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spathotan   10-31-2008 at 01:30:49 AM

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The prices are alot lower than I was expecting. I expect them to rise when the actual boards start hitting.

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emp   10-31-2008 at 02:29:28 AM
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Yep :) and they are G.Skill.. I'd buy them just to have them if I had the money (Im a recently converted G.Skill fanboy).

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jimmysmitty   10-31-2008 at 07:42:37 AM
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Well they don't offer 8GB kist anymore, at least I couldn't find any for DDR3, but thats about the same price for 8GB of DDR3. Not too bad.

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englandr753   10-31-2008 at 08:19:29 AM
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Wow, is this a sign of ddr3 becoming the new threshold? The pricing will force more people to start buying the ddr3 systems now.

Great pricing...

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rockbyter   10-31-2008 at 08:31:29 AM
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we'll probably see 6 (3x2 GB)and 12 GB (3x4GB) kits from others, but they'll be expensive for at least another year. Prices drop as production and demand ramp up IF ddr3 makes it to the mainstream.

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zodiacfml   10-31-2008 at 09:24:04 AM
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just get a pair of 2GB's. add another 2GB in the future when needed.
1 channel disadvantage won't be that much.

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V3NOM   10-31-2008 at 09:24:05 AM
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well that's actually pretty good cos the thing with getting 2x2gb ram sitcks for a system is that it wastes some of it with a 32bit os... with 3gig, it's k!

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V3NOM   10-31-2008 at 09:24:46 AM
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o.O and look - 1.5v!

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aznguy0028   10-31-2008 at 09:43:01 AM
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yea i agree, great pricing!

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bobbknight   10-31-2008 at 10:54:31 AM
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I to like G Skill.
These are still a bit over priced.
But the prices have come down faster than I would have thought.
I don't think pricing will force people to buy anything, but lower pricing will be an enticement.
My sweet spot is $25 a Gig for memory.

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jimmysmitty   10-31-2008 at 11:21:30 AM
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rockbyter wrote :

we'll probably see 6 (3x2 GB)and 12 GB (3x4GB) kits from others, but they'll be expensive for at least another year. Prices drop as production and demand ramp up IF ddr3 makes it to the mainstream.



What do you mean IF? There is no IF. This is just like DDR2 when it first came out, only DDR3 has dropped in price faster than DDR2 has. DDR3 will be the next mainstream memory. DDR4 isn't planned until around 2011. Plenty of time for prices to come down more and speeds to go up.

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eklipz330   10-31-2008 at 12:28:43 PM
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remember ddr3 has been out for more than a year now... price drops are imminent, its those early adapters that bring it down for the rest of us


i can see 8gd ddr2 kits becoming mainstream in the next year

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jimmysmitty   10-31-2008 at 01:03:43 PM
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^If you look at the history of DDR2 and compare it to DDR3s history price wise too you can also see that DRR3 prices have dropped much faster than DDR2 prices have. Thats a good sign for us.

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wisecracker   10-31-2008 at 02:08:59 PM
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You can get 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR2 1066MHz for the same price as 3GB (3 x 1GB) DDR3 1333MHz

Faster speed will not best 'quantity' and better timings but you guys, please, keep buying that 'triple-channel' ddr3 marketing hype.

Buh buh but 3Gb ddr3 is 2-5% faster than 3Gb ddr2 ....

puh-leeze ..... :lol:

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cjl   10-31-2008 at 09:58:41 PM
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Considering that there are no triple channel DDR2 controllers, I'd say 3GB DDR3 will be more like 40-50% faster than 3GB DDR2, at least.

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spathotan   10-31-2008 at 10:32:55 PM
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wisecracker wrote :

You can get 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR2 1066MHz for the same price as 3GB (3 x 1GB) DDR3 1333MHz

Faster speed will not best 'quantity' and better timings but you guys, please, keep buying that 'triple-channel' ddr3 marketing hype.

Buh buh but 3Gb ddr3 is 2-5% faster than 3Gb ddr2 ....

puh-leeze ..... :lol:



Youre gonna have to "buy into the hype" if you want i7 eventually. Its just a matter of getting over it.

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