OCZ Platinum PC2-6400 2x1024 MB kit

jmke · 29th August 2006, 07:42

Since my last Platinum review, OCZ has released new heat spreaders. These new heat spreaders are perforated with the goal of increasing the surface area of the heat sink and increasing air flow around the chips. Besides the technical improvement, I think they look much snazzier than their more classic heat spreaders. For those of you coming from DDR1, the memory timings may look incredibly slow, but the most common timings for DDR2 is 5-5-5-15, which puts this memory at the upper end of current DDR2 technology. Checking out the SPD settings means you will be wise to manually set the timings in the BIOS as they actually default to looser timings.

29th August 2006, 12:14

mmm, slow timings, but it seems the gain in frequency compensates pretty well for it.

I still have my doubts concerning the efficiency of those heatspreaders.

29th August 2006, 07:42	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	OCZ Platinum PC2-6400 2x1024 MB kit Since my last Platinum review, OCZ has released new heat spreaders. These new heat spreaders are perforated with the goal of increasing the surface area of the heat sink and increasing air flow around the chips. Besides the technical improvement, I think they look much snazzier than their more classic heat spreaders. For those of you coming from DDR1, the memory timings may look incredibly slow, but the most common timings for DDR2 is 5-5-5-15, which puts this memory at the upper end of current DDR2 technology. Checking out the SPD settings means you will be wise to manually set the timings in the BIOS as they actually default to looser timings. __________________

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29th August 2006, 12:14	#2
Xploited Titan Posts: n/a	mmm, slow timings, but it seems the gain in frequency compensates pretty well for it. I still have my doubts concerning the efficiency of those heatspreaders.