High-End Memory Prices - Week of September 17, 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 1866 MHz.

The number of DDR3 memory listings continues to grow, and we added in another matched pair this week, but don't expect numbers along the lines of the DDR or DDR2 camps. DDR3 clock speeds are still increasing, and our latest member sports a DDR3-1866 clock speed. Prices are still very high in this market, but a quartet of double-digit price drops helped ease the strain. These included the Patriot DDR3-1600 2x1GB (-$30), Patriot DDR3-1333 2x1GB (-$25) and Team Xtreem DDR3-1600 2x1GB (-$25) listings. There was only a single price increase to report, as Kingston Value DDR3-1066 2x512MB jumped by $17, and this helped us post an aggregate chart drop of $75 for the growing, but still diminutive, DDR3 listings.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of September 17, 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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