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    Dear Hexus Community! A Question on DDR2 Pricing

    Hello all, i'm just writing to ask; if anyone knows: Is now a good time to buy DDR2 ? I've heard the prices are going up a bit -- and seen it first hand as the Corsair TwinX kit I was going to buy from Scan increased from £66 to £70.

    However, I will be upgrading the rest of my PC mid-august in preparation for BioShock on the 24th and Crysis hopefully not too long after . So my real question is, will DDR2 (namely 6400 kits) be any cheaper in August, or will they be more expensive? I imagine a lot of people will be upgrading for the same games I am, and as DDR3 will be 'around' then, but not widespread i'm guessing due to the very expensive prices and loose latencies currently, I think DDR2 will still be in high demand?

    Any comments or advice would be grealy appreciated .

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    Its hard to tell if it will drop any further, some has gone up, some has dropped a bit.

    If you have the money now, and are worried, why not buy it now? If you wait til august and it has doubled, you will be miffed
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    Fabs are ramping up DDR 3, DDR 2 parts coming in at faster speeds, Intel and AMD, (hopefully), releasing next generation of processors, MB fabs releasing new MB with both DDR3 and faster bus DDR2 now, Back to school and Xmas buying season about to begin. Supply of PC6400 kits decreasing. Rebates ending. Prices increasing. Pull trigger soon.

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    I think now is a good time to buy. It has the potential to go up far more than it may go down in pure monetary terms (i.e, may drop another £5-10 for a 2GB kit, but could easily shoot up way more than that given where prices were 6 months ago).

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    Hehe, Almost poetic SMC.

    I think I got an excellent deal on my giel Ultra Low Latency dual 2gb pc6400 4-4-4-12 for £65.00

    A good brand, nice timings, fast bandwidth and a fair amout of memory (2gb) for all needs.

    Make that your benchmark if you like.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mspacific View Post
    Hehe, Almost poetic SMC.

    I think I got an excellent deal on my giel Ultra Low Latency dual 2gb pc6400 4-4-4-12 for £65.00

    A good brand, nice timings, fast bandwidth and a fair amout of memory (2gb) for all needs.

    Make that your benchmark if you like.
    GEIL PC2-6400 DDR2 - 2x1 GB CL 4-4-4-12 - GX22GB6400UDC

    These seem nice, my only concern is that it's random to what manufacturer of memory chips you get on them (I think?).

    I'm planning to get:

    Crucial Ballistix 2GB PC2 6400 DDR2

    Heard good reviews about it and seems they easily go to PC8500 at 5-5-5-15 .

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    £10 shipping? for 2 sticks of ram? the robbing sods
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    Aye it's quite a bit, but £73.98 total is still quite a bit cheaper than the 4-4-4-12 corsair modules @ £94ish and i think about £4 shipping from scan.

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    That ram is about £80 delivered direct from Crucial. Itll probably be genuine as well
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    £72 delivered here when in stock......

    http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...365,4294955840

    I will be buying soon as, as mentioned, it could go down a £10 or go up £60 ...for once the odds arent in favour of waiting Also comsider that system sales will only go up after the intel price cuts forecast for July22, and we all know about supply and demand


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    How about £72.79 from Dabs with free shipping

    EDIT: funnelhead beat me to it!

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    Yep, I ordered some corsair ram from dabs, a while back, and it said 1-2 days, and 4 weeks later it still said 1-2 days.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Clunk View Post
    Yep, I ordered some corsair ram from dabs, a while back, and it said 1-2 days, and 4 weeks later it still said 1-2 days.
    Did you ever get it or did you have to cancel the order?

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    Cancelled in the end, scan got them in stock.
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    Mmm in the end I didn't buy the crucial from ebay, instead i've seen this:

    http://www.microdirect.co.uk/product...roductID=14777

    What do you reckon? (those still on at this hour! *Clunk*) Seems a great deal at a total of £65.73 Inc. VAT and delivery .

    EDIT: Hehe I do hope that eventually they get the RAM in stock... It was on 1-2days for about 5 days, then to "Due soon" for about 3 days, then "On Order, delivery overdue" or something for a day, and now to 1-2days again ^^. As I said i'm not in a rush, but just musing myself over it -- oh well -- guess it's not their fault they didnt get the delivery on time!
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