High-End Memory Prices - Week of November 12, 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.

Things usually start to get a bit more interesting when we hit the single-module DDR2 chart, but we're still not seeing a lot of downward price activity. There were a couple of double-digit price cuts, as PNY Optima DDR2-667 2-GB and G.SKILL DDR2-800 2-GB dropped by $15 and $10, respectively, but the next largest decrease was only $8. Thankfully, it wasn't any more exciting in terms of price increases, and only two modules jumped at all, with a $3 spike to the price of Kingston HyperX DDR2-1000 1-GB being the largest. This translated in a positive week for DDR2 buyers, as the overall chart showed a total drop of $61.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of November 12, 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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