Did I get the same memory?

[camaro]

Back in september I ordered 128MB of CA2 Infineon SDRAM. The stick has 16 chips on it. I just ordered the same thing and the stick has only 8 chips. It is also not as tall. It still shows up as 131MB, total 262MB now. I payed $170 back then, now $87(its $83 now). So I was all over it. Is the technology improving so much now? This sticks total chip area is about 40% of the size of the original.

first stick number HYB39S64800BT - 7.5 0024
second stick num HYB39S128800CT - 7.5 0041

There is also a sticker on the second one 128MB UNB PC133 CL3 APACER, other stickers are pretty much the same on both. I've been running at 2-2-2 143MHz with no problems.

So when you guys buy the same memory from the same place few months apart, are they usually different?

[Roy]

It happens. Given that all the other numbers are the same, you have 16x64 on one and 8x128 on the other.

Memory is a commodity ~ prices are very much driven by supply and demand. The quake in Taiwan interrupted supply and the prices went up. The main reason for the recent drop is that DDR and RDR are going to displace what we have been using, and the machines that make the stuff will clog up if they don't dump the output. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif