High-End Memory Prices - Week of March 31, 2008 - Page 4

Single Module DDR2

DDR 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 week it's almost come to a dead stop - at least in the single-module DDR2 chart. A pair of double-digit price cuts - Kingston HyperX DDR2-800 2-GB (-$20) and OCZ DDR2-1000 Gold 1-GB (-$19) - competed against a lone price jump of similar proportions - Kingston HyperX DDR2-1200 1-GB (+$19). Overall, it was a very dead week in single-module DDR2, and the majority of listings showed little or no movement. This also comes out in the totals, and this chart fell by only $12 this week, as the price increases and decreases tended to cancel each other out.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of March 31, 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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