High-End DDR Memory Prices - Week of January 10, 2005 - Page 2

Matched Pair DDR

The number of dual-channel DDR platforms continues to increase, and has really created a subset of the memory market. The "matched pair" format is becoming increasingly popular, as these DDR module kits are perfectly suited for the requirements of high-end dual-channel DDR operation, and are a much safer buy than purchasing one module now and hoping to match it up later. The most popular configurations are the 2x256-MB and 2x512-MB kits, and with few exceptions, vendors offer the same basic speeds in matched pair DDR kits, as with their single module DDR.

Over the last couple of price updates, the high-end matched pair DDR charts showed significant individual price cuts, along with a large cumulative drop as well. This week is certainly no different and actually hits a bit harder than in the past. Some of the price drops were huge, including a $50 slice off the price of Kingston HyperX PC3200 2x512-MB, and dual $35 cuts to Mushkin PC3200 Level 1 2x512-MB and OCZ PC4200 EL 2x512-MB. There were virtually no price increases, and the total drop for the matched pair DDR chart was over $300, and just shy of the DDR2 list. There were no real trends in terms of DDR brands, but PC3200 was definitely the speed that was most affected.

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