I notice that the DDR2 RAM price had increased this week. Is it because of DD3?
Like what happened to DDR1 RAM when DDR2 flooded the market.

This post has been edited by weikai_ng: Nov 10 2007, 12:26 PM

should be..once new ram hav been announced...the old ram will demand in the market..n the price oso will be high...

Nope, not because of DDR3.

Apparently, there was a surplus of DDR2 due to anticipation of high demand prior to windows Vista. However, when Vista came out and not many people adopted it, nobody wanted to get more rams either......

Now that ram companies are cutting down their production, supply should be less and prices will go up. That's what I think is going on after reading forumers comments up to now.....

More and more to increase !

Oh ya, forgot to mention. If you wanna get DDR2, the time has past! However, it is rumoured that the prices will go up some more! Time to buy NOW!!!

Of course, these are only rumours......

Now is the best time to get it. Otherwise, it will be too late. Some shop still selling at RM109~115 for Kingston, Corsair and Mushkin. However, Kingston seems to be increasing and now at RM135 IINM. Better fill up the empty slots now

yeah wat shawty said is true...increase more soon by july

doesn't matter, wait for next time lor who missed.

actually nw still can grab cos it's still relatively cheaper than las time(dat is if it ever hits d old pricing again)

If there is "NEXT TIME"

i don't think there will be a "NEXT TIME"

is the price realy increase ? if yes i'd to faster grab some ddr2 667 back ....

Yes, and the price will go crazier in july.

With DDR3 around the corner, i too doubt there will be a next time. By the time DDR2 hit EOL product, the price will be sky high. Then again, y bank on a dying product? Better to buff up ur wallet for DDR3.

This post has been edited by redken: Jun 24 2007, 06:59 PM

I don't think there will be 'next time'. DDR2 has met its optimal price last week, around RM109~114 I'm afraid I can't add another 2GB RAM with current price My pocket berlubang already

A final word, buy it NOW for those who are planning to buy. EVEN IF nextime it drops ( and just like others, i wonder when is the NEXTIME), you won't rugi much as well.. don't wait anymore.. i bought 3 weeks ago, and guess what? im only buying my whole new rig in july.. so, buy it now..

LOL, I guess I have to get a loan somewhere to get 2 more piece before it could go any higher

get 2 more pieces of ... value ?

rm110 just look at it just now?increase?from how much?

Of course liao value. Not much of a HPR fan as money didn't stand on my side

Kingston VR is now at RM135. Corsair still at RM115 IINM, but is limited. Mushkin at RM109. This price is from what I saw yesterday. It seems that Kingston has already increased their price. Just like shawty said, the price will even go crazier in July. Just get it now or never

the ram will keep increase and will not drop already?
me just got 1 gb only but now no money wan buy ...

ha... anyone sapu some and sell if off later sure can earn alot by tat time

just went to digimall at pj, most of the shops no stock already The sales person said the price will keep on increasing as now the market is facing RAM shortage...

i wonder why this happen?? is the manufacturers stop manufacturing DDR2 RAM or....

High demand, low supply = shortage

Mostly already been sapu by those DDR2 user

yes,i could be....if so, but why they suddenly sapu DDR2

want to sell at high price?
they know ddr3 is released then ddr2 price will slowly increase but they want to let market no stock then the price increase like hell lol then afterthat they can start selling in high price?earn money then change to ddr3 lol

Bcoz the price is cheap, a great opportunity for DDR2 user to grab it laa .. that's why

damn, i cant buy now !! my salary onli out this weekend or next monday ....

hope it wont shot to rm120 !!

Btw, any prediction whether the price will drop again after this increase

huh? i heard someone, a forumer here.. (forgotten who) ..
saying that.. ddr2 price will decrease again in later few months time..
though now there's minor increase on 667..
but later year end.. ddr2 800... will become a budget mainstream ram..

this is wat i read.. from a forumer's post...

was wondering who control the market & how they control?lol

fulamak.. .1G DDR2 667 now selling RM140 1 stick jor

dammit my gaji coming out only next week FUK FUK FUK i hope price wont shoot up so freaking high when i collect my gaji

Get it now. The price now is very reasonable.

get you salary next week? do you think you still can manage to grap you RAM next week? i believe all people will sapu RAM like hell;)

how much did it increase....

Rumours indicates that the rams prices will still increase! The effects are already seen in the bulk section.

So, whatever you wanna do - grab, sapu, loan shark, hentam, etc..... better do it soon!!!

Ayak! And i have already planned to buy another stick of 1gb during PIKOM PC Fair this August. Will the price decrease or increase that time ah?

surely increase

Errrr.... is the prices during PC fair cheaper compared to bulk section?

Probably not. I guess it will be around RM130~140 as KVR already reach to RM135 now from RM115 last week

wah... jus 2 weeks time increase until so fast... any expectation when will drop?

hmm actually what is the main factor that makes the ram prices so unstable? i oso heard that it will increase again in July but can`t confirm it..

hmm but dont think they will increase too high bah >< there still a limit of the increase rite ?

if anyone still noes any place i can grap 1gb for 120 or below pls post. i dont wanna buy when it goes up till 150 or higher.

lol then how about ddr1? should b dying soon ..now edi around rm 200 for 1gb ddr1 ..cant imagine if ddr2 prices really goes up wat will happen for ddr 1 =X

got my sodimm 2 weeks ago... 1Gb for 115
dat time oso most shop in lyp didn't have stock...
and afta dis i tink ddr2 533Mhz and below rams price wont drop anymor

What happened to sdram ?
A sodimm 512mb pc133 is selling about RM 300 now!
I wonder the current price will be affected by the dd2 price going up?






This post has been edited by piscesguy: Jun 25 2007, 08:33 AM

Rather than spending on RM300 on 512MB SDRAM, might as well save some more and upgrade the whole system

IMO, SDRAM is already registered as EOL [End Of Life] by most ram manufacturers, not sure about Kingston though.

If still searching for SDRAM should try to find in garage sale or 2nd hand part
at 2nd hand shop.

Erk...DDR2 ka?....aiseh....just want to get my self 2 stick of DDR2 next month. But I saw in PC zone price list Patriot Signature Line 800Mhz 1GB only RM175. That quite reasonable, coz last time they selling it at RM240 per stick.

i dont think DDR3 will affect much for DDR2 ram price ....DDR3 is still new and most ppl nowadays are still depending on DDR2

how ppl who want to heard/read romours about how far DRAM price will inrease...go to this website

Until oversupply problem is resolved, the price will be cheap.

year end, ddr2 800 will become budget mainstream...

DDR3 is here. Upgrade you m'thaf'ing Lowyat members. Let's waste money and waste our dying earth with excessive usage of fossil fuel based electricity.

Just came back from lowyat, thinking want to grab 2 sticks of 1G DDR2. Now the lastest price is RM150 and above...

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Added on June 25, 2007, 7:29 pmoversupply or overdemand??

This post has been edited by weikai_ng: Jun 25 2007, 07:29 PM

I'm just going to wait for DDR3 lol.

I've mention b4 that by year end, DDR3 will bcome common in the market, and EOL will be put on DDR2. Therefore, now, DDR2 prices will still be tame. By the time reaches Sept, price will go up like end of last year. Everytime, near end of the year, alot of Europe countries and US upgrade their rams, so, with the influx of demand there, prices will rocket sky high.

Although DDR3 isn't as tempting as it seems now due to the loose timing, but it'll be the 'in-thing' for users who r going to play with their new processors, Penryn and also Phenom.

So, for those who can afford to upgrade, its best to get it while its still reasonable now.

did u mean by year end, ddr3 price will be affordable/acceptable by majority???
that'll sounds pretty nice/good ... if it's true..``

This post has been edited by phunkydude: Jun 25 2007, 10:41 PM

As far as I know, DDR3 won't be mainstream untill 2008/2009. Even with that, the prices will still be quite expensive as compared to DDR2. IMO, it is only when many people, if not the majority, adopt DDR3 will the prices start to fall to acceptable/affordable levels.

I don't think so. DDR3 is still relatively new......

OMG...long time no check at forum and pricelist...suddently see this bad news...

so for now ddr2 still acceptable and having longer life span la? i mean in terms of hardware trend. like today, people seems to use ddr2 rather than ddr1.

DDR3 will reach official clock speed of 800MHz...that's DDR3-1600 or PC3-12800. But of course, overclocked ones will reach 1000MHz or DDR3-2000 or PC3-16000.

Current FSB (Intel) is only 1333. The RAM will only become mainstream when the FSB can support 1:1 timing with the highest official clock speed, in this case it's DDR3-1600. So, there's a long way to go before DDR3 becomes mainstream.

Do you want to buy DDR3-1333 when it cannot be used for overclocking on CPU with FSB1600? Guess not...

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Added on June 26, 2007, 1:21 amHere's the reason why the price of RAM is increasing.

This post has been edited by clayclws: Jun 26 2007, 01:21 AM

no that is not true. in order for DDR3 to b affordable, the manufacturers have to ramp up the production, and this will not happen this year, or even this year end. u will b seeing DDR3 selling below the price of DDR2 once AMD release its processor with DDR3 memory controller, and that is around next year H2. so, u will b getting cheap DDR3 by 2009 Q1

from wat i can conclude aboves as below..,
so, afterall... ddr2 won't be EOL anytime this year or next yr...
which means ddr2 still remains in production for another 1yr+...`
which also means, ddr2 price won't be keep rising as like ddr1 that already EOL..

This post has been edited by phunkydude: Jun 26 2007, 10:50 AM

But if Intel trying hard pushing DDR3, maybe the price will go down.

Yes...and so will other tech stuffs. Just not affordable yet this year.

if we wanna use ddr3, did we have 2 buy another mobo that support ddr3???
ddr3 is better or ddr2??

that wont be lar. u dun get it are u? prices of a product will go down, when manufacturer are making more of that products. if a product is high in demand and its availability is low, then that price will increase.

"If it ain't broken, don't fix it..." Heard that one before? If they are coming out with new models, they are supposedly better...Core 2 Duo is better than Core (1) Duo is better than Pentium 4 is better than Pentium 3 is better than Pentium 2 is better than Pentium (1) is better than 486DX...

Theoretically, DDR3 is better. You can't see it now though. Just wait until DDR3 matures. Same case as DDR2 being better than DDR.

And yes, you need another motherboard. And yes, you will need to reactivate your windows...if you are using a legit copy that is.

This post has been edited by clayclws: Jun 26 2007, 01:15 PM

Time will change everything. For now only Intel applies ddr3, when it comes from amd's am3 then ddr3 will be mainstream.

ya need to get new motherboard

ddr3 sure is better than ddr2 because new technology and the speed of ram also is faster than ddr2 ram speed

plz post more useful post plz. DDR3 faster than DD2, doesnt mean it perform faster than DDR2. the current DDR3 perform on par with DDR2, although is is faster.

Hmm...if that the case, I think I going to get another 2 sticks of ddr2 ram 1GB this weekend then. Then fully upgrade my rig to 4GB.

DDR3 is faster in terms of clock speed...but the memory timings are alot looser than that of DDR2. As the ram tech matures, you can expect the timings to get tighter as what we all saw with DDR2.

In the industry, DDR3 has already been produced. And bcoz as usual, stock is being produced in low volume, cost is high. Therefore, the price for DDR3 now is too costly. However, the fact is, its priced that high, so that, it won't affect the sales of DDR2. All suppliers need to clear their Inventory of DDR2 b4 they starts to stock up on DDR3. Imagine if DDR3 is priced as RM 500 as opposed to DDR2 at the same price, won't users buy the DDR3 for the Bearlake mobo users ?

Anyway, DDR2 prices will keep going up, mayb a little drop within Aug or early Sept, but after that, when its near the holidays, prices will hike as usual.

DDR2 prices drop to an all time low 3 weeks ago bcoz of production of the DDR2 exceeded the demand. So, manufacturers went to produce the thumbdrive's parts and therefore as u can c, thumbdrives prices r also falling.

As for the DDR2's life, it won't end instantly, coz like DDR, it will continue to survive for at least another 2-3 years. But, the price is the uncertain matter.

Since Intel has launched the P35 that supports DDR3, soon DDR3 will become mainstream once AMD's Phenom is surfacing. Correct me if I'm wrong, I remember i read somewhere it says, Phenom is scheduled for this year end release, not sure if i read correctly or not, mayb it was 2008, but i can't b certain for this.

But, as I've mention about the reason behind the high price of DDR3, once AMD launches Phenom, DDR3 will be pushed to be mainstream, in which, all manufacturer's and suppliers will force the price of DDR2 to increase, so that all buyers buys DDR3 instead.

For example now, in the market price, for 512MB DDR, it is the similar as 1GB DDR2, which would u rather buy ? While 1GB DDR is much like DDR2's 1GB Performance RAM prices.

So, for any1 wishing to stick to ur C2D(1066 FSB) or AM2, lets hope for the little price drop in Aug, if its possible.

U can opt for 2GB X 2 also, similar priced to Performance RAMs. But also depends if ur mobo gonna support it or not.

i thought Vista also have problem utilizing all 4G ram?

Ooo...hehe.Yea. But, my current mobo only can support up to 4GB - max. But 4GB should be enough for me ler. For now.Hehe.

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Added on June 26, 2007, 6:35 pmDarn..after you share out this with me, I google around. I found this:

Dude, where's my 4GB of ram?



This post has been edited by KenAragorn: Jun 26 2007, 06:35 PM

So, what should we do?
buy 3.5gb?so won't wasted?

Use 64bit.

but certain programs can't go with it =(

if using 32bit, 2GB RAM is already enough since even u upgrade to 4GB, the system won't able to show you 4GB RAM ngam ngam....
Or change to 64bit window....

AMD Phenom is schedule in September with new mobo socket. That is all the confirmed information that i have so far. regarding new memory, they is still unsure whether AMD will use DDr3 or rather stick to DDR2. This is might be the same case as the last time where AMD still using DDR while Intel already use DDR2.

I will let you guys inform if i get more information abt AMD Phenom. I might as well bring it to Malaysia soon after it launch as well. Peace.

Phenom will use DDR2 first with AM2+ motherboard. Then, it will switch to AM3 when DDR3 becomes mainstream.

64bit...some softwares can be run in emulated form. And yes, if you jump into 64bit bandwagon now...you are essentially very good at computers or very dumb.

I asked the shop they told me it's because of Mac buying most of the ram ? well..not sure about that...i just bought cosair xms2 for 385 last week (anyone know which web got teach ppl how to OC ram?)

Take a look at the overclockers' section in the forum.

DDR2 Ram compare with early this year, the price is very low already. Is consider a good buy now. can upgrade to 2GB of RAM on your system.

AMD confirm using DDR2 lar. only AM3 will support DDR3, and it will only come out next year end with 45nm tech as well.

i dun think u will get any info earlier than us, since this DDR3 thing u also dunno

and the bringing back to malaysia thing? it is lame, u bring it here for wat? we also have it here when it launch lar

Er...... i notice only DDR2 667 increas only ma..... DDR2 800 dropping le xD
good news ??

This post has been edited by K.E: Jun 27 2007, 10:37 AM

i didn notice that, how much is a DDR2 800 now? and how much is DDR2 667?

kingmax ddr2 667 1 gb RM 160
ddr2 800 1 gb RM 175

Anyone got insight news on how much ram will increase by next month ?

i read from inquirer last month they said the DDR2 gonna increase this month, and they are right, and they say it will continue to increase

667Mhz and 800Mhz, which one is better? If the price is only RM15 different, better go for 800Mhz?

no doubt that 800MHz will be better if it really only RM15 different....

I am running on 64bit vista. But I am using it for normal tasks only.

Yes, it was relatively expensive early this year. DDR2 800 512Mb was around RM250 at that time.

DDR2 800 price has dropped pretty much now. Grab it before the price goes up again towards the year end.

This post has been edited by ronaldjoe: Jun 27 2007, 09:02 PM