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High-End Memory Prices - Week of March 3, 2008 - Page 3By SharkyExtreme.com Staff March 6, 2008In addition to the Athlon 64 FX Registered DDR platform, and the newer Intel XEON V8 and Skulltrail FB-DIMM configurations, there is a wide range of high-end workstation and small business servers that utilize these same memory formats. Since the desktop market utilizes 400 MHz PC3200 Registered DDR, that is where we concentrate our price listings, and even though Socket 940 is just a fond memory, these continue to be an upgrade option for many desktop users. Due to the influence of the XEON V8/Skulltrail plaforms, we continue to add FB-DIMM listings in the 1GB, 2x1GB and 2x2GB memory configurations. The lower number of available Registered/FB-DIMM modules also means we've gone a bit outside the top tier manufacturers. Due to the limited desktop market for Registered DDR, and the emergence of the dual-CPU Intel XEON V8 and Skulltrail platforms, we continue to supplement these module listings with FB-DIMM DDR2. The Registered/FB-DIMM memory chart moved away from its usually stable pattern, and showed a few significant price drops - like $67 off the price of Crucial PC2-5300 FB-DIMM 4-GB and another $61 shaved from the Corsair PC2-5300 FB-DIMM 2-GB module. There was only a single price increase, but it did reach double digits, as Corsair PC3200 Registered 1-GB jumped by $11. This didn't rain on the parade, and the overall chart still fell by a very impressive $149.
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