High-End DDR Memory Prices - Week of June 28, 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.

AMD's Socket 939 platform continues to take some fire away from the Socket 940 crowd, but as long as Registered DDR remains a new system and upgrade option, we'll keep posting current prices. This week didn't show a lot of price activity, but what was there is pretty significant. Corsair XMS PC3200LL Registered 2x512-MB dropped a hefty $33, but this was offset by the $46 spike to Kingston PC3200 Registered 512-MB. We'll be keeping a close eye on Registered DDR over the coming weeks, as prices will likely continue to vary due to vendor supplies and buyer demand.

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