Memory
The hottest advancement in memory technology for desktop computers in recent years is undoubtedly the release of DDR5 memory and Intel's 12th Gen Core series of processors. Not only does DDR5 memory yield higher memory bandwidth for many different use cases, but DDR5 also offers a generational increase in memory capacity, allowing for higher capacity UDIMMs over time. But, as always, the memory market is anything but homogenous. Even with just three actual DRAM manufacturers, DIMM vendors are offering DDR5 at a slew of clockspeeds, both official JEDEC speeds and X.M.P. profile memory that essentially comes overclocked out of the box. There are also notable differences in today's common DDR5 DIMM configurations, including single-sided UDIMMs (1Rx8), and dual-sided memory (2Rx8), as well as UDIMMs with...
Corsair TwinX1024-4000 PRO: Improving DDR500 Performance
Today, Corsair introduces an improved DDR500 with a cast aluminum heatsink and LED activity lights. We compare it to Corsair’s current PC4000 and the best of our DDR500 roundup.
17 by Wesley Fink on 9/15/2003Mushkin & Adata: 2 for the Fast-Timings Lane
Mushkin and Adata have taken a different approach to fast memory by providing memory that works at very fast timings at DDR400 to DDR433. How does it compare...
17 by Wesley Fink on 9/1/2003Searching for the Memory Holy Grail - Part 2
In Part 1, we determined the best Memory Configurations for the Intel 875/865 motherboards. Part 2 looks at the fastest memory available from a range of memory manufacturers...
77 by Wesley Fink on 8/26/2003OCZ 3700 GOLD: Building High-Performance Memory
High-Performance Memory manufacturers use many tricks to coax the highest performance from their memory products. We look at the some of the processes OCZ has used to turn...
68 by Wesley Fink on 8/7/2003Searching for the Memory Holy Grail: Part 1
One of the questions we are often asked is whether a particular motherboard can run with four DIMMs. With the Intel 875/865 Dual-Channel boards, we are realizing that...
42 by Wesley Fink on 7/27/2003865PE & 875P Memory Guide
After hours and hours of testing we have finally completed memory module testing on the most popular 865PE and 875P motherboards using the latest BIOSes available. Read on to...
10 by Evan Lieb on 6/9/2003Memory Module Technologies: TCP, EPOC and FEMMA
Recent developments in DIMM technologies allow unprecedented densities to be squeezed onto a low profile 1.2 inch DIMM. Join us as we take a look at the new...
0 by Andy Hui on 8/26/2002Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: April 2001 1st Edition
Higher bandwidth memory solutions fall in price once again, it's clear where the market is headed and PC133 isn't it. Find out what the best buys are in...
0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 4/1/2001Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: March 2001 1st Edition
It's Price Guide time and what a time it is to purchase memory and motherboards. The prices of Socket-A motherboards and the rest of the boards in general...
0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 3/2/2001Rambus DRAM Part 2: Performance
Last week we took a look at the theory behind the need for a higher bandwidth solution and illustrated that RDRAM was a solution that could potentially fit the...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/22/2000Rambus DRAM: Uncovering Facts & Burying Rumors
There is a lot of misinformation floating around the 'net regarding a little company known as Rambus and their extremely expensive memory technology. Would you believe that we...
2 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/15/2000PC133 SDRAM Roundup - April 2000
For the first time in a year we take a look at the latest SDRAM modules out on the market and crown a winner. This time around the...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/3/2000