Tero Pesonen wrote:
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Greg Freemyer wrote:
- 4 GB RAM DDR2 90 Euro Is RAM really that cheap? If so I need to go buy a bunch. (lots of machines to upgrade.)
Last time I checked it was $100 / 2 GB, so looks like it has dropped a bunch more.
I bought a 1GB module a couple of weeks ago, (Kingston DDR ECC 2.5CL 400MHz), and it was EUR 60. Faster, (or larger) modules would have been closer to EUR 100.
Due to painful experience with dropping prices I made it a rule to only buy hardware whenI really need it, not in advance. Kingston RAM is a bit more pricy, in the range of 50-60 Euro per 2GB. Of course that goes for DDR2-800, not the fast modules. For DDR3-1333 you have to fork over many times more that that. (^-^) Though the effect of fast RAM modules is overrated compared to the price you have to pay. I would rather invest in ECC RAM than in faster modules. Servers need to be robust and reliable first. The few percents more speed you gain you pay heavily for. Better invest it in a faster cpu and faster disks. -- Sandy List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org