RAM Prices

[D-ModeM]

PC100 SDRAM has quadrupled in price in the UK in the last few weeks. Does anybody know what's going on? I used to have 27 quid's worth of RAM now I've got 79 quid's worth without changing anything!

[Underclocked]

Supply and demand run amuck!

[Dredd65]

I hear that it is because they are forcing
pc133 and pc200 on the market. samething that happened to 72pin simms when pc66 and pc100 dimms were being brought in

[nachtgeist]

Actually, there was a glut of RAM chips on the market, which is why you got it for only 27 pounds. The companies that make RAM have since tightened up and lessened production _significantly_, so the supply has dwindled and thus the price has skyrocketed. Add to that the fact that RAMBUS technology appears not to be such a great thing (at least not at the moment; way too expensive and other problems) so RAM makers are pumping up prices. I guess their execs weren't making enough to maintain their yachts.