High-End Memory Prices - Week of August 4, 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.

We usually depend on DDR2 memory for the majority of price drops, but this is often concentrated in the dual-channel kits. True to form, the single-module DDR2 chart fails to yield even a lone double-digit price drop. The largest was $7 shaved off the price of PNY Optima DDR2-667 2GB and a $5 drop to Kingston HyperX DDR2-900 1GB. This is hardly enough to start any real trend, but thankfully, there was absolutely no activity on the other end of the scale. Not even a single price increase showed up on our list, leading to an overall chart drop of $17.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of August 4, 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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