High-End Memory Prices - Week of December 25, 2006 - Page 3

Registered DDR

The standard desktop market for registered DDR begins and ends with the Athlon 64 FX-based platforms, but there are a wide range of high-end workstation and small business servers that utilize this same memory format. Since the desktop market utilizes 400 MHz PC3200 Registered DDR, that is where we concentrate our price listings, and even though Socket 940 is just a fond memory, these continue to be an upgrade option for many desktop users. Due to the lower number of available registered DDR modules, we've gone a bit outside the Top 5 manufacturers, and also listed both the single module and matched pair PC3200 DDR prices. This is still mostly a niche market for desktop upgrades, so overall vendor and module choice may be limited for the near future.

After the demise of Socket 940, Registered DDR may not be a significant market factor for standard desktops anymore, but keep in mind that high-end workstation and small server platforms still utilize this type of memory. The majority of Registered DDR listings displayed very consistent prices, and with the exception of one very significant price change, it was an uneventful week. Kingston Value PC3200 Registered 1-GB did fall by $12, but it was a lone entry at the other end of the chart that got our attention. A huge $231 price spike hit Crucial PC3200 Registered 2x2-GB, as Crucial drove the price up to an even $1K, and this accounted for almost the entire chart shift - the aggregate movement was +$242 for the week.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of December 25, 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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