Originally Posted by
clocker
Oddly, DDR2 is also way cheaper than DDR was- I just saw a 2x1GB deal on Newegg for $139.
Motherboards on the other hand are going through the roof...$250 used to buy you top of the line stuff but now they approach $400.
Lots of our old sockA folks are now getting the bad news that their platform is not just officially dead but basically extinct as well. None of our suppliers even carry the bottom end stuff (PC Chips, AS Rock) boards at all.
A few weeks ago I sold my NF7s to a die hard fan (i.e., idiot) for $125, which is more than I paid new, IIRC. I would have almost given it away honestly, but I figured I start high and let him bargain me down to like maybe 20 bucks but he just said OK.
I felt bad for about a nanosecond then decided it was just an example of Darwinian economics.