Why is old memory so damn expensive??

Lethagized · 19 Mar 2009 at 11:28

I'm after something like this

So why is this cheaper? :confused:

JRS · 19 Mar 2009 at 11:32

Much less demand for DDR1 now, much less of it being produced. Hence higher prices.

reflux · 19 Mar 2009 at 11:33

You're best looking at secondhand for DDR tbh mate.

Try the Member's Market.

Chaosboss · 19 Mar 2009 at 11:34

supply & demand.

deshepherd · 19 Mar 2009 at 23:21

Chaosboss said:
supply & demand.

and more to the point DDR2 is so cheap now due to more supply than demand. Problem RAM manufacturers have is that its not a good idea to stop a fab as they need constant tuning to keep yield high thus even though there's more production than need worldwide no-one wants to be the first to blink and drop out ... so its a war of attrition until, like Qimoda, the money runs out

JonJ678 · 20 Mar 2009 at 00:51

deshepherd said:
Problem RAM manufacturers have is that its not a good idea to stop a fab as they need constant tuning to keep yield high

That's very interesting. Do you know where I should look for a reference on why this should be so? There's a hideous gap in my knowledge between solid state physics and the basic electronics of how memory works, I've no idea why the fabrication step should be so temperamental

Inferno99 · 20 Mar 2009 at 08:45

Check out how much SD RAM (PC100/PC133) costs now. :eek:

Mr-White · 20 Mar 2009 at 09:37

should have bought it at christmas when it was still only £39.99. I recently ended up buying off the forums and paying the same price as new 3 months ago lol

MW

lozza23_uk · 20 Mar 2009 at 10:30

128meg for 128quid is about as far back as I remember

edit: excluding the Amiga days where 030 chip boards with 12meg were £250!

bledd · 20 Mar 2009 at 11:00

it's worth just upgrading tbh

that k45 shuttle, 2gb ram, e5xxx cpu, sorted

ConnectionFX · 22 Mar 2009 at 12:26

i also remember when it was a pound/mb was that not caused by a major eathquake in china or japan somewhere? maybe wrong.

matt100 · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:04

get some rdram! that was NEVER cheap

kieves1 · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:58

I looked at getting some ram for my pc.My old athlon 64 3000+.Was to dear for 1 gb about £35

clocka · 22 Mar 2009 at 15:25

best bet is going 2nd hand for ddr1 or pc100/133 ram, even 2nd hand its still pretty pricey but no-where near as bad as brand new.

Deleted member 77746 · 22 Mar 2009 at 15:28

Chaosboss said:
supply & demand.

The simple answer. If products are stopped been manufactured then when they break they break and they can't replace them as they don't make them no more in the manufacturing factories. Therefor people that have these products do a price increase because people need to buy them to fix their product they currently have thus expensive prices.

The more factories can manufacture the cheaper it becomes.