High-End Memory Prices - Week of February 2, 2009 - Page 4

Single Module DDR2

DDR2 memory is now the default format, and it offers standard memory speeds of 533/667/800/1000/1066/1200 MHz and above. Intel was the first to jump on the DDR2 bandwagon, with the 900-Series desktop platforms all utilizing this high-speed memory. With the release of the AM2/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 512MB to 2GB.

While DDR2 memory prices continue to shift, the majority of activity is centered in the matched pair DDR2 chart. We're not seeing the trend changing this week, and the most common result was overall consistency. There was only a handful of price drops, with the largest being a $4 decrease on the Mushkin HP DDR2-800 1GB module. The price increases weren't that much more numerous, and the biggest was a $12 spike to the PQI Power DDR2-800 2GB module. The second largest price cut was only $4, but the overall chart movement still totaled an increase of $10.

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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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