High-End Memory Prices - Week of July 10, 2006 - Page 5

Matched Pair DDR2

As with the DDR listings, we are also including a separate chart outlining the price of dual channel DDR2 memory kits. We are also concentrating mainly on DDR2-667 and DDR2-800 modules, along with higher-end DDR2-1000 and DDR2-1066 models, the number of which is continuing to grow. Now that AMD has jumped on board, DDR2 has moved well beyond the niche market stage, but it will take some time before it becomes the true de facto memory standard. Even so, there is a wide selection of matched pair DDR2 kits, including both 2x512-MB and 2x1-GB configurations, and we include multiple vendor listings from both the value and higher-end price ranges.

The matched pair DDR2 memory chart offers our first ray of sunshine, and is the only segment to show any consistent price movement at all. There were four price drops that reached double digits, including some larger ones like OCZ DDR2-1000 Plat 2x1-GB (-$62), OCZ DDR2-1000 Gold 2x1-GB (-$55), and Kingston HyperX DDR2-800 2x512-MB (-$30). These helped contribute to a very healthy aggregate chart drop of $153, and offered up a few nice deals for dual channel DDR2 kits. There was only a single matched pair DDR2 price increase that even registered, as Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 2x1-GB jumped by $36.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of July 10, 2006 Page 2 Matched Pair DDR Prices Page 3 Registered DDR Prices Page 4 Single Module DDR2 Prices Page 5 Matched Pair DDR2 Prices Page 6 High-End DDR and DDR2 Sorted by Price Change Page 7 High-End DDR and DDR2 Sorted by Price

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