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

Single & Matched Pair DDR2

Intel has jumped on the DDR2 bandwagon, and the 925X/XE 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 533/667 MHz and above. The DDR2 market continues to grow, with more of the larger vendors jumping on board, and as the weeks pass, we expect that number to only grow.

We're also concentrating mainly on DDR2-533 and DDR2-667, as the DDR2-400 memory type seems to be virtually non-existent, and higher-end speeds are just starting to emerge. DDR2 has moved beyond the niche market stage, but it will take some time (and AMD jumping on board) before it becomes the de facto memory standard.

Once again the DDR2 price chart showed a wild selection of cuts, and posted an overall price shift that dwarfed the other memory sectors, again falling just short of $600 total. There are also no shortage of individual price cuts, with Mushkin DDR2-533 2x1-GB (-$112), Crucial Ballistix DDR2-667 2x1-GB (-$60), OCZ Value DDR2-533 2x1-GB (-$58), and Geil DDR2-667 2x1-GB (-$42) providing the main punch. Obviously the 2x1-GB dual-channel DDR2 kits are showing the most price movement, and in fact, our top six movers all contained modules of the 1-GB density. The price drops were also very consistent, with over 60% of the listings showing lower prices, and only a single DDR2 entry rising this week.

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