DDR RAM more expensive than DDR2 RAM?

[Tyler Aviss]

It's going to be harder to find big DIMMs for older RAM. The market actually
seems a bit glutted right now, so DDR3 is actually very prevalent and easier
sometimes to get deals on than even DDR2.

I don't see a lot of straight DDR in stores except in some older computers,
but in smaller sizes I think I have a bunch cherry in a box somewhere.
Likely there may be plenty lurking on various basements and boxes. Maybe
find somebody with an old PC that's getting junked for parts?

On 2010-05-27 6:39 PM, "Christopher Browne" <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:27 PM, E K <ekg_ab-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I went to Spadina and College area l...
Part of the problem is not quite visible...

For the older RAM, it's likely that nobody is manufacturing it
anymore, which would have the result that there's no NEW supply to be
had, and tend to cause the price to rise, over time.

That's certainly observed with components used in military-like
systems, where the suppliers frequently do some extra production runs
before shutting down production because they have contracts to
continue to provide the components.  And once systems get into the
"using new-old stock," the cost of maintaining the system tends to
head up the "U" towards punitive levels.

Your laptop's not being used to operate fire control systems, so the
prices you see on Spadina aren't *that* high :-).
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