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, but last time out, this area cooled off considerably and showed a total chart drop of only $47. This week is considerably better, and a $64 price cut to Kingston HyperX DDR3-1375 2x1GB outpaced that total. There are thirteen listings that fell by double digits, including four of $40 or higher. Other significant price included the OCZ Platinum DDR3-1800 2x1GB (-$47), Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600 DHX 2x2GB (-$42), and OCZ ReaperX DDR3-1333 2x2GB (-$40) matched pair kits. The overall chart movement also gets us back on the triple-digit track, displaying an aggregate drop of $329.
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