High-End Memory Prices - Week of January 21, 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 has been on a roll of late, easily outpacing the larger DDR2 chart, and posting the biggest individual and overall chart drops. This week we see the matched pair DDR2 listings take back that honor, but there was still some noticeable activity in the DDR3 listings. Price drops included OCZ Platinum DDR3-1600 2x1-GB (-$58), Patriot DDR3-1600 2x1-GB (-$55) and Kingston HyperX DDR3-1375 2x1-GB (-$27). There was also a trio of double-digit increases, but nothing higher than the $16 spike to Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 DHX 2x1-GB. The aggregate chart drop came in at a very respectable $147, but this was still well off from the $522 and $471 total chart decreases from our two previous memory guides.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of January 21, 2008 Page 2 Matched Pair DDR Prices Page 3 Registered DDR/FB-DIMM 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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