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Memory Pricing Guide |
High-End Memory Prices - Week of March 17, 2008 - Page 4By SharkyExtreme.com Staff March 17, 2008DDR has given way to DDR2, thereby allowing next-generation memory speeds of 533/667/800/1000/1066/1200 MHz and above, and Intel was the first to jump on the DDR2 bandwagon, with the 975X, P965, 955X, 945X, 925X/XE and 915P/G platforms all utilizing this high-end memory. With the release of the AM2 platform, AMD joined the DDR2 camp, and this has transformed DDR2 into the current memory standard for new system purchases. The DDR2 market continues to evolve and expand, with all of the larger vendors jumping on board. Capacities and speeds are also increasing and some innovative module designs are starting to appear. As far as the price listings go, this chart looks specifically at single-module DDR2, and keeps to the standard DDR2-667, -800, -1000,and -1066 speeds, as well as module sizes from 512-MB to 1-GB. The price decreases on DDR2 memory continue to slow down as we move through 2008, and this trend is especially noticeable in the area of single module DDR2. We don't see a big change this week, and other than on significant drop, the chart looks very stable. A $61 price drop to OCZ DDR2-1000 Gold 1-GB does liven things up a bit, but this was followed by only a $9 drop to Crucial Ballistix DDR2-667 1-GB. The price increases were even more inconsequential, as a $1 jump was the largest one in the entire chart. The total chart movement reflected this, and it displayed an aggregate drop $85, the majority of which can be traced back to that $61 drop.
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