High-End DDR Memory Prices - Week of January 10, 2005 - Page 4

Single & Matched Pair DDR2

Intel has recently jumped on the DDR2 bandwagon, and the 925X and 915P/G platforms can utilize this high-end memory. DDR has been transformed into DDR2 through the doubling of internal data bus, thereby allowing next-generation memory speeds of 533 MHz and above. The DDR2 market is still limited, with only a few of the larger vendors jumping on board, but as the weeks pass, we expect that number to grow.

We're also concentrating mainly on DDR2-533 and DDR2-667, as the DDR2-400 type seems to be virtually non-existent, and higher-end speeds are just starting to emerge. Like Registered DDR, DDR2 is still something of a niche market, and it will take some time before it becomes the de facto memory standard.

Over the last couple of week, single and matched-pair DDR2 prices have really started moving again, and this week it again leads in terms of both individual and total price drops. The big movers and shakers demonstrated significant movement, such as the $75 cut to Corsair Value DDR2-533 2x1-GB and the $48 drop to OCZ Platinum DDR2-533 2x512-MB. Once again, it seems that 1-GB and higher is the name of the game, with 1-GB modules, and 2x1-GB and 2x512-MB kits being the most active by far.

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