Corsair Launches Vengeance High-Performance DDR3 Memory

Subject: Memory | November 30, 2010 - 11:27 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Fremont, California — November 30, 2010 — Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced the Vengeance series of high performance DDR3 memory modules for enthusiasts and system builders.

Vengeance memory modules use carefully selected RAMs to enable excellent overclocking results on current and future generation In

OCZ Technology Announces High-Performance 'Xtreme Thermal Exchange' and Blade 2 DDR3

Subject: Memory | November 23, 2010 - 10:56 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SAN JOSE, CA—November 23, 2010—OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) and memory modules for computing devices and systems, unveils new Xtreme Thermal Exchange (XTE) and Blade 2 high-speed desktop memory, providing the optimal balance of blazing DDR3 performance and cooling efficiency in one solution.

High frequency, low voltage RAM from OCZ

Subject: Memory | November 17, 2010 - 03:31 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The 4GB OCZ Blade ST 2000MHz Low Voltage DDR3 kit
has quite a bit going for it, from its 9-9-9-24 timings @ 1.65v to the ease it adds to those looking to overclock an LGA1156 CPU.  A little tweaking to the BCLK is much easier when your RAM is happy to run at those speeds, removing it as a cause of instability when you are overclocking.  Drop by BenchMark Reviews to see these DIMMs in action.

Kingston's new RAM is designed for watercoolers

Subject: Memory | November 1, 2010 - 03:18 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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That is not to say that those not planning on watercooling their rig should avoid the

G.Skill has a Flare with AM3 targeted DDR3

Subject: Memory | October 19, 2010 - 04:33 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The G.Skill FLARE PC3-16000
kit is a pair of 2GB DIMMs running at 2000MHz and running you about $180.  The high price is the penalty you face for trying to grab some of the fastest RAM available.  Once OC3D popped open the kit the AM3 branding seemed a little off as no matter what they tried they could not get these DIMMs runnin

Dual Channel memory doesn't mean you have to go small

Subject: Memory | September 30, 2010 - 03:44 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Picking up a Core i3, i5 or certain i7 CPUs does limit you to dual channel memory if you use an H55 based board and many feel that going that route limits your RAM.  Really, the difference between triple channel and dual channel RAM is minuscule and
there is no reason you can't have large amounts of RAM on a dual channel system.  G.Skill makes this obvious with their 8GB Trident 2000 MHz DD

Pushing the DDR3 spec

Subject: Memory | September 17, 2010 - 12:10 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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DDR3 is not really that old but has finally overtaken DDR2 for the first choice in memory for new systems.  Just like its predecessors, as the DDR3 standard matures manufacturers can get higher frequencies out of their DIMMs and of course charge a premium for those high speed kits.  Kingston has been rather forceful in pushing DDR3 to its current limitations and they have just released two new kits.  The highest end kit hit 2.5GHz @ 9-11-9-27 during the quick overclock

OCZ Technology Announces Next Generation Ultra-Low and Extreme-Low Voltage DDR3 Memory Kits

Subject: Memory | September 14, 2010 - 11:18 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 14, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OCZ Technology
Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance
solid-state drives (SSDs) and memory modules for computing devices and
systems, unveils new Ultra-Low Voltage (ULV) and Extreme-Low Voltage
(ELV) high-speed DDR3 desktop memory, providing the optimal balance of
performance and power efficiency in one solution.

Kingston's recording breaking RAM

Subject: Memory | September 10, 2010 - 01:50 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Crucial senses a disturbance in the force; temperature sensing DIMMs

Subject: Memory | August 30, 2010 - 06:21 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Xtreme Computing had a chance to play with Crucial's new Ballistix MOD Temperature-sensing DDR3-1600 @ 8-8-8-24.  They have the usual and fairly effective Ballistix heatspreaders, with the orange branding sticker in evidence and they can inform you of their current temperature using the Crucial MOD Utility.  In their overclocking tests they could not breach 1820mhz
@ 1.658v though with the temperature sensor some may be tempted to go past that voltage to see if they can be pushed further.

Charting the success of memory overclocks

Subject: Memory | August 23, 2010 - 02:49 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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HWBot is a board that keeps track of the successes that people have had overclocking various components and the benchmarks generated by those overclocks.  MADSHRIMPS delves into one particular component, the RAM and looks at the three variables that generate the most pertinent to overclocking RAM, the Frequency, tCL and tRCD.  There is a bit of math you need to follow in order to see how they arrived at the ratings on the charts at the end of the article, but then again if you want to get the b

Own a Clarkdale? Choose your RAM carefully.

Subject: Memory | August 10, 2010 - 12:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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X-bit Labs wanted to see what the integrated memory controller on Clarkdale chips is capable of and so tested it with RAM at speeds of 1333MHz, 1600MHz and 2000MHz with two different timings at each speed.  As it turns out, the difference in performance between the three speeds was rather small, while the price of RAM kits rises noticeably.  When they tried overclocking the Core i5-655K the results became more interesting and rather damning for the 1600MHz kit.  Their findings

Raising the density of RAM, three 4GB DIMMs from Mushkin

Subject: Memory | July 30, 2010 - 01:28 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Mushkin Blackline 12GB kit consists of three 4GB 1600MHz DIMMs running at 9-9-9-24 which lets you up the total memory available to your system without resorting to six DIMMs.  That extra density doesn't seem to have much of an effect on overclocking, Overclock3D took the DIMMs past 1900MHz after they loosened the timings a bit.  Check out how it changed the performance in the full review.

OCZ Technology Offers the World’s Fastest High-Density 4GB DDR3 Modules Operating at 2133MHz

Subject: Memory | July 13, 2010 - 11:15 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SAN JOSE, CA—July 12, 2010—OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) and memory modules for computing devices and systems, unveils new high-speed 4GB (4096MB) modules for users who demand both performance and bandwidth in one memory solution.

A memory kit that knows just how hot it is

Subject: Memory | July 6, 2010 - 05:32 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Crucial Ballistix Thermal Sensor Memory Kit that Benchmark Reviews got its hands on is similar to other kits that Crucial has released but offers an interesting feature.  It has a temperature sensor built in that is able to determine the current voltage, speed, clockings and temperature and display that information for you.  While that is a very handy tool for overclockers who are trying to determine just how far their RAM subsystem can be pu

Hitting 2500MHz is not easy, even if the RAM is rated for it

Subject: Memory | June 23, 2010 - 01:25 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Patriot Viper II Sector 5 PC3 20000 4GB kit will set you back almost $350 but if you are looking for RAM speced at 2500MHz you already know you are going to be paying a steep entry fee.  The timings look a little odd at first glance, 9-11-9-27 is not a usual set of timings but then again that does hint that there is some room to manoeuvre when you are adjusting your final clock settings.  For instance,

Kingston's new HyperX can go two ways

Subject: Memory | June 15, 2010 - 02:48 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Kingston's HyperX 1600/1866
LoVo RAM kit takes memory profiles to a new level.  The reason that the DIMMs are rated for two speeds comes from the fact that it has two different profiles, the low voltage 1600MHz @ 1.25V or 1866MHz @ 1.35V, both significantly lower than the 1.65V maximum for DDR3 and an Intel Core family chip.  The low voltages used mean that you can easily fit these into any system as no heatsinks are n

If you can pay for the best then check out Kingston's 2400MHz kit

Subject: Memory | May 31, 2010 - 02:47 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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If you have a socket 1156 processor that is looking for some of the fastest dual channel RAM on the planet then check out the Kingston HyperX PC3-19200 (2400MHz @ 9-11-9-27) 4GB kit.  The price is unknown to Tweaktown, but at 2.4GHz and with an active cooling solution you know it will not be cheap.  You don't have to consider that speed a solid ceiling, Tweaktown hit 2490MHz easily, with a bit more tweaking and a BIOS update or two you could probably top that.&nbsp