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Memory Prices - Week of February 26, 2007 - Page 2By Vangie Beal February 26, 2007Heading out of February, we don't see anything in terms of unexpected changes on SDRAM prices. Those in the market for PC133 CAS3 512-MB are treated to a price of $68, which is a $4 savings over our last guide. The only other SDRAM price fluctuation we have is a $2 increase on PC133 ECC 256-MB, which is now selling for $25. DDR modules, which normally show a variety of smaller price changes, follow right along with that trend this week. We see smaller $2 price drops on PC2100 512-MB and PC2700 512-MB, as well as a single dollar drop on PC4200 256-MB. PC4000 1-GB does show a $9 price drop, bringing the price down to $136, but with the price difference, we also have listed a new vendor for this specific memory. The only listing to go up this week is PC4200 512-MB, which is selling for $77, a $7 increase over our last report. In the DDR2 memory listings, while only a few modules even show a price change, the majority of these are price drops. Here we see the price of DDR2-667 512-MB dropping $4 to $40 and we also have a healthy $5 price cut on DDR2-1000 512-MB, which now sits at $110. The DDR2 module showing the largest gain this week is DDR2-800 512-MB, which received a $2 price increase and is now selling for $100 even. While RDRAM showed the most activity in our last update, this week we see very few price changes here. We recorded only two price increases, as PC800 ECC 256-MB went up $4 to $78, and PC1066 256-MB 184-pin jumped a $10 to $119. In this case, fewer vendors are stocking the PC1066 modules and as a result, prices do seem to vary from week to week - especially on the PC1066 256-MB or 512-MB modules. Unfortunately, there wasn't a really good sweetheart of a deal throughout the month of February. Most modules that gained or dropped more than $5 in one week, were often followed by the opposite price fluctuation in the following weeks, bringing pricing trends back close to a net zero for the entire month. This week, DDR memory offers consumers a few dollars in savings on PC2100 512-MB and PC2700 512-MB modules, and the $9 price cut on PC4000 1-GB just might make the purchase worth considering. We have been seeing a few small, but steady, drops on DDR2 modules over the past couple weeks, a trend we hope to see continue into March. When looking to buy memory online, it is a good idea to check different vendor Web sites and see if you can nab a free or low-cost flat rate shipping deal, which can add up to a greater dollar savings than the small memory price drops we saw in February.
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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