High-End Memory Prices - Week of March 31, 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.

Although the DDR2 listings improved greatly, when it comes to huge price drops, it's still a DDR3 world. Although prices continue to come down, with some even approaching mass-market levels, most still have enough fat to keep cutting for weeks to come. This is obvious from the DDR3 price list, where we find a pair of triple-digit drops, along with fifteen more that hit double digits. That means that well over half the listings dropped by $10 or more, and the largest of these - Kingston HyperX DDR3-1375 2x1-GB and Kingston HyperX DDR3-1625 2x1-GB shaving off $178 and $126, respectively - are off the hook. The aggregate chart drop of $802 is also pretty wild, and even better than the $300-$600 we usually see.

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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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