DDR2 RAM, Hardware Reviews, Memory

Crucial Ballistix 2GB Kit DDR2-1000/PC2-8000 CL4 BL2KIT12864AA1005 Memory Review

Crucial recently brought new Ballistix PC2-8000 memory modules to the market, which are particularly well suitable to overclock a PC or Mac. It was possible to reach excellence results also with default DDR2 voltage and fast timings in the test, so the modules are also well applicable on more inexpensive motherboards with less BIOS settings. The test report shows the performance of the Crucial Ballistix 2 GB DDR2-1000 kit and offers an overclocking comparison to 5 other memory modules. Thanks … Continue reading Crucial Ballistix 2GB Kit DDR2-1000/PC2-8000 CL4 BL2KIT12864AA1005 Memory Review →

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DDR2 RAM, Hardware Reviews, Memory

Mushkin XP2-8500 2x1024MB PC2-8500/DDR2-1066 (996535) Memory Review

Mushkin shows with their current XP2-8500 DDR2-1066 memory modules that it’s possible to get high performance for low cost. Because ocinside.de was able to overclock an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Socket AM2 CPU to approx. 3000 MHz and the enormously high memory overclocking up to 600 MHz (DDR2-1200) was an important factor for these results. If you’re using a DDR2 motherboard with some overclocking options, you shouldn’t miss this Mushkin XP2-8500 Review. Thanks for the support … Many thanks for … Continue reading Mushkin XP2-8500 2x1024MB PC2-8500/DDR2-1066 (996535) Memory Review →

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DDR2 RAM, Hardware Reviews, Memory

Crucial 10th Anniversary 2GB Kit DDR2-667/PC2-5300 TY2KIT12864AA663 Memory Review

Crucial 10th Anniversary 2GB Kit (2x1024MB) PC2-5300/DDR2-667 Memory Review The company Crucial should be well known by everyone who is interested in PC or Macintosh hardware and already acquired some memory modules. It’s not only because of the high performance of the modules, but also because of the long existence of the company. Crucial recently became 10 years old and they celebrated their 10th anniversary with special chocolate modules (yes, memory modules can be tasty) and with special 10th Anniversary … Continue reading Crucial 10th Anniversary 2GB Kit DDR2-667/PC2-5300 TY2KIT12864AA663 Memory Review →

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DDR2 RAM, Hardware Reviews, Memory

Crucial Ballistix 1GB Kit DDR2-800/PC2-6400 CL4 BL2KIT6464AA804 Memory Review

Crucial Ballistix 1GB Kit (2x512MB) PC2-6400/DDR2-800 Memory Review Not only Intel PCs are using DDR2 modules, in the meanwhile it is also necessary for AMD PCs to look for DDR2 memory modules. Who like to upgrade for example to a current AMD Socket AM2 system, will find only the newer 240-pin DIMM sockets instead of the usual 184-pin sockets on these motherboards. However, in spite of the higher memory bus range you should expect no miracles. The Crucial Ballistix 1GB … Continue reading Crucial Ballistix 1GB Kit DDR2-800/PC2-6400 CL4 BL2KIT6464AA804 Memory Review →

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DDR RAM, Hardware Reviews, Memory

G.Skill F1-3200PHU1-512NT 512MB PC3200 Memory Review

This Review of the G.Skill 512MB PC3200 DDR memory primarily shows if high-quality memory modules can reach higher overclocking results and if inexpensive PC-3200 modules satisfy overclockers even with clearly more than 200 MHz (DDR400). Of course two 512 MB modules were tested in dual channel mode and compared with different timings. Thanks for the support … Many thanks for the support with the F1-3200PHU1-512NT 512MB PC3200 modules by the manufacturer G.Skill One G.Skill F1-3200PHU1-512NT 512MB memory module has a … Continue reading G.Skill F1-3200PHU1-512NT 512MB PC3200 Memory Review →

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DDR RAM, Hardware Reviews, Memory

Crucial Ballistix 1GB Kit PC4000 LED BL2KIT6464L505 Memory Review

Memory is an important component of the PC system and with current operating systems e.g. Microsoft Windows XP in combination with current games or DTP applications nowadays 512 MB are by far not enough and should be upgraded to at least 1GB memory. However memory is not like memory and naturally there’re dozens of DDR (double data rate) module types on the market, that the choice isn’t really easy. In order to make the choice somewhat easier, there’s a new … Continue reading Crucial Ballistix 1GB Kit PC4000 LED BL2KIT6464L505 Memory Review →

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DDR4, DDR3, DDR2, DDR RAM Guides, Workshop

Interactive Memory Product ID guide to decode RAM part numbers

RAM designation identify – The interactive memory module product ID guide DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 memory modules can be overclocked very simple over the BIOS to get a better PC performance. But what does this frequently mentioned part marking like e.g. Micron D9GMH, D9HNH, etc. exactly mean and how to find out the memory size on basis of the part number? This new interactive guide will answer you these and more questions about memory modules.

DDR4, DDR3, DDR2, DDR RAM Guides, Workshop

How to take off RAM heat spreader – RAM heatspreader removal guide

This guide explains step by step, how to remove the RAM heatsink / heat spreader. It is e.g. necessary to identify the chips used on the memory modules. But of course, this guide is also useful to replace the passive memory cooler for example with active air or water cooled RAM heatsinks. How to take off RAM heat spreader RAM heat spreader removal guide The introduction about RAM heatspreader … This guide explains step by step, how to remove the … Continue reading How to take off RAM heat spreader – RAM heatspreader removal guide →

AMD Motherboards, Hardware Reviews, Intel Motherboards

ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2007

ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2007 The newest ASRock Motherboards ASRock has invited to the current product presentation on 30.08.07 and presented 13 motherboards for AMD and Intel processors. In the following 14 pages long article we will take a closer look to these motherboards. For AMD processors: ASRock AliveNF5SLI-1394, ALiveNF5-eSATA2+, ALiveXFire-eSATA2, ALiveNF7G-HDready and the ALiveNF6G-VSTA. For Intel processors: ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2, 4Core1333-Viiv, 4Core1333-eSATA2, ConRoe1333-GLAN, ConRoe1333-D667 R1.0, 4Core1333-FullHD, ConRoe1333-DVI/H R2.0 and the ConRoe1333-1394. Here’s a picture of all previewed motherboards … The … Continue reading ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2007 →