High-End DDR Memory Prices - Week of May 17, 2004 - Page 3

Registered DDR

The desktop market for registered DDR begins and ends with the Athlon 64 FX-based platforms. This is due to its Opteron-based lineage, and the Athlon 64 FX requires registered DDR, rather than standard unbuffered DDR. It has created a market need for 400 MHz PC3200 Registered DDR, and several manufacturers have jumped in to supply this enthusiast market. Due to the lower number of available registered DDR modules, we've gone a bit outside the Top 5 manufacturers, and also listed both the single module and matched pair PC3200 DDR prices. This is still mostly a niche market for desktop buyers, so overall vendor and module choice may be limited for the near future.

The Registered DDR price list is a real mixed bag, and while the majority of price shifts ended up in the consumer's favor, there were two large price increases to contend with. Corsair XMS PC3200 512-MB prices spiked between $18 and $20, which is surprising given that the matched pair sets actually dropped in price. Socket 939 is on its way, and we'll be keeping an eye on matched pair Registered DDR prices to see if they drop further in the coming weeks.

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