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why is ddr2 still so expensive!?!
- Thread starter wagex
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Yep, supply & demand. You demand, they don't (really) supply = high price.
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Oh? I got 4x1 GB DDR2 RAM DIMM left (Apache with gold spreader), which would be perfect for 32 bit systems. According to those news it is still some value when sold?
In the past RAM was generally much higher priced. It was never possible to get high end RAM for such a low price such as we are able nowadays. RAM pretty much is no cost factor anymore, i always get most expensive RAM at 1600 MHZ and it still only cost me 100$. The cost is at another spot...
In the past RAM was generally much higher priced. It was never possible to get high end RAM for such a low price such as we are able nowadays. RAM pretty much is no cost factor anymore, i always get most expensive RAM at 1600 MHZ and it still only cost me 100$. The cost is at another spot...
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It comes down to cost of replacing a component in the system to the cost of replacing the entire server (hardware and programs). A business would be much more likely to simply add more RAM, even if the prices are high. Otherwise, they need to buy a full server and migrate their applications over to it. The second option costs more and is significantly more risk. That is how they see it.
Not that I disagree with you, just want to give the other view.
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I think i got a bunch of DDR2 laying around, i tried to sell them dirt cheap, people wouldnt buy, so i kept em in case...
think of them as antiques.
and with so few producers producing, the mass market economical effect no longer there, they need to be expensive to be cost efficent.
my question is rather.. why you still using DDR2?
and with so few producers producing, the mass market economical effect no longer there, they need to be expensive to be cost efficent.
my question is rather.. why you still using DDR2?
I know with hardware lifecycle management in my Data Center, the only thing keeping old servers around are the applications running on it. Some of them wont work on modern OS/Hardware. So in that light, we were forced to keep an ancient Compaq going. Otherwise, these run out of support so fast (5 years?) Most servers though will be long upgraded before you get in to a situation like this... not to mention when you buy servers you normally stack them with ram anyway. The least amount we have of our 75 Physical boxes was 256GB. Some of the monsters that were slated for virtualization duties have 1TB.
I guess Im saying if you have to upgrade ram in a server, you didnt purchase it the right way (unless of course you are re-purposing the hardware).
