High-End Memory Prices - Week of August 18, 2008 - Page 6

Single-Module and Matched Pair DDR3

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, with triple-digit chart decrease being the norm. We're on that same path again this week, but a lot of the chart movement is due to a huge $116 cut to the OCZ ReaperX DDR3-1333 2x2GB kit, which was due to an expanded retail presence than any real drop in price. There were eight price drops of the double-digit variety, including $43 off Patriot DDR3-1600 2x1GB, but OCZ Flex II DDR3-2000 2x1GB also jumped by $45. This cut some of the edge off the chart, and it dropped by an aggregate total of $205.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of August 18, 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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