DDR2 vs DDR3: Price observation

[chuckerants]

I just finished building my first HTPC (and what a PITA that was). I got an AMD Phenom x3 8750 BE (not Phenom II, 2.4 Ghz) for $35 used so I based the HTPC on that CPU.

I also had 2 x 1 GB of DDR2 RAM, so I wanted a MoBo that used DDR2 instead of the ubiquitous DDR3. This is the MoBo I ended up buying:

ASRock A785GXH/128M AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

Anyway, I noticed that aside from saving a few bucks from not having to buy a whole 4 GB of RAM, the prices for DDR2 and DDR3 are pretty much identical.

Just an observation as I thought there would be a price differential.

 

[lyle]

I haven't bought memory for about a year-and-a-half now, last stuff I bought was DDR2 at about $10/gig. I bought eight 2 x 2GB packs at $39.99 each. Four packs I haven't even opened yet.

 

[SZR48207]

What case did you use for the HTPC? I think it would be fun to a build something based on mini-ITX.

 

[chuckerants]

I'm not familiar with ITX.

I used a cheap $20 Rosewill case. Though in hindsight, I probably should have used a better case, but the PC is working well enough.

Windows 7 Media Center OTOH, I can't seem to play DVDs I've ripped and stored on my HD.

BTW, 4 GB of DDR2 and DDR3 RAM seems to going for around $80 and 6 GB of DDR3 triple channel RAM going for around $150 which is what I have in my i7 system.
Originally Posted By: Reddy45
What case did you use for the HTPC? I think it would be fun to a build something based on mini-ITX.

 

[PandaBear]

Currently there's a shortage of DDR3 as the Taiwanese FAB hasn't did the upgrade like the Korean, Japanese, and US FAB to build the DDR3 yet. Since a huge amount of FAB capacity is now allocated to build NAND flash, you won't see DDR3 price drop for a while.

However, if I were to buy a computer right now and plan to keep it for a few long years, I'd definitely for over some dough to buy a smaller amount of DDR3, the amount of memory I can probably upgrade to is bigger in the long run.

 

[JustinH]

The price of DDR3 is high. I am waiting for it to come down before I build my next computer.

 

[SrDriver]

Seems that you can't buy DDR3 here locally.