High-End Memory Prices - Week of February 4, 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 lately, and while DDR2 has reached a new baseline pricing structure, the higher prices of DDR3 has given it greater opportunity for significant downward movement. This was in evidence again this week, and there were eleven double-digit price cuts, including three of $70 or higher. These included the OCZ Platinum DDR3-1800 2x1-GB (-$75), Patriot Viper DDR3-1600 2x2-GB (-$75) and OCZ Gold DDR3-1066 2x1-GB (-$73) matched pair kits. A couple of price increases hit similar levels, as Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600 DHX 2x1-GB spiked by $46 and Patriot DDR3-1600 2x1-GB jumped $15. The aggregate chart drop of $418 was by far the largest this week, outpacing the $147 overall DDR3 drop from our previous guide, but right on track with the $522 and $471 total chart decreases from the two prior editions.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of February 4, 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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