High-End Memory Prices - Week of February 16, 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 single-module DDR2 memory usually takes a back seat to the matched pair DDR2 chart, this week showed very little activity in either area. Only one chart entry had any impact, as the Kingston HyperX DDR2-1200 1GB module fell by $21. Unfortunately, the price increases far outnumbered the decreases, and even though a $5 price jump to both the Mushkin DDR2-800 2GB and Kingston HyperX DDR2-1066 1GB modules was the largest, the overall numbers won out. This helped wipe out the $21 individual drop, and created an overall chart increase of $4.

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Page 1 High-End Memory Prices - Week of February 16, 2009 Page 2 Dual-Channel DDR Prices Page 3 Registered DDR/FB-DIMM DDR2 Prices Page 4 Single Module DDR2 Prices Page 5 Dual-Channel DDR2 Prices Page 6 Dual-Channel DDR3 Prices Page 7 Triple-Channel DDR3 Prices Page 8 High-End DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 Sorted by Price Change Page 9 High-End DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 Sorted by Price

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