipmakers a lot of these guys are on the verge of going bust (prices have fallen beneath the cost of production). Whoever survives will raise prices.

Eye seven · 8 Mar 2009 at 18:44

herr_brush said:
These prices may not last. Because of intense competition among chipmakers a lot of these guys are on the verge of going bust (prices have fallen beneath the cost of production). Whoever survives will raise prices.

Always nice to have an optomistic outlook!

hernaldo · 8 Mar 2009 at 21:06

Eye seven said:
Always nice to have an optomistic outlook!

Actually though that is true. The Korean chip makers are all going under and being bailed out by the government. Sure in a years time memory will be cheaper, short term though it's not going to get much better for DDR3. Remember the GTX280 prices a few months ago and how they zoomed up overnight...