High-End Memory Prices - Week of February 18, 2008 - Page 6

Single-Module and Matched Pair DDR3

Intel has a long history of jumping on the bandwagon of emerging memory technologies, with these jumps ending in 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.

Due to its higher prices, the DDR3 memory market is usually where you can find the deepest price cuts. This week is no exception, and we find an incredible fifteen listings showing double-digit price drops - out of only twenty-five total DDR3 entries from our previous guide. Five of these exceeded $50, including Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600 DHX 2x1-GB (-$62), OCZ Platinum DDR3-1800 2x1-GB (-$60) and Corsair Dominator DDR3-1800 2x1-GB (-$56). There was only a single price increase, and that was only a measly $1 jump to Team Xtreem DDR3-1333 2x1-GB. The overall chart trends showed a very nice $475 aggregate drop, which even represents an improvement on the $418 total decrease we posted in our previous DDR3 guide.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of February 18, 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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