Is it just me or is it possible people are only buying DDR3 becasue it's needed for i7??? Is there another way to upgrade with DDR2 that I am unfamilar with? Article should be titled DEMAND FOR i7 SPIKES !

What is a Gb? Is that a GB (gigabyte) or Gbit (gigabit)? Seriously, I want to understand what you are writing. Otherwise this site would be a waste of time.

You talk about if people believe the claims on power and performance... and then your link to an article that DOES NOT MEASURE POWER and says there was ~5% performance gain.

So are you disputing the power reduction of DDR3 or do you just choose to ignore it as it doesn't fit your article's conclusion?

I thought you only slant articles when they are about Apple, now I'm beginning to realize you have the conclusion pre-defined in most cases and simply write the story around it and force the facts to fit, and omit those that don't fit.

Since you don't believe the DDR3 claims - what did your substantial research show about the power claims of DDR2 vs DDR3?

Look out for the Gigabyte UD3P based on 770 + 710 chipset, was only a few dollars more expensive than the AM2+ version, and that at AUD$135 (US~$100?) is a reasonably well priced DDR3 mobo, good value too

Every So Often in Yore, Some Marketeer Looks UP Market in Terms of Need. Like nO Choice, DDR3 is going to sell as MAD O'c People hit in Millions. Price Wise, Its NO Brainer. why discuss anything else.

Directron.com has special on DDR#, mentioned after Independence day. $89 or $15 per gb, in triple channel. Yeah eary adapters new two. 12 Gb For unlocking 12 core merchantil sold as 6 core. have fun both 710/20 series with back & ofrth testee' delight of ddr2/3, then theres thri. Mega, 1600 & just staring UP. sCheap power under 'd toe. BUY Your DDR3 Sillies. It Should fit Your SATA III USB3 SuperSpeedo make Waster of blu theatre sytem. thats 1080P kind. Do Hold out for 32"make that 33

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Is that not a good reason, whether we like it on not DDR2 will be history in a year or two at the latest, i've just purchased 6gb and was it twice the price no...it's cheap..65 squid for 6gb of patriot viper

why is that a bad deal...oh yeh the boards are expensive...

But that's life when one has a monopoly

AMD's DDR3 board are not cheap either

Cough Cough Cough..What?

My 2005 spec DDR500 ram at 225Mhz (450Mhz) still holds up well in the benchies with the faster DDR2/3 ram.

Rather dissapointing really.

When DDR2 came out it was the same thing: DDR had similar speeds as DDR2, but without the latency hit and price premium. And look where we are today. Just wait for the second generation of DDR3 processors/chipsets to come out and it'll firmly supplant DDR2.

Stay thirsty my friends.

But consumer also know they did not get much benefits with sticks more RAM above 4 GB for they everyday applications even 2GB is good enough for browsing.