High-End Memory Prices - Week of September 29, 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 continues to be the place where we find the majority of price drops, and after a bit of a lull during the summer, we seem to be getting back on track in a big way. There were some very serious price drops, including big cuts to the Kingston HyperX DDR3-1625 2x1GB (-$68), Kingston HyperX DDR3-1800 2x1GB (-$65) and Kingston HyperX DDR3-1375 2x1GB (-$58) listings. In total, there were eighteen price drops of $10 or more, and these can add up very quickly. There was also only one similar price increase, and the DDR3 chart showed a huge aggregate decrease of $546.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of September 29, 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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