pc3200 prices..what's the deal?

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I thought that pc3200 ram was being outphased. With all the faster better ram coming out and being used in higher end systems, I figured that good pc3200 ram would be decently priced these days. Newegg currently has 2gb Corsair XMS ram for 313 bux still!
I thought the most expensive 2gb pc3200 I was going to see would be like 250 bux at most...maybe cheaper..but no...
 
2 days before Spring Break started, I remember seeing a set of Corsair 2x512's for $66.99, and that was the CHEAPEST I had ever seen RAM. Then...after AM2 launched, prices got freaking crazy.
 
DDR supplies are drying up, since everyone is shifting to DDR2. Still, DDR is perfectly usable.

It's a lot like some of the older CPU platforms, such as Socket A; many folks still run Socket A platforms, and if they want to upgrade that platform, they're going to have to pay a price premium for a Socket A CPU, despite the fact that it's older technology.
 
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