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Memory Prices - Week of April 9, 2007 - Page 2By Vangie Beal April 9, 2007Heading into the second week of April, we see PC133 ECC prices remaining steady while CL3 modules continue to go up in price. PC133 CAS3 512-MB jumped $7 this week to $75 and the prices on PC133 CAS3 128-MB and PC133 CAS3 256-MB are up $3 and $4, respectively. It's certainly been awhile since we've seen this kind of price change on SDRAM as this is the one category that, of late, has been the most stable. The only price drop here this week is a $1 savings on PC133 CAS2 128-MB. DDR-SDRAM prices also show some change this week, but unlike our SDRAM prices, we see mainly price drops - obviously good news for consumers looking to upgrade. PC2100 256-MB is down $4 to $18 this week, followed by a $3 drop to the price of PC2700 512-MB. We also have a couple of single dollar savings added into the mix and a more attractive price of $113 on PC4000 1-GB - a $10 savings over our last price report. DDR2 price levels are a mixture of price increases and decreases and savings come only on specific modules. Those looking to purchase DDR2-1000 512-MB will save $3 while DDR2-1000 1-GB buyers will need to spend $149, a $6 increase. Most RDRAM prices remain stable this week, but there were two significant changes. We did find a different vendor offering PC1066 512-MB 184pin at $260, which is $28 less than the vendor we listed last week. On the flip side of the coin however, PC1066 256-MB 184pin is now at $129, which represents a $10 increase over our last charted price. The rest of the RDRAM modules we list remain unchanged in price. You might have more luck finding a needle in a haystack than you would have finding a great deal on system memory so far in 2007. Overall memory prices really aren't changing much in either direction, and mainly we're still seeing most of the price fluctuations coming in under the five-dollar mark. It also is not uncommon to see any potential savings undone by the following week's prices increases. For the most part if your memory upgrade is a planned purchase, then keep an eye on prices and buy when it dips down, potentially combining a good shipping deal in with the purchase to lower your overall costs. When looking to buy memory online, it is a good idea to always check a vendor websites and see if you can nab a shipping deal or save money buy placing a multiple item orders, which a good way to save if you have friends also looking to upgrade.
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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