[SunHELP] Memory prices

[sunhelp at sunhelp.org]

I have an Ultra 10-440 with a SunPCi card; and am considering adding
memory to both.  Can someone here explain why the RAM for the U10
is about three times as expensive as even the fastest PC memory?
It is also obvious that the two are measuring different things
when they list the 'ns' speeds - what is the difference?

MemoryX lists a pair of 64Mb DIMMs for the U10 are $290.  Two 128Mb
DIMMS are $540 or $660 depending on manufacturer.  (That's $270 or
$440 each.)

They list a 128Mb (PC100) DIMM for the SunPCi at $105.  In their
general SDRAM DIMM listing, they have Intel Approved 128MB PC-100
DIMMs without ECC for $60.  With ECC for $103-109.  PC133 DIMMs
are only slightly more expensive than the PC100 versions; and Advanced
PCBoost has 128Mb PC150 SDRAMs at $68.

So again, why the wide discrepancy?


-Pat