In addition to the Athlon 64 FX Registered DDR platform, and the newer Intel XEON V8 and Skulltrail FB-DIMM configurations, there is a wide range of high-end workstation and small business servers that utilize these same memory formats. Since the desktop market utilizes 400 MHz PC3200 Registered DDR, that is where we concentrate our price listings, and even though Socket 940 is just a fond memory, these continue to be an upgrade option for many desktop users. Due to the influence of the XEON V8/Skulltrail plaforms, we continue to add FB-DIMM listings in the 1GB, 2x1GB and 2x2GB memory configurations. The lower number of available Registered/FB-DIMM modules also means we've gone a bit outside the top tier manufacturers.
Due to the limited desktop market for Registered DDR, and the dual-CPU Intel XEON V8 and Skulltrail platforms, we continue to supplement these module listings with FB-DIMM DDR2. The Registered/FB-DIMM chart displayed some very interesting trends this week, and although the price drops were not significant, there was not a single price increase in the chart. The largest drop was $19 off the WINTEC PC2-5300 FB-DIMM 2GB module, which was followed up by the Kingston HX PC2-6400 FB-DIMM 2x1GB kit shaving $9 off its price. But in the face of zero price jumps, this still resulted in an overall chart drop of $54.