Pricewatch has a number of DDR2 DIMMs at 4gb for sale.  I don't know what
sort of PC-# configuration you're looking for or what sort of DDR2
configuration you're looking for, but you might want to check this link

http://www.pricewatch.com/system_memory/

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Nick Cummings <[email protected]> wrote:

> My group has been trying to put together a workstation on the cheap for
> running some calculations.  In the past the main barrier for these
> calculation has been insufficient memory, so basically we're looking to
> put together a cheap system (on the order of $1k) with as much RAM as
> possible.
>
> When I originally looked into this, it looked like we could actually put
> together a system with 16 GB RAM for about that price (we don't need a
> monitor).  The plan was to grab one of the many motherboards that
> support 16 GB of RAM and have 4 slots and then put four 4GB DIMMs of
> (non-ECC, non-registered) DDR2 in there, but while I was messing around
> with getting details on how to pay for it the supply of 4GB DIMMs seemed
> to totally dry up.  That was more than a month ago, and I still can't
> find any reasonably priced modules like before.
>
> So the bottom line is this:  Does anyone have any idea what might have
> happened?  Is there any way to divine how long this drought might last?
> I've shopped for RAM plenty of times before and never had this happen,
> but then I was usually shopping for much lower end stuff.  I figure
> maybe people with a bit more experience might have some insight.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick
>



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