Paul Lilly RAM Prices Falling, a Good Time to Splurge

Planning a new build this summer, or just looking to upgrade your rig? The good news is you should have plenty left over after picking up a DDR3 memory kit. Citing un-named "industry sources," news and rumor site Digitimes says contract quotes for DRAM chips continued to fall this month.

In particular, 2GB DDR3 modules have dropped between 2-4 percent to $44, and that's just the beginning. Sources say that some module makers and IC distributors are selling the same density chips for as low as $37 per unit. What this all means is lower priced RAM by the time memory vendors put together a kit and toss it into the retail sector.

If you can't muster up the funds for a memory kit straight away, don't sweat it. Those same sources say that prices for DDR3 parts will probably drop even more in the second half of 2010, the result of memory makers ramping up production from moving to smaller manufacturing processes.