High-End Memory Prices - Week of May 12, 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.

Since its introduction, the DDR3 chart has been the most active in the guide, and it has supplied us with some incredible price drops. That comes to a screeching halt this week, and the largest drop was only $38 off the price of Crucial Ballistix DDR3-2000 2x1-GB. There were eleven double-digit price cuts, including OCZ Gold DDR3-1333 2x1-GB (-$32) and Kingston HyperX DDR3-1800 2x1-GB (-$30), but we are seeing noticeable DDR3 price increases for the first time. Four of the DDR3 listings jumped by double digits, including a pair of $20 spikes to OCZ Platinum DDR3-1800 2x1-GB and OCZ Platinum DDR3-1333 2x1-GB, resulting in an aggregate chart drop of only $169.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of May 12, 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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