“WE DON’T COVER MEMORY much here at TR—it’s largely a commodity product; performance doesn’t vary between modules running at the same speed and timings; and true overclocking potential is difficult to quantify with a limited sample size. However, when we spotted Corsair’s innovative new Dominator memory modules and cooler at Computex, we knew we had to get our hands on a set to test. At the time, the DIMMs were running at an effective 1224MHz with surprisingly reasonable 5-5-5-15 timings and what appeared to be relatively simple air cooling.Cooling is the crux of Corsair’s new Dominator modules, and there’s more to the equation than forced airflow and a flashy clip-on heatsink. The actual DIMM design has been tweaked for more effective heat dissipation, allowing for higher speeds with tighter timings than we’ve seen from other DDR2 modules. Read on to see just how far we were able to push Corsair’s Dominators and what it takes to keep them cool.”
Here are some more Memory articles from around the web:
- OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Special Ops Edition Urban Elite Memory Review @ Technic3D
- Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 PC2-5300 @ LAN Addict
- OCZ DDR2 PC2-8800 Gold – DDR2-1100 @ Legion Hardware
- Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 Memory Review @ Virtual-Hideout
- Dell PC2100 SODIMM 512MB CL2,5 @ Rbmods
- Corsair DOMINATOR Modules Get 18K Gold Plated @ Legit Reviews
- Buffalo FireStix PC2-9200 1GB DDR2 Memory Kit Review @ Virtual-Hideout
- Crucial 10th Anniversary 2GB PC2-5300 Memory @ ThinkComputers
- OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Special Ops Urban Elite 2GB Memory Review @ Virtual-Hideout
Keeping it cool with Corsair
Corsair has joined the memory cooling revolution with their new Dominator lineup and Dual-path Heat Xchange (DHX). Some even come with an added fan assembly that clips overtop of the DIMM slots on the motherboard. Find out just what that does to your overclocking potential at The Tech Report.