DDR3 RAM price drops

When Intel launched the Core i7 procs, I asked Country Manager Ricky Banaag why the new systems only supported DDR3 RAM which is still pretty expensive. He replied that these will eventually go down. I didn’t expect it to be this soon but it looks like DDR3 RAMs are already on shelves and are going for affordable prices.

A recently published price list from PC Express indicated that a 1GB NCP DDR3 1333MHz RAM sells for Php1,870USD 32INR 2,701EUR 30CNY 232 while a 2GB Apacer DDR3 1066MHz RAM stick is priced at Php3,210USD 55INR 4,637EUR 52CNY 398. These prices are in the neighborhood of where the DDR2 RAMs a year ago.

Of course, DDR2 RAM prices have also gone down as well — a 1 GB DDR2 800MHz RAM from Kingston, Transcend and Apacer can be had for Php620USD 11INR 896EUR 10CNY 77 to Php660USD 11INR 953EUR 11CNY 82 a stick while the 2GB RAM modules cost only about Php1,020USD 17INR 1,473EUR 17CNY 127 to Php1,060USD 18INR 1,531EUR 17CNY 132.

At these rates, we’d be seeing desktop systems with 4GB of DDR2 RAM easily and while the DDR3 is still not that cheap, we should be seeing a lot of them slide down to better price point by next year.