High-End Memory Prices - Week of March 17, 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 make a perfect environment for large price drops. We're certainly on track this week, and eleven of the price drops managed to hit double digits, including one on the cusp of triple digits. This was a huge $96 cut to the price of Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600 DHX 2x1-GB, and was closely followed by another pair of Corsair DDR3 kits: Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 DHX 2x1-GB fell by $58 while Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600 DHX 2x2-GB dropped $40. There was only a single price increase of note, as OCZ Platinum DDR3-1333 2x1-GB jumped by $20, leading to an aggregate chart drop of $335. This is certainly nice, but still a bit off the $400-$600 drops we've seen through 2008.

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