That ram should be gold plated

MJOMJO Denmark New
edited October 2003 in Hardware
I almost dropped to the floor in amazement today.
I was giving computer assistance.
Then I sent a guy out to get some more ram.
It was an under equipped Duron 600Mhz.
It only had 64Mb, and it was a machine used primarily for Photoshop.
I said, buy a 256Mb block, that isn't very expensive and should give a nice boost in speed.

OMG I almost dropped to the ground when I learned the price.
It would not have hurt very much, I was sitting down. :p

1 pc. of Kingston Valueram PC133 price: €68.
I was stunned. That is very expensive for a stick of obsolete ram. :eek2:
The case is that there are four shops in town, they are all very expensive. Guess they want to make money on selling computer equipment.
This is why I never buy anything locally.
The cheapest price would be around €40 if you shop online.

Comments

  • CreepCreep Hell Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    All out dated SDRam is still expensive. I'd love to know why!
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited October 2003
    Possibly it's getting harder to find?

    bothered.
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited October 2003
    Maybe it's due to supply and demand?
    I guess that there are not much PC133 ram being made now.
    The demand is still there though, therefore the price increases.
    It's very annoying.

    The exceptionally high local price is due to lack of competition.
    The shops in this town has always been very expensive.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited October 2003
    MJO, you hit the nail on the head.

    Obsolete RAM is expensive because it's in VERY high demand, but companies tend to slow production down so they can ramp up production of the newer stuff. A year ago, I looked into upgrading the ram on an AST P-133 machine at work from 32MB to 128MB. The machine used Fast Page Mode SIMMs. 32MB was like $150. :eek:
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited October 2003
    Then my Business college education can be put to good use after all. ;)

    I remember I was going mad looking at supply and demand curves.
    It isn't all that exciting.
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited October 2003
    Geeky1 It's a shame that it wasn't EDO ram.
    A reseller close to where I live selles EDO ram 64 Mb at $35 a stick.
  • ClutchClutch North Carolina New
    edited October 2003
    MJO had this to say
    Maybe it's due to supply and demand?


    Ding Ding, you get to pass go and collect your $200 :) There are still bundles of computers using pc133 ram, and since there really isnt a big demand for it anymore, the modules that are left can be sold way over price and still be bought.
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited October 2003
    It is a greedy little world is it not?
    I still suspect the local retailers to have some sort of agreement.
    There is absolutely no competition.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited October 2003
    MJO, I didn't upgrade it... I think it ended up getting thrown away (I hope!). But I did look
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited October 2003
    BTW I remember when I purchased a 256MB PC133 Apacer module.
    It was right before the prices went through the roof.
    I think it was in 2001.
    The price tag was a comfortable $39.
    Very cheap indeed.
    Less than a week after my puchase the prices went up, up, up.......
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited October 2003
    Was the KVR registered ecc?
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited October 2003
    Hmm I didn't look all that close.

    It said Kingston Value Ram PC133.
    I doubt it was registered ECC ram, if it was, the price would have been much higher.

    I have just checked the shops homepage.
    it doesn't say anything about registered ECC.

    It is quite peculiar that the fastest DDR ram they stock is PC2700.
    It is a tad slow ain't it? ;)

    They also sell some branded harddrives i suspect them to be some sort of noname drives.
    A 120 GB "branded" drive costs $140.
    Expensive for a "noname" drive.

    Apart from that they only sell Asus motherboards and intel processors.
    Odd selectiion.
    And nothing for me as I happen to dislike asus motherboard and intel processors. ;)
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    Last week I bought 2 512mb sticks of Mushkinc basic PC133 for $42 each at Fry's. It was going in something else but I recall how cheap it seemed.
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited October 2003
    That was very cheap mtgoat, considering it is 512MB sticks.
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    This week it's up to $69.00. :eek:
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited October 2003
    Good thing you bought the modules in time
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    MJO had this to say
    Good thing you bought the modules in time

    :):):) Well the savings were passed along in the end. :D
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    Too bad about that FPM. EDO is backwards-compatible by the way, as long as you match the refresh (2k vs. 4k refresh). I had this little dilemma with my IBM PC300GL. It will take up to 64 MB of PC66 SDRAM or 128MB of EDO. I figured less of faster RAM would probably be better, especially if I gave it 64 of PC100. The timings have to be faster than PC66 anyway.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited October 2003
    Eh. Anything that takes either one is too old to be of any use, anyhow. It was either thrown away or relegated to use as a DNC machine...
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