High-End DDR Memory Prices - Week of September 19, 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.

As usual, the DDR2 memory chart is where the real action is, in terms of both price increases and decreases. The DDR2 listings is an area where price cuts seem to have an exclusive contract, and we do have a few nice ones like Kingston HyperX DDR2-675 2x512-MB (-$60), Kingston HyperX DDR2-533 2x512-MB (-$40), and Mushkin DDR2-667 2x1-GB (-$30), but we are also seeing a few higher prices this week. There were five double-digit price increases, and while the total chart drop of $181 is nice, it would have been more impressive without the unexpected price spikes.

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