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Memory Pricing Guide |
High-End Memory Prices - Week of November 10, 2008 - Page 4By SharkyExtreme.com Staff November 11, 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. It's still the same story this week, but at least we do have a $12 drop on the WINTEC AMPX DDR2-800 2GB module to report, but this is also the only double digit price decrease in the chart. A $6 cut to OCZ DDR2-667 Gold 1GB and $5 off PQI Turbo DDR2-667 1GB are the next biggest decreases, while a $4 price jump to PNY Optima DDR2-667 2GB was the largest increase, and one of only two higher-priced DDR2 modules. The overall DDR2 chart trends moved in the consumer's favor, falling by a total of $35.
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