High-End Memory Prices - Week of March 3, 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.

When it comes to price drops, the higher price levels and relative newness of the DDR3 memory listings have all the ingredients for a very wild show. It was definitely in evidence again this week, as over half of the chart fell by double digits, including one that hit triple digits. OCZ Titanium DDR3-1600 2x2-GB (-$100), OCZ Platinum DDR3-1800 2x1-GB (-$90), Patriot Viper DDR3-1600 2x2-GB (-$70), and OCZ Gold DDR3-1066 2x1-GB (-$62) accounted for the largest price cuts, while a $24 jump to the price of Kingston HyperX DDR3-1625 2x1-GB was the only noticeable increase. It's not surprising that the aggregate chart decrease checked in at $619, which is an improvement over the -$475 and -$418 total chart drops we posted in our previous two DDR3 guides.

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