High-End Memory Prices - Week of July 23, 2007 - Page 6

Single-Module and Matched Pair DDR3

Intel has a long history of jumping on the bandwagon of emerging memory technologies, with both success and failure. With the Intel P35 and G33 chipsets, the chip giant has formally adopted high-speed DDR3 memory in the 1066 to 1333 MHz range. This is an interesting move, and one accelerated by AMD and their powerful integrated memory controller. AMD is not making the move to DDR3 with their next-generation Phenom platform, so at the least for the foreseeable future, this market will Intel-only. Due to this, there are few DDR3 modules on the open market, with vast majority from memory giants Corsair and Kingston. The most popular DDR3 configurations are single 1GB modules or 2x1GB matched pair kits, and DDR3 clock speeds range from 1066 MHz to 1375 MHz.

Although we added another new DDR3 listing to the chart, this is still only its third week in existence, so don't expect too much in the way of pricing news. Surprisingly, there was some activity, in the form of two large cuts to Corsair DDR3 2x1GB kits - Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 DHX 2x1GB (-$96) and Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 2x1GB (-$46) - both of which are due to additional online stores carrying DDR3. There were also four double-digit price increases, the largest of which was an $18 jump to the price of Kingston HyperX DDR3-1375 2x1GB. These helped mute the overall chart movement, and the DDR3 listings showed an aggregate drop of only $88.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of July 23, 2007 Page 2 Matched Pair DDR Prices Page 3 Registered DDR/DDR2 Prices Page 4 Single Module DDR2 Prices Page 5 Matched Pair DDR2 Prices Page 6 Single Module & Matched Pair DDR3 Prices Page 7 High-End DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 Sorted by Price Change Page 8 High-End DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 Sorted by Price

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