High-End Memory Prices - Week of April 14, 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 1600 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 current Phenom platform, but will for the next-generation, so this market will Intel-only in the foreseeable future. Due to this, there are still fewer DDR3 modules on the open market, with most of these coming from the major players. The most popular DDR3 configurations are single 1GB/2GB modules or 2x1GB/2x2GB matched pair kits, and DDR3 clock speeds range from 1066 MHz to 2000 MHz.

Although many DDR2 listings continued to fall to historic price lows, the majority of the activity was still on the DDR3 chart. Prices continue to fall, with some DDR3 even approaching mass-market levels, and with enough fat to keep cutting for weeks to come. It's easy to see that from the pair of triple-digits drops, as OCZ Titanium DDR3-1600 2x2-GB and Patriot Enhanced DDR3-1866 2x1-GB shaved off $164 and $100, respectively, off their retail prices. This was followed up by sixteen double-digit price cuts, including a $99 drop to Patriot DDR3-1866 2x1-GB that just missed hitting triple digits. The price increases were non-existent, and since well over half of the chart listings were falling by $10 or more, the aggregate chart decrease of $877 should hardly be a surprise.

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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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