Woa. I only paid $134 for my dual channel 1gb. But dont feel bad, when i first started building my first pc (the nooblet days) i paid $200 for a 512mb stick. And for 2 reasons: 1. Cuz it had pretty lights on it, and 2 cuz it said DDR500. lol, dont feel so bad now do ya?
And the reason i bought Corsair is cuz i know they are a very well known brand for quality in OCing and are very stable.