Why is DDR2 still more expensive than DDR3 ?

[zero80472]

i have noticed something over the last few months

DDR2 is still more expensive than DDR3

for example
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C8 1333MHz Dual-Channel = £29.99 with VAT


where the

corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel = £49.99 With VAT

why is this

since the DDR3 memory is better it should be more expensive

 

[edscdk]

Production volume

Also newer generations of electronics are cheaper to produce, faster usually means cheaper....

I am ignoring the billions in r and d and fabrication plants but this expense is negated by the vast volume of product sold... The actual cost per individual chip raw material wise is usually lower

 

[zero80472]

so bascily because thay cant put out DDR2 fast its more expenive (i find that kinda stupid )

 

[edscdk]

so bascily because thay cant put out DDR2 fast its more expenive (i find that kinda stupid )

They will be selling many times more ddr3 than ddr2 also I assume but don't know ddr3 is produced using a more advanced lithography ie smaller die... Even if it's not there is still the difference in volume

 

[edscdk]

http://www.denali.com/wordpress/index.php/dmr/2007/10/02/less_efficient_ddr3_die_designs_and_more

Hmmm reading the article , I think the production process is the same for ddr2 and 3 but the ddr3 design allows for higher frequency parts

 

[Mr-White]

It was the same for DDR and SDRAM before that.

MW

 

[PhillyDee]

It will not drop in price the way DDR3 has. DDR2 already did what DDR3 has now done.

 

[reflux]

I remember watching DDR2 drop from £200 for 2GB to £20. It's supply/demand. As the product continues through its useful lifecycle, it decreases in price as demand rises, before it's replaced with something faster and more popular.

 

[oxygene]

Agreed with all above. As a new ram comes out, and particularly now where more of the systems produced use 3 instead of 2, the newer ram will be produced more then the older ram so older ram is less in demand and higher price. Happens with all ram that I can remember.

 

[MouseMods]

Same reason a 1gb pci-e gpu costs the same as a 512mb AGP, and 2gb of corsair value DDR1 was £20 when i bought it last.