Where the hell is DDR2 that expensive? I just checked Craigslist for the stuff and found like a dozen sticks of DDR2 RAM for like $55. Are you looking for the stuff new in packaging? In that case yeah anything discontinued with a demand for it is gonna go up in price and availability drops. Just get an old used computer for cheap and yank the memory out of it.

>>54740986
new in box DDR2 is insanely expensvei

>>54740929
For what do you need 16 GB? If you really need them buy a new PC that supports at least DDR3. DDR3 workstation modules are cheap as fuck, you can easily get 64 GB on a 2011 platform.

>>54740986
There are 2 different types buffered which is cheap and unbuffered that is expensive and will work in Intel systems

>>54741134
VM's and Multitasking under Linux, I have 8GB right now but I have to close some programs to open others, which is a pain.

>>54741198
You've got your terms mixed up. Buffered/Registered ram is expensive and goes on servers (and macs).

>>54740929
>$250-$500
Fuck, you could buy a whole i5-powered DDR3 PC with legit Windows at that price.

Why would ANYONE buy that?

>>54740929
DDR2? Are you even sure your motherboard supports that much RAM?

>>54741903
A lot of small business would for fear losing all their data upgrading to a new system, off the top of my head I can think of 3 businesses that are still using P2s and P3s and will pay anything to keep them running.

>>54740929
That's crazy I know, versus that 2x8GB is like 60 bucks.

>>54742030
Pretty much this, it's businesses that refuse to upgrade getting gouged.

>>54742081
DDR3

>>54741972
Yes I have the GA-EP45-UD3R

>>54740929
Might as well just buy a refurb lelnovo with DDR3 RAM in it, it will probably cost about the same.

>>54742030
Also some of the software licenses are not transferable and they can be extremely expensive.