I've looked at Pricewatch but what I've been finding (just looked again) is that what they have listed as 4GB modules are either 2 x 2GB kits or FBDIMMs.
The sort of modules I was looking at before were non-ECC, unregistered brand name modules (e.g., OCZ) for around $100. Among all that stuff there do seem to be a few stray modules that might be right, but they're generic modules for $150-$200. The only other thing I've found was a 2 x 4 GB kit of Kingston memory on Newegg for $420. So basically almost all the brand name modules have disappeared, and what remains has doubled in price. I'm not accustomed to either of those phenomena when buying RAM, hence I'm looking for insight. Of course, the other option would be a MoBo that takes more than 4 RAM modules, but it looks to me like that moves you into server boards and FBDIMMs and out of our price range. On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:01 AM, Jeff Bennett <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >
