High-End Memory Prices - Week of January 7, 2008 - 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 DDR3 memory market usually offers consistent price drops, and a huge overall chart decrease. This week, we get one of those, as the DDR3 listings fell by a total of $522, which outpaces even the $471 aggregate decrease from our previous memory guide. But the majority of this downward movement was due to a single entry, as Super Talent DDR3-1866 2x1GB fell by an incredible $280, or well over half the entire chart drop. There were some other larger price cuts, including Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600 2x1-GB (-$92), Team Xtreem DDR3-1600 2x1GB (-$59) and Super Talent DDR3-1333 2x1GB (-$50), but not to the extent of past guides. We also do not usually see price increases here, but OCZ Platinum DDR3-1800 2x1GB jumped by $27.

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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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