ram prices..for the actual sake of fu(k!

Hecate

£168 ex. vat for 128megs!?, thats just NOT on .

am i buying it in the wrong place or somthing?, everywhere i look seems to have ridiculously high prices for small amounts of ram.

I heard a shipment sunk somewhere in the south china sea but thats no reason...

Kali

after my recent trip to the south china seas
I am pleased to announce a new line of ram.
prices start at a tenner for 64 megs.
not at all dodgy.

regi

Brand spanking new 'for the consumer' anti-dumping laws...

SickBoy

Be sure that the prices that u'r looking at arent that of ECC SDRAM as there is a huge price difference between non ECC and ECC. It should be possible to pickup 128 PC100 SDRAM for £90 - £110, shop around.

Jimmy...

Hecate

yeh but isnt that stuff a bit iffy?

(as in theres no guarentee it'll work and you might be stuck with it)

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WhiteWashMan

nah rob its fine,
eec ram just checks ****e for you
sorta like parity and non-partity, just runs different like

oh and its way more expensive!

mobius

Not as iffy as my 'mobius-brand(tm)' homemade RAM.
If it burns down your house don't come crying to me...

---

Have your say at:
www.gibworld.com/mobius

gandalf

Well according to the memory distributor that our company uses the chip producers have upped the pricing on all chips so expect prices to rise over here. It also has to do with Goldstar and another major producer of chips merging. Basically they are controlling the price by controlling supply.

Gandalf.

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Hecate

the very time i go to get a new system toghether the prices of ram go into orbit after being cheap for ages.

i think thats a new law mr. murphy can stick on his list.

ButcherOfNog

RAM prices have been rising in a the last few weeks, rising alot, well % wise its alot, i remember in my day ye'd b lucky to have 512k in yer PC, 640k was a fukkin luxery man, fukking luxery

Helv

Just remmber that about 4 years ago 4 meg cost about £130, so stop yer whinin'. I'm still selling tho'. Osi you still want those 32 meg sticks?

Shinji

Part of this rise is due to the anti-dumping laws, but a much more significant part of the rise (and thankfully much more short-term) is due to the sinking of a ship off Singapore which was carrying several months output from one of the largest RAM factories on earth. A lot of this current rise in prices can be traced to dealer nervousness of a shortage due to this... Normal service should be resumed in a couple of months at the latest

amp

Sh|t I've got an Amiga here that won't run anything cos it's 1/2 meg chip ram expansion is busted. And that originally cost £150.

BTW I just love saying "for the actual sake of fu(k!"

Zero

Hecate,

goto http://www.microdirect.co.uk

they generally are the cheapest in most areas.

Z.

Venom

I should have some 256MB sdram chips in for about £120-150 if any one is interested.I just have to wait till I get a price off me couirer.

Shinji

PC100 chips?

Vexorg

Venom

Your mail is bouncing .... boing....


Can you give me or regi a mail, we're looking for pc100 sdram and pc66 sdram.


Ta.

Shinji

Buggger ye orf, I need it more than you do

Venom

Chill kiddies there is more than enough to go round As far as I know the ram is 100mhz,but I could be wrong.I dont think it matters what speed the ram is as if your MB will only take it at 66mhz,it will still work.where if your board works at 100mhz,it will use the ram at 100mhz.My email addy changed to redmondj@oceanfree.net.

Venom

These are the best prices I can do at the moment as ram is getting costly again.
128MB EEC ram autoswitching -£120
256MB EEC ram autoswitching -£240
Autoswitching means that it will work in any system.either 66 or 100 mhz.

Helv

£240 is a bit more than the £120 that you claimed!

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SickBoy

Venom,

Can you not get non ECC ram ????? there is almost 30% difference between that and non ECC ram and its pointless having ECC ram in a desktop system.

Jimmy...

Cake Fiend

what's the diff between SD and EDO?
which is better?
i have 32 Megs EDO, can i just slap some SDRAM in there with it?

smack the pony, by the way

Koopa

yeah venom ill buy that pc-100 ram off ya
128megs, if you can get non-ecc and if its cheaper, then ill take that thanks
can you check if its 6ns ram or 8ns ram please, 8ns is cheaper

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Helv

Sam, that says £120 not £20. Just to tell you.

Koopa

****e