High-End DDR Memory Prices - Week of May 16, 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 modules, although higher-end DDR2-800 and DDR2-1000 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.

It is a great week for memory prices, but as usual, the DDR2 listings were the most active of all. The aggregate dollar drop left the other memory charts in the dust, and fell just short of the $800 mark. The individual price drops are certainly nothing to sneeze at, and with Mushkin DDR2-667 2x1-GB (-$120) and Patriot Extreme DDR2-533 2x1-GB (-$105), the DDR2 camp featured the only two cuts that surpassed the $100 mark. The sheer number of DDR price drops is also quite impressive, and there are some very serious deals throughout virtually all DDR2 brands, configurations and module sizes.

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