High-End Memory Prices - Week of February 2, 2009 - Page 3

Registered DDR/FB-DIMM DDR2

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.

Although the Registered DDR/FB-DIMM DDR2 listings have historically followed the other two DDR charts, this week is a different story. Instead of price increases, we're finding a lot of price decreases, with four of these hitting double-digits. And these weren't your usual $10-$20 cuts, and all were above $50 with three in the $60+ range. The largest drops included the Crucial PC2-5300 FB-DIMM 2x4GB (-$65) and Crucial PC2-5300 FB-DIMM 4GB (-$63) listings. The only price increase of note was a $15 spike to the Corsair PC2-5300 FB-DIMM 1GB, and the overall chart dropped by an aggregate total of $179.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of February 2, 2009 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 and Dual/Tri-Channel 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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