After plethora of price increases on SDRAM memory from our last edition, this week's changes are a bit better news, but we're still seeing overall prices go up. Starting with PC100, we have CAS2 ECC 128-MB up $4 and PC100 CAS2 ECC 256-MB up $10 to $79. In the PC133 category a couple of modules rose by $3, while PC133 CAS3 128-MB is down $4 to $40. PC150 512-MB is also down $5 to $110.
This week we see a slight $1 drop on both PC2100 128-MB and PC2700 128-MB, but unfortunately most DDR price changes here are also increases. The remaining PC2700 modules are all up by $3, PC2100 512-MB jumped $4 to $48, and all PC3200 modules are also up this week. Definitely not the best of news for those looking to upgrade DDR SDRAM.
While our last guide showed a multitude of price increases on RDRAM, this week we don't have a single price change to report. All the modules reflect a $0 price shift, which in light of recent memory price trends, is actually good news.
The stable RDRAM prices were surprising, but if you're in the market for any other memory upgrade it's time to shell out a few extra dollars this week. As always, please take the time to verify the latest price on any vendor's website as well as the information they provide on shipping and handling charges. So until our next price guide, happy upgrading.
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:
If Company A offers memory five dollars cheaper than Company B, but Company A charges a higher shipping cost we'll use Company B's lower overall price for the guide.
Some vendors may list, for example, a very inexpensive price on 512-MB memory, yet if you dig deeper into the description you'll see this incredibly low price is for a kit (usually made up of 2x 256-MB modules).
Sometimes a price discrepancy is due to ECC and Non-ECC modules of the same memory type, with ECC normally being more expensive.
Some vendors will offer a low price that is only valid through a special order type. If the vendor says this price is good for MAIL or PHONE ORDERS only, we'll skip it and choose the next lowest listing.
We don't list prices on USED or REFURBISHED Memory. Some vendors don't state in the main areas of their site that these are used or refurbished modules. We avoid listing those.
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!
