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 > -- I am a leaf on the wind - Watch how I soar Jeff Bennett
