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High-End Memory Prices - Week of March 19, 2007 - Page 3By SharkyExtreme.com Staff March 19, 2007The 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 price of Registered DDR has been falling off the table lately, and over the past three updates, it has dropped by $58, $252 and $371. That is a lot of savings for such a small chart, and this week Registered DDR switches gears and shows an aggregate increase of $38. The overall pricing activity was still limited, but there was a pair of double-digit shifts on both ends of the scale. WINTEC PC3200 Registered 2-GB (-$12) and Corsair PC3200 Registered 1-GB (-$10) came in on the consumer's side, but Crucial PC3200 Registered 2x1-GB (+$10) and Crucial PC3200 Registered 2x2-GB (+$30) went in the opposite direction.
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