High-End Memory Prices - Week of October 1, 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 although we didn't add a new listing this week, the overall selection just keeps getting better. DDR3 clock speeds also continue to increase, and many of the new entries are in the DDR3-1800 and higher range. It's just the opposite for the price drops, which hit the lower-speed DDR3-1333 and -1600 modules, and accounted for all four of our double-digit price drops. Super Talent DDR3-1600 2x1GB fell by $60, while the Patriot DDR3-1600 2x1GB and Patriot DDR3-1333 2x1GB matched pair kits dropped by $30 and $25, respectively. This helped contribute to an aggregate chart drop of $123, a definite improvement over the $75 total decrease we posted last time out.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of October 1, 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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