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Memory Pricing Guide |
High-End Memory Prices - Week of June 23, 2008 - Page 3By SharkyExtreme.com Staff June 23, 2008In addition to the Athlon 64 FX Registered DDR platform, and the newer Intel XEON V8 and Skulltrail FB-DIMM configurations, there is a wide range of high-end workstation and small business servers that utilize these same memory formats. Since the desktop market utilizes 400 MHz PC3200 Registered DDR, that is where we concentrate our price listings, and even though Socket 940 is just a fond memory, these continue to be an upgrade option for many desktop users. Due to the influence of the XEON V8/Skulltrail plaforms, we continue to add FB-DIMM listings in the 1GB, 2x1GB and 2x2GB memory configurations. The lower number of available Registered/FB-DIMM modules also means we've gone a bit outside the top tier manufacturers. Due to the limited desktop market for Registered DDR, and the emergence of the dual-CPU Intel XEON V8 and Skulltrail platforms, we continue to supplement these module listings with FB-DIMM DDR2. In a surprise move, Registered/FB-DIMM memory displayed more pricing activity than the two DDR charts, including a pair of price drops of over $40. These included the Crucial PC2-5300 FB-DIMM 2x4-GB (-$60) and Crucial PC2-5300 FB-DIMM 4-GB (-$49) listings, but a $2 drop the only other price decrease in the chart. In terms of higher prices, a $15 spike to Crucial PC2-5300 FB-DIMM 1-GB was the only one of note, and this helped lead to an overall chart drop of $94.
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