Why is this RAM so expensive?

its insane price, opt for some other Ram,
i dont know much on technical details , it is may be that the ram has "Latency of 6-6-6-18 for maximum reliability and performance XMS Heat Spreader" feature .
 
Firstly, 175$ is fine for a ram module that has a heatsink(pathetically useless in my opinion but still ads to the price) and has a latency of 6-6-6-18. The latency indicates the time delay between the request for data and the reciept of data via and to the cpu. Because the cpu is a gazillion times faster than a ram frequency, it has to wait for data from the ram. The highest latency possible minimises this time delay as much as possible and this feature is hard to manufacture and expensive.
 
RavenPerch said:
Firstly, 175$ is fine for a ram module that has a heatsink(pathetically useless in my opinion but still ads to the price) and has a latency of 6-6-6-18. The latency indicates the time delay between the request for data and the reciept of data via and to the cpu. Because the cpu is a gazillion times faster than a ram frequency, it has to wait for data from the ram. The highest latency possible minimises this time delay as much as possible and this feature is hard to manufacture and expensive.
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Um... that has nothing to do with it. Lower latencies are faster, not higher latencies, and most ddr2-800 can be had in 2gb sticks of 4-4-4-12 for less than $30 a stick with heatspreaders. The reason the memory is so expensive has already been stated, low demand and high manufacture cost.
 
RAM isn't expensive :confused:

You can get a 2x1GB module for £20 or so over here (about $35) of PC6400RAM without heatspread and that is at 4-4-4-12 latency (lower=better, not higher)

The stuff with heatsinks/spreaders are for overclocking, RAM is very sensitive to power and often if you have all slots filled on a mobo you will need to knock the voltages up a little and if you OC or UC often the voltage will need to be increased. This increase in voltage makes a huge difference to temperatures (as i said up there, memory is very sensitive to power) so the heatspreder is needed, especially as OC gets rid of your lifetime warranty with manufacturers such as corsair or OCZ.

For the performance increase you get it is very cheap, to get a similar increase if you look at loading times of stuff, fps of stuff etc, you can pay very little to upgrade your RAM whereas you would have to pay hunreds of dollars to get a faster CPU, faster hard drives in RAID etc to get the same increase in performance
 
Aastii said:
RAM isn't expensive :confused:

You can get a 2x1GB module for £20 or so over here (about $35) of PC6400RAM without heatspread and that is at 4-4-4-12 latency (lower=better, not higher)

The stuff with heatsinks/spreaders are for overclocking, RAM is very sensitive to power and often if you have all slots filled on a mobo you will need to knock the voltages up a little and if you OC or UC often the voltage will need to be increased. This increase in voltage makes a huge difference to temperatures (as i said up there, memory is very sensitive to power) so the heatspreder is needed, especially as OC gets rid of your lifetime warranty with manufacturers such as corsair or OCZ.

For the performance increase you get it is very cheap, to get a similar increase if you look at loading times of stuff, fps of stuff etc, you can pay very little to upgrade your RAM whereas you would have to pay hunreds of dollars to get a faster CPU, faster hard drives in RAID etc to get the same increase in performance
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In the states you can get 2x2gb for like $43:P And OCZ doesnt void if you overclock;)
 
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