High-End Memory Prices - Week of January 7, 2008 - 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.

Once we reach the DDR2 charts, things usually start picking up, but it's been a different story over the past two updates. It looks as if the consistent DDR2 price drops may have come to an end, and this price guide shows an aggregate chart decrease of only $22. A pair of double-digit price drops helped bring some good news, as Crucial Ballistix DDR2-667 1-GB and Crucial Ballistix TR DDR2-1066 1-GB both fell by $10. But that was it as far as larger drops, and although a pair of $5 increases to Kingston HyperX DDR2-1066 and -1200 1-GB modules were the only real bad news, it's still a very consistent price list overall.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of January 7, 2008 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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