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 where we usually find the majority of price drops, and our previous guide got us back on the horse with an impressive $329 total chart decrease. This week doesn't have the same level of price drops, but there are some deals. Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600 DHX 2x2GB shed $84 off its price, while OCZ Flex II DDR3-2000 2x1GB dropped by $46, and there were three more drops of between $10 and $16. One big price increase helped mute the lower price trend, as the retail cost of OCZ Platinum DDR3-1800 2x1GB spiked by $42. The overall DDR3 chart still dropped, but the aggregate decrease of $141 is still well back from last week.
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