High-End Memory Prices - Week of August 4, 2008 - Page 5

Matched Pair DDR2

As with the DDR listings, we are including a separate chart outlining the price of dual channel DDR2 memory kits. We are also concentrating mainly on DDR2-667, DDR2-800, DDR2-1000 and DDR2-1066 modules, along with top-end DDR2-1100/1150/1200/1250 and higher models, the number of which is continuing to grow. Now that AMD has jumped on board, DDR2 has moved well beyond the niche market stage, and has now become the de facto memory standard for any new system purchase. There is currently a wide selection of matched pair DDR2 kits, including both 2x512-MB and 2x1-GB configurations, as well as 2x2GB enthusiast-level kits that are starting to emerge, and specialized kits like the Corsair Dominator and OCZ Reaper & FlexXLC.

After a small chart drop in the single-module listings, you may be primed for some serious downward activity in the dual-channel DDR2 market, but the news is just the opposite. A $7 cut to Patriot Extreme DDR2-800 2x2GB and $5 off the OCZ DDR2-1100 Gold 2x1GB kit were the limit of the price drops, showing an almost exact duplicate of the single-module DDR2 listings. Unfortunately, we don't have a repeat of the zero price increases, and instead, four listings hit double digits, with the largest being a $24 spike to the OCZ Reaper DDR2-800 2x2GB kit. The overall chart movement is also not good, and it showed an aggregate *increase* of $75.

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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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