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High-End Memory Prices - Week of April 2, 2007 - Page 3By SharkyExtreme.com Staff April 2, 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. Registered DDR prices have been falling off the table lately, with the past two updates showing overall chart decreases of $252 and $371. This week's total is not quite as impressive, but at least the downward trend continues, even with a more nominal $61 overall drop. There were three listings that hit double digits, including Crucial PC3200 Registered 2x2-GB (-$34), Crucial PC3200 Registered 2-GB (-$16) and Transcend PC3200 Registered 512-MB (-$14). Unfortunately, there were also two similar price increases, as Crucial PC3200 Registered 2x1-GB and OCZ PC3200 Registered 2-GB jumped by $10 and $11, respectively.
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