" You know it; DDR3 memory has gotten dirt cheap. Very few vendors out there actually still make money on it as it has become a cutthroat market. It continuously drives prices down and for very little money these days you can purchase silly memory kits at very attractive Prices. Mushkin for example, offers their dual-channel Ridgeback in 8GB kits at $125 (USD), and to spice that up .. it is offered as a 2000 MHz kit, with granted not the most sexy timings, but at a CAS latency of 9 versus 2000 MHz versus two 4GB high-density DDR3 modules. At 125 USD , and that's 15.6 USD per GB, you can understand that this kit might be a nice alternative to low latency 1333 and 1600 MHz kits. "