Windows 7 - OCZ Stops Making DRAM, Focuses on SSDs

Tews · 01-11-2011

Even though it wasn't too long ago that OCZ released its latest memory products, the company seems to have decided on abandoning this facet of its business altogether in favor of focusing more on solid state drives.

Even though users will always need more memory products, OCZ doesn't seem to have had very good last few quarters in terms of revenues.

In fact, during the quarter that ended on November 30, 2010 (Q3 of FY 2011), it made $53.2 million in revenue, of which only 22% were brought in by DRAM.

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Phone Man · 01-11-2011

Can't blame them. The price of DRAM has been dropping and should continue to drop through 2011.

Jim

smarteyeball · 01-11-2011

They probably got tired of RMA'ing which would have hurt their overall sales.

Dave76 · 01-11-2011

Didn't know OCZ "stopped making a chunk of its existing memory solutions in August, 2010".

Guess that market is low profit now, have read a forecast that DRAM prices will continue to fall.

The OCZ SSDs are doing quite well, go where the money is at.

mlevy · 01-11-2011

Wonder what this means for support of existing installations... I now have/support 16 GB of OCZ memory (8 in my PC, 8 in my dad's), all have lifetime warranty...

Luckystar · 01-11-2011

Shame really though, they certainly made some fantastic RAM.

I have had OCZ Reaper-X and currently using the low-voltage OCZ Reaper and both sets were not only fantastic at the work load given but also fantastic for Overclocking. Guaranteed bang for buck.

Shame, absolute shame. Would have been brilliant if they carried on till DDR4 but hey ho.

Lucky

Win7User512 · 01-12-2011

What a shame! I only used their memory in my laptop and desktop (4 & 6GB, respectively). Never had an issue. Hope to get some of their SSDs soon though.

Phone Man · 01-12-2011

Quote: Originally Posted by mlevy

Wonder what this means for support of existing installations... I now have/support 16 GB of OCZ memory (8 in my PC, 8 in my dad's), all have lifetime warranty...

Here is quote from their Warranty policy, which has always been in effect.

Discontinued or Unavailable Products:

OCZ Technology will attempt to replace all products with the same product as originally purchased. In the event OCZ Technology is unable to replace product with the same product purchased, OCZ, at its option will: replace that product with a product of similar function and equal or greater value, or provide a refund at the current value.

Also here is the specs on one of their new SSD's.

OCZ Stops Making DRAM, Focuses on SSDs-ocz-v3.png

Jim

spinifex · 01-14-2011

Sally and I have been using OCZ, like in forever. I remember paying an absolute fortune for top of the range DDR.
Overclocking P4's and AMD's was a costly business, unlike today, where you get heaps more for a fraction of the price. Since older memory increases in price, due to manufacturing less, our old stuff should be worth heaps when RMA'd.

Guess SSD is the future, so can't say i totally blame them.
Now to read up on the Vertex 3 Pro, Jim posted.

MadHacker · 01-14-2011

Currently saving for a REVO drive:

Newegg.com - OCZ Z-Drive R2 E88 OCZSSDPX-ZD2E88512G PCI-E x8 512GB PCI Express SLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)