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Memory Pricing Guide |
High-End Memory Prices - Week of October 27, 2008 - Page 4By SharkyExtreme.com Staff October 28, 2008DDR 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, -1066, and -1200 speeds, as well as module sizes from 512-MB to 2-GB. While DDR2 memory continues to show lower prices, most of this activity is centered on the matched pair sector. We don't see the tune changing this week, and although we did manage to find a lone double-digit price drop, it was only $12 off the price of a PQI Power DDR2-800 2GB module. This was followed up by an $8 cut to Mushkin DDR2-800 C4 2GB, along with a trio of $7 price drops. The price increases may not have been as numerous, but an $11 jump to WINTEC AMPX DDR2-800 2GB and a $20 spike to Kingston HyperX DDR2-1200 1GB certainly added up quick. As expected, the overall trends only showed the chart dropping by a grand total of $19.
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