Dear lord, RAM is cheap now!

I haven't kept up with computer components recently because I don't really need to buy any, but wow, I was just searching newegg today and:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260&cm_sp=ProductSpotlight-_-20-145-260-_-01252011

4GB of DDR3 1600 MHz? It cost me $50 a year and a half ago to get 2GB of DDR2 800Mhz (same company as the RAM I linked--> Corsair)

One of the monitors I was looking at just last year has gone from $320 to $229 too, a 25.5" 1920x1200 screen.

Maybe one day gaming PCs will cost like 1-2 hundred dollars... one can only hope.

I haven't kept up with computer components recently because I don't really need to buy any, but wow, I was just searching newegg today and:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260&cm_sp=ProductSpotlight-_-20-145-260-_-01252011

4GB of DDR3 1600 MHz? It cost me $50 a year and a half ago to get 2GB of DDR2 800Mhz (same company as the RAM I linked--> Corsair)

One of the monitors I was looking at just last year has gone from $320 to $229 too, a 25.5" 1920x1200 screen.

Maybe one day gaming PCs will cost like 1-2 hundred dollars... one can only hope.

wookieeassassin

RayvinAzn, actually no. I built my gaming PC in early 2007 and aside from a graphics card upgrade and a RAM upgrade I haven't been keeping up much with PC component advances. Why do I get the feeling 10-20% of the gamespot community consists of smart***es?

I know computer components are getting cheaper as new tech comes out, but when I haven't looked in a while I am pretty surprised as to how much the price of some of them has dropped.

Although, apparently the price of the RAM I have hasn't dropped much: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184&cm_re=corsair_xms2_4gb_%282_x_2gb%29_240-pin_ddr2_sdram_ddr2-_-20-145-184-_-Product

Still $70 for 4GB of DDR2?

RAM prices have dropped like no ones business. I paid $200 (CAD) for 8GB last summer, and now its half that like half a year later. Heck back in 05 I paid $140 for 1GB DDR2. Was about the cheapest I could find at the time.

RayvinAzn, actually no. I built my gaming PC in early 2007 and aside from a graphics card upgrade and a RAM upgrade I haven't been keeping up much with PC component advances. Why do I get the feeling 10-20% of the gamespot community consists of smart***es?

I know computer components are getting cheaper as new tech comes out, but when I haven't looked in a while I am pretty surprised as to how much the price of some of them has dropped.

Although, apparently the price of the RAM I have hasn't dropped much: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184&cm_re=corsair_xms2_4gb_%282_x_2gb%29_240-pin_ddr2_sdram_ddr2-_-20-145-184-_-Product

Still $70 for 4GB of DDR2?

wookieeassassin

They get cheaper rather quickly.

DDR3 is getting cheap because it is the most common form of memory now. DDR2 is retaining some of its cost because it is less in demand.

funny i paid $110 for 4gb only half a year ago i think we are going to see a merge of SSD + RAM in the near futurefishing666

Nope.

It has got better but i still wish it was cheaper.

Doesnt this seem like a better buy than the Corsair series and considering its brand. I mean they seem to have the same capabilities but the G.SKILL seems to have a better user rating. Plus if i'm not mistaken but G.SKILL is like the Cadillac of ram.iOverkill

I've never met anyone who had any issues with corsair.

[QUOTE="iOverkill"]Doesnt this seem like a better buy than the Corsair series and considering its brand. I mean they seem to have the same capabilities but the G.SKILL seems to have a better user rating. Plus if i'm not mistaken but G.SKILL is like the Cadillac of ram.GummiRaccoon

I've never met anyone who had any issues with corsair.

I bought my 4gb kit for $35 with a $10 rebate back in 2008. Ram has gone way up in price and is now starting to get cheap again. But it is nice to see 8gb of DDR3 for $80 now.ferret-gamer

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

[QUOTE="iOverkill"]Doesnt this seem like a better buy than the Corsair series and considering its brand. I mean they seem to have the same capabilities but the G.SKILL seems to have a better user rating. Plus if i'm not mistaken but G.SKILL is like the Cadillac of ram.iOverkill

I've never met anyone who had any issues with corsair.

RayvinAzn, actually no. I built my gaming PC in early 2007 and aside from a graphics card upgrade and a RAM upgrade I haven't been keeping up much with PC component advances. Why do I get the feeling 10-20% of the gamespot community consists of smart***es?

I know computer components are getting cheaper as new tech comes out, but when I haven't looked in a while I am pretty surprised as to how much the price of some of them has dropped.

Although, apparently the price of the RAM I have hasn't dropped much: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184&cm_re=corsair_xms2_4gb_%282_x_2gb%29_240-pin_ddr2_sdram_ddr2-_-20-145-184-_-Product

Still $70 for 4GB of DDR2?

wookieeassassin

Sorry that I'm not a hardware god like you. I thought you were talking about not having any experience with PC hardware, not how long I've kept up with it.

Also, I didn't say you were going to get a gaming PC for $200 in 5 years, all I said was "the future". There has to be a point at which technological advancement slows down. They won't be able to shrink transistors on a CPU die much longer; Intel has said themselves that around 16nm is the fundamental limit for current transistor technology. There has got to get to a point where the hardware for computers is going to keep exceeding what is necessary for what the vast majority of people do with their computers.

The only thing that has got super cheap is a hd, i rember paying 300 for a 500 gb hd, you can now get 3 1 tb hds for that price.

My phone cost 200 bucks and I can play angry birds on it.

It's about as powerful as the old pentium 2 systems, even has as much storage space.

Sorry that I'm not a hardware god like you. I didn't say you were going to get a gaming PC for $200 in 5 years, btw.

wookieeassassin

Sorry but computer will never get down to that pricepoint, because the simple act of making the components will cost more than that, especially with inflation.

With computers you'll get about double for your money every couple years. (some parts move forward faster than others)

If you factor inflation into stuff it makes everything way too complicated to talk about future prices. Just take the purchasing power of $200 now and use that as a meter. But yes, it isn't going to happen anytime soon.

If you factor inflation into stuff it makes everything way too complicated to talk about future prices. Just take the purchasing power of $200 now and use that as a meter. But yes, it isn't going to happen anytime soon.

wookieeassassin

Or ever.

The closest you'll see is smart phones and tablets and netbooks.

Sorry that I'm not a hardware god like you. I thought you were talking about not having any experience with PC hardware, not how long I've kept up with it.

Also, I didn't say you were going to get a gaming PC for $200 in 5 years, all I said was "the future". There has to be a point at which technological advancement slows down. They won't be able to shrink transistors on a CPU die much longer; Intel has said themselves that around 16nm is the fundamental limit for current transistor technology. There has got to get to a point where the hardware for computers is going to keep exceeding what is necessary for what the vast majority of people do with their computers.

wookieeassassin

The only thing that has got super cheap is a hd, i rember paying 300 for a 500 gb hd, you can now get 3 1 tb hds for that price.

James161324

They're being replaced by SSDs now

oh yeah. last week i went around looking for ram upgrade and found the prices have slashed almost to half. same is in case of hdd's

funny i paid $110 for 4gb only half a year ago i think we are going to see a merge of SSD + RAM in the near futurefishing666

I highly doubt it.

EDIT:

To elaborate, here is an article explaining how RAM - Based SSDs were dying out in 2006.

http://storagemojo.com/2006/10/19/ram-based-ssds-are-toast-yippie-ki-yay/

It is simply not cost efficient and RAM based SSDs must be continually powered to retain their data.

Quick, stock up before DDR4 is released and the prices go up!

The only thing that has got super cheap is a hd, i rember paying 300 for a 500 gb hd, you can now get 3 1 tb hds for that price.

James161324

Um what? The PC market is a constantly progressing market. Everything is getting cheaper because there are products constantly outperforming them. HDD are the same as RAM, CPUs, GPUs, the whole shabang. They are always being made obsolete a year or two later, so of course they all come down in price.

Hey guys i'm building a new rig but i'm not sure if I should get a 2x2g or just one 4g? What is the difference anyways? A 4g to me seems better because it just gives me an extra slot to buy another 4g when I save up some more cash.iOverkill

Newegg has -15% on all ram. You can get 4gb ram of $30. Thats amazingly cheap. 4gb ram 2 years ago was expensive as hell. 4 years ago it cost a fortune!

The same thing happened with DDR2 prices in early 2008, they have gone back up again and it's DDR3 which is enjoying cheap rates now.

I remember paying £90 for 2x 1GB DDR2 crucial ram some time ago, then I paid £60 for my current setup that has 2x 2GB Kingston DDR2. Its going cheaper as well as hard drives... 1TB 7200RPM Samsung for £40?! and 2x 2GB DDR3 1600 for £40?!

I remember when DDR3 just had released and was over $500 for some sticks. :Pwklzip

just yesterday you could get 8gb for 48 bucks after rebate