=<em>F-A-S-T</em>= DDR Memory: 2-2-2 Roars on the Scene
by Wesley Fink on August 5, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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Kingston HyperX PC3200 Low-Latency
Kingston has used the HyperX label for their Enthusiast memory for some time, and the HyperX name has earned respect in the Enthusiast community. Kingston supplies HyperX as both 512MB single DIMMs and as a matched pair in a 1GB kit (2x512MB). It is very important to specify "Low-Latency" when looking for Kingston PC3200 with 2-2-2 speeds, since Kingston has other PC3200 HyperX products that do not perform at these fast timings. We found this very confusing for buyers, and would suggest that Kingston use some name like HyperX PC3200 LL or something similar to differentiate the new memory.Test DIMMs were a 1GB kit, a matched pair of HyperX PC3200 Low-Latency 512MB double-sided DIMMs with trademark HyperX blue heatspreaders.
Kingston DIMMs are 100% tested by Kingston, and the huge independent memory maker also provides a Lifetime Warranty like other Performance memory manufacturers. The benchmark results tell us that the Kingston is another DDR400 2-2-2 memory based on the Samsung TCCD memory chips.
Kingston HyperX PC3200 Low-Latency Specifications
| Kingston HyperX PC3200 LL Memory Specifications | |
| Number of DIMMs & Banks | 2 DS |
| DIMM Size Total Memory |
256 MB 512MB |
| Rated Timings | 2-2-2 at DDR400 |
| SPD (Auto) Timings | 2-2-2-5 |
| Rated Voltage | 2.7V |
Kingston specifies 2.7V at DDR400 for the HyperX PC3200 Low-Latency. Most motherboards can support this memory voltage, but it is higher than the base 2.5V to 2.6V memory voltage specification.
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Wesley Fink - Thursday, August 5, 2004 - link
#26 - DDR460 2-2-2 at 2.75V according to my review notesbabyelf - Thursday, August 5, 2004 - link
HiIt's said that the crucial did 2-2-2 up till DDR460. At what voltage is that?
DreamInBlue - Thursday, August 5, 2004 - link
crucial has always been highly overclockable. my regular cas3 ddr400 crucial does cas 2.5 at 250fsb.bigtoe33 - Thursday, August 5, 2004 - link
vie2233hilYou quoting performance series and not Platinum rev2
Platinum rev2 uses TCCD and was used for this roundup.
vie2233hil - Thursday, August 5, 2004 - link
OCZ would like to to announce a revision change in our PC-3200 Performance Series line of memory. PC-3200 Revision 2 has been discontinued and replaced by OCZ PC-3200 Revision 3 DDR.OCZ PC-3200 Revision 3 DDR is specified for CL2-3-3-6 timings on Intel-based systems and CL2.5-3-3-6 timings on AMD based systems. The lifetime warranty of existing PC-3200 Revision 2 modules will not be invalidated by this change.
Pumpkinierre - Thursday, August 5, 2004 - link
Nice article, nice charts and nice memory. With all the extra work from the new components let's hope you're still having fun, Wesley. Keep the i875 going. I'm not sure about the nf3 if the tRAS has to be set to >10. Any chance OCZ might be releasing a CAS2 DDR500 in the near future with that new batch of Samsung chips?Potem - Thursday, August 5, 2004 - link
#19 - From page 9: "We have seen reports of some variability in the performance of the Ballistix memory, and overclocking results are never guaranteed. However, our results with another pair of Ballistix DIMMs were very similar."JustAnAverageGuy - Thursday, August 5, 2004 - link
#18As long as it is a reputable vender, quantity is often better than quality. :)
i.e. 256MB of 3500 level 2 mushkin extreme blah blah is probably going to perform worse than 1GB of corsair value ram.
Lazzydog - Thursday, August 5, 2004 - link
Wesley you have still yet to comment on the question of whether or not the crucial sticks were cherry picked or not. I know in a lot of reviews you try and get your products as anonymously as possible is this true with the crucial ram or not? If not these could hardly be indicative of ram that the rest of us could get and should be known for people who plan on purchasing ballistix ram.GabeyD - Thursday, August 5, 2004 - link
Is there a comparison anywhare of "Value" memory against this high end, high $ stuff. For example, I cag get 1G of Coorsair Value for $180 and the lest expensive high end memory is about $280, a $100 difference. How much real performance is this $100 getting me?