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Ram Directions

sleepyone — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:58:43 +0800

RM 150 for one unit 2G DDR2! This will happen in October 2009. So, if you do need to upgrade your rams, you might want to do it sooner rather than later.

The crossover when DDR 2 will be more expensive than DDR 3 will happen soon. Contract prices for DDR 2 are already more expensive than DDR 3 begining this month. Street prices have yet to reflect this but it won't be long now before local prices will show a more expensive DDR 2 compared to DDR 3.

Any latest price update? cos i saw low yat now sel

sleepyone — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:42:32 +0800

Any latest price update? cos i saw low yat now selling 1gb ddr2 667 @ RM89/unit...

Sleepyone's Ram Talk

sleepyone — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:24:57 +0800

Global DRAM revenues are simply HUGE. They exceed the GDP of many emerging countries. Q107 global DRAM revenues was at USD 9.7 bln and in Q207 it dropped to USD 7.3 bln. Revenues are expected to grow in the second half of the year as traditionally it is the hot season.

But these figures do not mean anything to the average Joe. His only concern is how much will a single stick of DRAM module cost him whenever he needs it.

Here lies the predicament of many players in the DRAM industry. Price forecasting, at best, can only be akin to guesstimate; especially for short-term price trends. It would be safe to say that the medium-term and long-term price trends would be more accurate but it is of no import to the average Joe.

So, when would be the right time to buy DRAM? If you have answers to this I would certainly like to hear.

At the moment there are two main schools of thought. On the one hand you have Western-based analysts predicting that the current inventory overhang is still sizable due to the disappointing Vista effect. And it is further compounded by a large DRAM bit growth. The DRAM bit growth in the first half of 2007 increased by 89% compared to the first half of 2006, iSuppli says. Pretty pessimistic I would say.

But a second group of industry players led by the Taiwanese DRAM manufacturers are more optimistic in their 2nd half outlook.

Sources with Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) pointed out that as demand for Microsoft Vista grows, the average PC memory capacity will top 1GB, and therefore the DRAM market for the second half of this year should still be rosy. As for the supply side, 8-inch DRAM fabs will be gradually phased out, limiting the growth of capacity in the industry and bringing a balance of supply and demand, the sources added. PSC president Brian Hsieh previously pointed out that the third quarter will definitely be better than the second quarter.

But if current prices are any guide, at RM 135 for a Kingston 1G ddr2 667, they are weaker than expected and are but anything to shout about.

Whose's Problem is it?

sleepyone — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:20:06 +0800

FEAR or KIASU is the reason why we have so many problems with IT resellers.

The customer is fearful that he paid more for the same product than others. He could be taken for a ride and become a joke to his friends and family.

The shop is fearful that they missed out on a potential sale due to cheaper price offered by their competitor. Especially at Lowyat where there are so many shops selling the same item.

So, in the end, the customer squeezes the shop for a fantastic discount and the shop agrees to the sale with a heavy heart.

It is okay if the purchased item works fine; the customer would have got himself a fantastic deal and the shop even only earning a paltry profit gets by.

But once ANY problem occurs, all hell breaks loose. Someone must bear the cost of the problem. The customer is unwilling to accept anything less than a 1-to-1 exchange and the shop must transfer the cost of RMA to the Supplier or to the Customer.

So in this forum we often come across such episodes of finger-pointing and blaming of the other party.

After following this forum for the past two years I have become numb to such situations.

But it will not go away. That will be wishful thinking.

[addedon]March 20, 2007, 3:21 pm[/addedon]Winfeel's response:

I would like to tell u one important thing, not to say the resellers throwing price because of consumer price pressure, consumer has every right to do so.Me also consumer when buy other thing than computer products.I also squeeze the seller for a particular product, be it local or oversea.

The important thing is the principle has out of control if they have many distributors.My meanning is, by given many distributors of a particular product, the principle can't control the distributors.

So, wider our view here.Not only resellers fierce fight against the price but the local distributors also involved .

The point is what is the actual "Root" of the problem ?

Oldest Trick In The Trade

sleepyone — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:55:35 +0800

Dram prices are steadilly increasing. So when I chance upon low prices from MLink I told myself I am lucky!

Imagine my dismay when they told me they do not have stocks for AData or Apacer only have Corsair. But their Corsair ValueSelect is more expensive than either AData or Apacer. They tried to sell me Corsair instead.

This is definately a very unprofessional way of conducting their business. I can imagine if a small and newbie retailer were to do it; but MLink?

How long more do they want to put up with this charade?