High-End Memory Prices - Week of April 14, 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.

While the price of DDR2 memory is still falling, the trend is not so prevalent in the single-module DDR sector. Here, we do find a $32 drop to OCZ DDR2-1000 Platinum 1-GB, but the next-largest price decrease was only $6 off Corsair XMS2 DDR2-667 1-GB. This is hardly good news for interested buyers, but at least there were no price increases to speak of. A trio of $2 jumps was the largest, and although these failed to register, the limited price drops helped the overall chart to only a $48 aggregate decrease. Still, this was an improvement over the minuscule $12 chart drop we posted in our previous guide.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of April 14, 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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