High-End DDR Memory Prices - Week of October 3, 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, for both individual cuts and total chart price movement. The DDR listings dropped a total of $246 for this update, and we had six individual double-digit cuts, some of them quite significant. OCZ DDR2-667 Gold 2x1-GB fell by $86, while Mushkin DDR2-667 2x1-GB and Kingston HyperX DDR2-533 512-MB dropped by $46 and $36, respectively. The DDR2 chart only posted two price increases, with a $14 jump to Wintec DDR2-800 2x512-MB being the only one of note. Overall, it was a great week for DDR2 buyers, and there are some nice deals out there, especially in the matched pair kit area.

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