Price Drop for PC Memory

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Tue 2007/11/27 05:48
PC2-6400 2GB memory is down to 3,980 yen in Akiba - seems pretty cheap to me. Has the price of memory gone down in your region too?
Via Impress.
Posted on Tue 2007/11/27 05:48 by
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on Mon 2006/12/11 11:06)
Director/代表取締役
tootall in Pennsylvania - USA (登録日: 2007/11/07 12:53)
College Student
Unfortunately, no it has not. Sometimes there are good deals at like Best Buy, Circuit City, or the like. Though after a week they usually shoot back up. Though I have seen a slight drop in price over the past few years. So I guess its not too bad. In some respect it seems that America is behind the times. 
(ID #10198) Posted on 2007/11/27 20:59
number1guy in United States (登録日: 2007/11/09 05:34)
University Student
You can get 2GB of DDR2 6400 dual channel memory sticks for $49 here in the USA. If you live in the USA check out newegg.com. Sorry, they don't ship to any other country. That includes Canada.
(ID #10260) Posted on 2007/11/28 01:27
lazycat123 in US (登録日: 2007/11/06 16:22)
college slacker
Check dealrams.com or some other online dealer, it maybe alittle bit better. I wait for ram go down to upgrade my good old vaio too >
(ID #10264) Posted on 2007/11/28 01:50
Evo_Spec in Alberta, Canada (登録日: 2007/10/21 13:13)
for canadians it would be tigerdirect, NCIX, or memoryexpress.com.
i live like 6 blocks away from a memoryexpress but i have no job and still am with DDR. i'll be buying a new computer once i pick up a job.
it's like $60 canadian for 2GB gaming ram.
(ID #10285) Posted on 2007/11/28 04:17
FatBastard in troverted extrovert (登録日: 2007/11/04 18:16)
Pieman
Concur, I recently added 2Gb of Corsair XMS 6400 ddr2 for only $70. Thats good in my books.
(ID #10311) Posted on 2007/11/28 05:49
paiki in Brazil (登録日: 2007/10/08 03:57)
Java Web Developer
From July to now the price her is nearly 50% now. Ohhh yeah, the price is going down (but we had a dollar decrease that helped A LOT).
(ID #10212) Posted on 2007/11/27 21:36
HMMaster (登録日: 2007/09/03 23:40)
The price of DDR2 is dropping like crazy! You can get a 1GB ram (DDR2 667) at around RM75 (USD22) here at Malaysia. Wish my mobo support DDR2 -.- (still using DDR1)
(ID #10229) Posted on 2007/11/27 22:58
Danny Choo in Tokyo (登録日: 2006/12/11 11:06)
Director/代表取締役
Folks who are not familiar with DDR2 memory may think we are talking about Dance Dance Revolution 2.
(ID #10348) Posted on 2007/11/28 11:20
まっすぐGO! in Melbourne, Australia (登録日: 2007/11/19 18:46)
here we can't even get 2GB PC2-6400 easily. It's about twice the price of Japan... -_-
(ID #10235) Posted on 2007/11/27 23:31
Jason in Auckland (登録日: 2006/12/24 17:38)
Student
the twice the price is probably correct but not being able to get them easily is a lie... when building pcs its better to go for a branded one like crucial, corsair or g.skill instead of  generic ram.
(ID #10237) Posted on 2007/11/28 00:09
foxgear in Otaku Star, Malaysia (登録日: 2006/12/30 09:50)
Otakurian Shen
Next years going to purchase a new pc for myself.
I heard a news that they will release a DDR3 on next year.
(ID #10238) Posted on 2007/11/28 00:11
Evo_Spec in Alberta, Canada (登録日: 2007/10/21 13:13)
uhh, i dunno if you now but DDR3 is already our ^_^:
(ID #10284) Posted on 2007/11/28 04:11
Evo_Spec in Alberta, Canada (登録日: 2007/10/21 13:13)
out*
It has been out for quite some time.
(ID #10286) Posted on 2007/11/28 04:17
atomusku in Sweden (登録日: 2007/11/04 00:56)
industrial designer, detaljist, graphic design
omajfuackinggahd this is some freak assprice drop. over here its up to 60-90 bucks for 1 GB! lets just say that i will be coming to japan with empty bags
(ID #10246) Posted on 2007/11/28 00:52
kazemizuhi in Phobos (登録日: 2007/11/16 23:54)
/1337
I was going to pick up a new HDD today. Thanx for reminding me that I also need more RAM (running 1G ATM). BTW is there which online store for US/Jap PC products do people recommend that will ship to Australia?
(ID #10265) Posted on 2007/11/28 01:51
gordon in 新加坡 Singapore (登録日: 2007/06/11 14:57)
宅男 Otaku/ 工程师 Engineer
it's funny you ask danny, i just called up a shop this morning enquiring the price for a 1GB PC5300 DDR2 SDRAM. i was kinda suprised its going for only S$31 2334YEN)! i'm gonna get a stick tomorrow. ('~')
(ID #10274) Posted on 2007/11/28 03:03
ait_meijin in サイベリア (登録日: 2007/02/04 19:58)
IT-オタク
Wow! Nice prices you got there, Danny! We can get 2Gb (6400) for about $120! The price gone down just a little bit ToT Whell, maybe it will fall down after some time.
(ID #10275) Posted on 2007/11/28 03:06
Subaruhess in Portsmouth, UK (登録日: 2006/12/24 22:37)
Hmmmm, is that generic ram? Because that makes a Big difference to way its priced, good quality high end ram is more expensive than gold.
(ID #10277) Posted on 2007/11/28 03:19
Evo_Spec in Alberta, Canada (登録日: 2007/10/21 13:13)
not for the same speed, DDR2 PC-6400 is dirt cheap here.
buying good quality ram (2GB) won't set you back more than $100 canadian here.
(ID #10287) Posted on 2007/11/28 04:21
number1guy in United States (登録日: 2007/11/09 05:34)
University Student
osaka.chi in Mexico (登録日: 2007/11/16 09:33)
Otaku
In mexico that should be around a 120 dollars, computer goods are pretty expensive around here, and all that is related to technology, is better to buy them in the internet rather than local stores.
Maybe ill ask for some to you danny and sell them here XD
(ID #10279) Posted on 2007/11/28 03:33
Bulat in Canada (登録日: 2007/04/04 14:26)
Part-time otaku
that is cheap! unfortunately not so much here
(ID #10302) Posted on 2007/11/28 05:31
Phenie in Aichi (登録日: 2007/01/08 15:26)
Catgirl Trainer.
IT would cost around an equivalent of 8000 yen here. =( But even so, it has been dropping.
(ID #10312) Posted on 2007/11/28 05:54
BeLe in Davao, Philippines (登録日: 2007/01/03 16:36)
.NET/Web Developer
Yep, prices of memory has tremendously gone down around here but sadly not as cheap as the ones you have there.  I usually go to crucial.com to see what type of memory I need and I get them somewhere else since they don't ship to my region.  If only they did. *sigh*
(ID #10313) Posted on 2007/11/28 06:20
Triplekia (登録日: 2007/08/22 13:35)
Student
nope... still costs like AUS$140-160
(ID #10322) Posted on 2007/11/28 07:46
Alafista OTAKU in Singapore (登録日: 2006/12/25 11:34)
Policy & Research Officer
Yeah ram prices has been going down. Its a good time to update some memmory.
(ID #10334) Posted on 2007/11/28 09:28
Henry in /usr/bin/ (登録日: 2006/12/25 19:17)
anime/cosplay events organizer
yep. price of PC parts here are dropping here and you can get some PC memory and other items at a cheap price ^^
(ID #10335) Posted on 2007/11/28 09:29
Heigen in Finland (登録日: 2007/11/12 22:08)
Student
Yes it has, I buyed my memory 1gb (kit of too) for 95e and now it's just 21e :D (gonna buy more when I got money).
(ID #10380) Posted on 2007/11/28 16:33
Heigen in Finland (登録日: 2007/11/12 22:08)
Student
*kit of two, not too :DD
(ID #10381) Posted on 2007/11/28 16:35
CyruzDraxs in Kelowna, BC, Canada (登録日: 2007/09/11 09:43)
Web Design & Development
I got 2x1GB OCZ Reaper PC2-8500 about a month ago for $60. You just have to know where to look.
(ID #10394) Posted on 2007/11/28 19:05
Steady in ROC City (登録日: 2007/02/10 15:13)
Back in the summer I bought 2 x 1 GB sticks of DDR2 800 for about 80 USD. I think that's a pretty good price.
(ID #10471) Posted on 2007/11/29 01:46
Dr. Download in Sydney, Australia (登録日: 2007/05/15 16:55)
Technician
I paid $119AU for a pair of 1GB brand name sticks today.
(ID #10509) Posted on 2007/11/29 06:05
gordon in 新加坡 Singapore (登録日: 2007/06/11 14:57)
宅男 Otaku/ 工程师 Engineer
bought 2 x 1GB of PC5300 DDR2 SDRAM today. installed into my PC together with my original 2GB of DDR2 SDRAM. but strangely instead of showing me 4GB of RAM under my computer, it shows only 3326MB?
can anyone enlighten me what's going on? thanks!
(am using windows vista home premium)
(ID #10532) Posted on 2007/11/29 11:03
frenchkiss in France (登録日: 2008/04/05 07:00)
Programmer, Apprentice farmer
I think Vista Home cannot use 4 GB of memory, the total addressing range is 32 bits but a part of it is reserved and cannot be used to access RAM.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us
(ID #256987) Posted on 2008/08/05 00:50
julieho in London/US (登録日: 2007/12/14 01:28)
Either way you look at it and no matter where you look at it. Very good deal.
3980 Yen = 24.43 Euros
3980 Yen = 17.45 British Pounds
3980 Yen = 36 Dollars (us)
3980 Yen = 1431.4 Rupee
	** prices vary depending on market conditions (lol!!!)
(ID #11324) Posted on 2007/12/02 23:36
AtelierEdge in Guatemala (登録日: 2008/06/09 11:01)
Artist
I got a 1GB ram memory for $22 tax included and works perfect.
(ID #231810) Posted on 2008/07/07 06:21
frenchkiss in France (登録日: 2008/04/05 07:00)
Programmer, Apprentice farmer
Price depends on the brand and timings too, cheaper sticks are usually generic ddr2-800 with 5 or even 6 CAS latency and won't support overclocking (sometimes they don't even work reliably but you only see this when you test them with a bootable memtest86 CD).
That being said the good sticks are quite cheap too here nowadays, I had trouble selling the good CL4 G-Skill sticks I had before for EUR 15/GB and it was already a few months ago... In France you can get 2 GB sticks of decent ddr2-800 memory for aroud EUR 34 (Kingston brand but only CL6) faster sticks with CL4 are around EUR 50
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