Corsair’s Vengeance 8GB low voltage DDR3 memory kit proves you don’t have to give up any speed in order to make your PC suck down less power than is necessary. The snazzy looking 1600MHz DDR3 memory sticks sport a low profile and only require 1.35v in order to function properly which is a decent drop […]
Read more Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz Low Voltage DDR3 kit makes your system energy efficient
As much as we’d like to assume that we made the best possible choices when we put together our PCs there’s something to be said about upgrading that which you already have. Sure your DDR3 memory kit has served you well but you could be leaving quite a bit of performance on the table. The Kingston […]
Read more Kingston HyperX Grey Series KHX1600C9D3X2K2 DDR3 Kit packs performance aplenty
Tweaking memory for maximum performance was a balance between patient testing and a whole lot of dark magic in order to gain a few frames a second, if any, in the latest gaming title. The Corsair Dominator Series PC3-17000 4GB memory kit doesn’t require such trickery in order for you to get an insane performance […]
Read more Corsair Dominator Series PC3-17000 gets your bits there in a hurry
System memory should rarely require much in the way of cooling unless you’re doing unmentionable things to their clock rates or voltage ratings. The OCZ Flex EX PC3-17000 8GB memory kit offers you the choice of air cooling your memory via the many fins on its heat spreader or water cooling as evidenced by the […]
Getting the most out of your system usually means quite a bit of overclocking so that a processor’s cores can chew through as much data as possible and has been the case for quite a while now but a resurgence of some fine tuning could eek out a bit more performance. AMD’s Phenom II X6 […]
Read more AMD Phenom II X6 memory performance confuses and astounds
The enthusiast PC market tends to go all out when it comes to cooling their components no matter what they might be. Cooling blocks exist for just about anything as long as there are mounting holes around it and if there aren’t there’s always epoxy. Kingston wants to ease your mind about your memory’s thermal […]
Read more Kingston HyperX H20 cools off with the mighty power of liquids
The memory speed war has been going on for quite a few years now with one company touting faster clock speeds and another hoping their RAS to CAS timings blow your mind away but no one will be happy until somebody gets hurt…and by the looks of heatspreaders nowadays it just might be your finger […]
Read more Patriot Sector 5 DDR3 Memory finds its way out of the lab
Trying to balance speed and capacity in the memory world is a tough task to pull off especially when you’re dealing with a modest 1.65V power envelope. OCZ has updated their Flex EX, Reaper HPC, and Platinum Series lineups have been updated with new kits that have managed to squeeze 2133MHz out of some 4GB […]
Intel’s integrated memory controller doesn’t like a whole lot of voltage being fed to the RAM it hosts so it’s quite difficult for memory manufacturers to create performance products that fit in the power envelope. That doesn’t mean they won’t try. Kingston’s new HyperX triple-channel DDR3 memory kit KHX2333C9D3T1FK3/6GX snagged itself Intel XMP certification on […]
Read more Kingston Introduces 2333MHz Triple Channel Memory Kit
A certain CPU vendor’s voltage limits on memory has made it somewhat difficult for memory manufacturers to pump out truly fast products. It seems like some of them have finally hit some gold on the speed front. Kingston’s HyperX PC3-19200 4GB DDR3 Memory Kit is fully capable of hitting 2400MHz with the 1.65volt memory limit […]
Read more Kingston HyperX PC3-19200 4GB DDR3 Memory Kit has some speed to give
While many memory kits tout their capacity or speed many overlook the added performance benefit of tighter memory timings which is usually good for better performance if you aren’t going to overclock your system. The Mushkin Ridgeback PC3 16000 DDR3 Dual Channel Memory Kit sports some interesting specs which lead to a measurable performance improvement […]
Read more Mushkin Ridgeback PC3 16000 DDR3 Memory Kit offers speedy performance
