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Memory Prices - Week of July 4, 2005 - Page 2By Vangie Beal July 4, 2005SDRAMThis week, SDRAM price fluctuations have come to almost a complete halt. Over the past six weeks, we have seen quite a few price changes, but this edition only brings a single $1 price drop on PC133 ECC 512-MB. We have small selection of DDR-SDRAM modules that have gone up in price this week. Both PC3700 256-MB and PC3700 512-MB have jumped by $5, and we also find PC4000 512-MB up $9 to $144. In addition to these disappointing price increases, we have a couple of $1 price decreases to mention, as well as a $3 cut to PC3500 512-MB, which is now at $104. While we don't often see the ups and downs that DDR memory often goes through, it is interesting to note that PC4000 512-MB is now almost back up to its selling price from one year ago. On July 6, 2004, this module was selling for $146, and it is amazing that a full year has only made a $2 dent in the retail price. For those who have been keeping an eye on DDR2 memory, you'll be pleased to see that all the modules we track in our Memory Price Guide are down in price this week. DDR2-533 256-MB and DDR2-667 512-MB have dropped by $4 and $6 respectively, while DDR2-533 512-MB fell by $9 to $59. The largest price drop comes in on the $62 DDR2-667 256-MB module, which shows a $12 savings over our last guide. Much like SDRAM, RDRAM prices remain stable, and we don't even have a single price change to report this week. While this doesn't provide much in the way of savings for consumers, at least those looking to upgrade or purchase RDRAM this week won't have to shell out any extra dollars for the purchase. Overall, our memory prices are quite stable with the exception on a few larger price increases on DDR-SDRAM and across-the-board savings on DDR2 memory. The $12 price drop on DDR2-667 256-MB may have some giving the purchase a second thought, but hopefully PC4000 512-MB wasn't on your shopping list this week. If you're currently looking to upgrade your system memory or work on a second computer you just might end up saving a buck or two depending, of course, on your exact memory needs. Another good bet to save money is to check out the vendor Web sites and see if you can nab a shipping deal, which may amount to a greater dollar savings than our price guide can offer.
We'd like to take this opportunity to assure you that SharkyExtreme has no affiliation with any vendor listed in our guide, but our memory price charts do take more than just the basic dollar amount into consideration. Here are just a few examples to highlight some of the many things we keep in mind when compiling a price guide - which may translate into the price you see in our guide being different than one you find:
Since we don't have a direct line to every vendor doing business online, so if you know of a company selling quality products at decent prices that isn't making our price guide, feel free to drop us a line with the vendors URL, so we can check them out as well! Feedback (of any kind) on the Weekly Memory Prices is always read and appreciated! Until next week - happy upgrading!
Vangie"Aurora" Beal
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