High-End Memory Prices - Week of May 26, 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 single-module DDR2 chart is usually not as active as its dual-channel counterpart, and this week it was more in line with the DDR pricing trends. Patriot eXtreme DDR2-700 512-MB (-$20) and Kingston HyperX DDR2-1000 1-GB (-$12) represented the two price cuts that reached double digits, but there was very little movement outside this. There were only two price increases, and the largest was an $8 jump to Kingston HyperX DDR2-1200 1-GB. The aggregate chart drop of $29 is certainly nothing to write home about, and it's even less than the -$36 decrease from our previous price guide.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of May 26, 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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