High-End Memory Prices - Week of October 15, 2007 - Page 4

Single Module DDR2

DDR has given way to DDR2, thereby allowing next-generation memory speeds of 533/667/800/1000/1066/1200 MHz and above, and Intel was the first to jump on the DDR2 bandwagon, with the 975X, P965, 955X, 945X, 925X/XE and 915P/G platforms all utilizing this high-end memory. With the release of the AM2 platform, AMD joined the DDR2 camp, and this has transformed DDR2 into the current memory standard for new system purchases. The DDR2 market continues to evolve and expand, with all of the larger vendors jumping on board. Capacities and speeds are also increasing and some innovative module designs are starting to appear. As far as the price listings go, this chart looks specifically at single-module DDR2, and keeps to the standard DDR2-667, -800, -1000,and -1066 speeds, as well as module sizes from 512-MB to 1-GB.

It was quite a wild time in the single-module DDR2 chart, making it the third guide in a row with significant downward pricing activity. The overall chart drop checked in at $192 the last time out, and this week, the listings posted virtually identical results, with the chart falling by $191. Contributing to this were seven double-digit price decreases, such as a massive $81 cut to Mushkin eXtreme DDR2-1066 1-GB, a $20 drop to Mushkin Redline DDR2-1000 1-GB and a trio of $14 decreases to G.SKILL DDR2-800 2-GB, Kingston HyperX DDR2-1000 1-GB and Kingston HyperX DDR2-1200 1-GB. There was not much to see in terms of price increases, with only a single module rising, and it by only a measly $6.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of October 15, 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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