“In retrospect, the information that Louis had just received obviously was about the Nehalem. After seeing the improvements that the i7 has over the Core 2, I can fully understand his excitement. Today I will be looking at the result of Louis’ excitement, Kingston’s HyperX DDR3-2000 3GB Triple Channel kit. These memory modules sport beautiful new pin-fin heat spreaders and 9-9-9-27 timings at 1.65v. Will this Kingston kit carry my new i7 920 to glory? Read on to see!”Here are some more Memory articles from around the web:
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- G.Skill Triple-Channel 1600MHz DDR3 Memory Kit @ Benchmark Reviews
- Crucial Ballistix Tracer Blue PC3-12800 6GB Memory Kit @ Tweaktown
- Patriot Viper DDR3 1600 Tri Channel 6 GB Kit @ Bjorn3D
- Crucial Ballistix Tracers 6GB Kit (BL3KIT25664TB1608) @ Bjorn3D
- Thermaltake RamOrb Memory Heat Spreader Review @ Frostytech
High speeds, low latency, lower temps
Kingston’s HyperX T1 Series DDR3-2000 3GB has fairly tight timings for it’s speed and sports those distinctive blue heatspreaders that define Kingston’s high speed RAM. The DIMM’s can be yours for under $200, so if triple channel memory sounds very attractive, but you don’t happen to have a 64bit OS, this might be an easy way for you to experience the benefits. If you still aren’t sure it is worth it, check out Think Computers benchmarks to see the difference in bandwidth between dual channel and triple channel.
