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Memory Pricing Guide |
Biweekly Memory Prices - Week of August 9, 2010 - Page 3By SharkyExtreme.com Staff August 13, 2010The emergence of the Intel Core i7 processor and X58 chipset brought with it a very powerful triple-channel DDR3 onboard memory controller, and many vendors welcomed this new architecture with a series of triple-channel, or matched triplets, DDR3 kits. This allows buyers of the Core i7/X58 platform to purchase three matched DDR3 modules without the added expense and potential risk of combining a dual-channel kit with a single module. In this market, some popular triple-channel DDR3 configurations include 3x1GB, 3x2GB and 3x4GB running at DDR3 clock speeds from 1333MHz to 2000MHz. Price drops in the triple-channel DDR3 chart proved as scarce as in the other two charts, with only three kits dropping from their previously tracked price. One of these was a $19 drop in the price of the Corsair Dominator DDR3-1866 3x2GB kit, which is nice. But the overall trend was more up than down, with six of the 14 prices we track going up, three going down, and the rest holding steady.
In preparing this guide, we make use of the price search engines at Pricewatch.com and Pricegrabber.com to find a representative price for each product or product type. With each edition of the guide, we provide you with current data for the prices we track and list how much these prices have changed since the last issue. These prices, you should note, do not include any additional charges for shipping, sales tax, etc. So be sure and ask your vendor about those charges before ordering. We receive no advertising fees nor any other incentives from any of the manufacturers or vendors that appear in this guide and we are in no way recommending nor endorsing any of these companies. Rather, this guide is intended to give you a sense of what the current pricing trends are for some of the more popular memory modules that are currently available. Since prices change frequently and personal needs and preferences differ, you should make sure to do your own research before making any final purchasing decisions.
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