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.
The DDR3 memory chart is usually where we find the majority of price drops, and is a place that price increases fear to tread. That statement is half-true this week, as seven DDR3 listings fell by double digits, and four showed $20 or higher drops - including Mushkin DDR3-1800 2x1GB (-$35) and OCZ Platinum DDR3-1600 2x1GB (-$24). But price jumps reared their ugly heads, and a $42 spike to Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600 DHX 2x2GB was the largest price change in the entire chart. The overall DDR3 trends remained positive for customers, but the aggregate chart drop of $47 is hardly in the same league as past triple-digit results, including the $375 we shaved off last time out.
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