Weekly Memory Prices - Week of July 22, 2002 - Page 2

Weekly Memory Prices

SDRAM

Last week's SDRAM rollercoaster seems to have flat-lined as we see very little price changes on PC100 and PC133 memory. We have only three price changes; PC100 CAS2 128-MB is up $3, while PC133 ECC 512-MB and PC133 CAS3 256-MB are down $3 and $2 respectively. Short of more serious memory price drops, these smaller decreases are indeed the next best thing.

DDR SDRAM

DDR prices did move upward a bit this week, but thankfully it's nothing too drastic and won't take a huge chunk out of your wallet. PC2400 128-MB is up $7 to $49 this week, while those looking to buy PC2400 256-MB will spend an extra $2 as compared to last week. PC2700 memory also seem to be on a slight $1 per unit increase this week as well, but let's hope this isn't the start of a longterm trend for this memory type.

RDRAM

Around and around we go for another week. Lately, RDRAM prices haven't been too stable up until this week. In this edition, we see only a single price change and that is on PC800 ECC 512-MB which is up $5 to $275. We loaded up the memory chart from July 23, 2001 and PC800 ECC 512-MB was going for (get ready...) $451.00! So I guess in a 'round about way' prices are going down, at least on the high-density 512-MB RDRAM.

Overall

With so many price increases last week it is rather nice to see only a couple going up this time. DDR SDRAM seems to be the one area where price increases and decreases happen on a whim, while SDRAM prices are moving back into a pattern of slight price fluctuations.

Do yourselves a favor and confirm the current price before making any purchase. Memory prices are volatile and while our weekly guide does illustrate overall trends, the actual dollar price could shift up or down quite quickly. And don't forget to take into account the vendors shipping policy and fees guide before buying online.

Vangie"Aurora" Beal
News & Interviews Editor