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Since RAM is everything....
I've noticed that the RAM prices have actually gone up since I built my rig back in June of 2013. I bought 2x8Gb sticks for $129 and now they're $166 HERE and a bit more HERE. Aren't they supposed to coming down in prices (at regular intervals)??
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/22 13:55:17
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I have noticed over the last 20 years or so that there seems to be an ebb and flow to ram prices. They'll most likely come down again soon.
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/22 14:12:02
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/22 14:16:44
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Very true. Good point. 
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/22 23:18:16
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Always buy EBay and second hand.
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/22 23:26:00
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does RAM ever 'burn out'? like after having been used too long?
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/24 11:13:15
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There are application out there which will put your RAM on overnight test.
I'm not sure RAM is everything. I have 16Gb but I never use more than 8Gb (5Gb on average) even with tons of Kontakt, Reaktor and other heavy stuff going on. I feel better that I have more but I rarely use all of it. Video work with other software however is a different matter.
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/24 12:10:27
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When I started in the computer business, an 8 MB board cost $16,000. Yes, that's an "M", not a "G".
post edited by bitflipper - 2014/07/24 15:11:05
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/24 13:34:47
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bitflipper
When I started in the computer business, an 8 MB board cost $16,000. Yes, that's an "M", not a "B".
not a "B"???? what's a "BB" in terms of computer memory????
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/24 13:37:35
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☄ Helpfulby Beagle 2014/07/24 13:57:20
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bitflipper
When I started in the computer business, an 8 MB board cost $16,000. Yes, that's an "M", not a "B".
not a "B"????
what's a "BB" in terms of computer memory????
BB - BigaByte 
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/24 14:01:17
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Kilobytes not Megabytes back when. But they do not want to read you or have you talk except to your computer in the future. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28440288 Everyone is being replaced by a talking computer. Of course someone probably will buy it and try to even have sax with it. Computer - computer - I want a soft synth. Computer says "Sax"!
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/24 14:16:05
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I still remember programming games like Worm Wars in 4K of memory...
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/24 15:20:13
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bitflipper
When I started in the computer business, an 8 MB board cost $16,000. Yes, that's an "M", not a "B".
not a "B"????
what's a "BB" in terms of computer memory????
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/27 16:58:13
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Mesh
I've noticed that the RAM prices have actually gone up since I built my rig back in June of 2013.
I bought 2x8Gb sticks for $129 and now they're $166 HERE and a bit more HERE.
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The USA Today proudly stated this weekend that PC sales improved. If that's the case, the price of RAM went up, hard drives doubled, video cards picked up $50 dollars, sound cards picked up $50 dollars, and the new USB plug just went up to $35 dollars! Ohhh, that same Dell monitor just showed up on the Dell costing $45 dollars more! What do you expect? This is America!
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/28 09:37:46
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The law of supply and demand works everywhere.
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/28 09:45:37
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Especially with tax breaks and unfair competition. If you make rules to prevent it it's deemed anticompetative. Rock on globalisation!
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/28 10:02:17
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Especially with tax breaks and unfair competition. If you make rules to prevent it it's deemed anticompetative. Rock on globalisation!
We need some globalization! The problem is that big cities like NY, LA, London, Paris, Rome and Tokyo, don't want it ... why? Because they are the ones that will lose "profits", while everyone else stands to win more. In the end, the disparity is about hugeness against smallness. Working for a cable company, one of the things that you learn real quick is how $20 is so meaningless in NY, but $20 in Medford is almost 3 hours of work for a kid ... how the heck do you expect people to get HBO? And those small towns helping pay for those big numbers is a drain to the rest of America!
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/28 10:30:28
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What do you mean we are already 80% plus globalized. Small business are screwed paying taxes large corps don't have to pay and most people are on slave wages. Don't want it? We already have it in Europe and yes the US is screwed as well.
Cable companies and telephone companies monopolies everywhere. Star Bucks and massive budget chains everywhere which nobody can compete with on a small level. Massive supermarket stores everywhere. Low wages high taxes. Pilots flying who have to claim food stamps... Oh a great success...
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/28 10:35:26
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Opps I didn't get the joke I assume :)
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/28 14:29:27
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Does it matter to you what brand of RAM you use? I usually go with Crucial but I have used Kingston and Corsair with no trouble. I wonder if it is all made by the same company or if Crucial makes its own and Kingston makes its own.
You guys who know about this. What is your opinion on different brands.
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Re: Since RAM is everything....
2014/07/28 14:48:49
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Speed, size and pricing is all that really matters to me.
Always try to pair them up with same brand and model (whatever you are using).
Mix/match different brand/models together at your peril.
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