Manufacturer: N/A Price: $ N/A US Author: Steve Date: 01/17/2011

[ ADATA XPG Plus v2.0 1600MHz+ ]

Easily the most outlandish looking DDR3 memory featured in this round would have to be the ADATA XPG Plus v2.0 Series. This memory utilizes the TCT1 (Thermal Conductive Technology) which basically means you can expect to find some massive fins extending out of the heatspreader via a pair of heatpipes. The custom PCB (Printed Circuit Board) which ADATA has dubbed PCB2 features a 2OZ double-copper design. Doubling the amount of copper in the PCB is said by ADATA to deliver low temperature and also improves the power efficiency, this is the same theory Gigabyte applies with their ultra-durable motherboard technology as well. The ADTA XPG Plus v2.0 Series is without a doubt the most impressive looking memory featured in this roundup and if cooling is your top priority then we dare say they will work the best as well. ADATA has gone to quite a bit of effort to make sure these modules are as efficient as possible. Including the unique Thermal Conductive Technology, each memory chip's surface makes direct contact with the heat sink to maintain ICs and the PCB operate at a low temperature. However overclockers will likely pay attention to the fact the ADATA uses high-spec memory chips. Each XPG Plus v2.0 Series memory chip is selected through a strict quality control filtering process to ensure the best possible overclocking experience. This is why they call the memory from this series DDR3-1600+, 1866+ and 2200+. There is just one problem with the ADTA XPG Plus v2.0 Series, one rather large problem actually. While they are the most impressive looking modules featured in the roundup, they also have the worst motherboard compatibility. In fact in order to test four modules at a time we were forced to remove the cooling altogether, as we believe there is no motherboard that will allow the use of four modules with the oversized heatspreaders installed. The problem is not actually the heatsinks that sit on top of the modules but rather the heatspreaders, which bulge out from the memory. They are so wide that the DIMM slots would need to be around half a centimeter apart to support them side by side. This is a massive short coming of this ADATA memory, and we have to admit that it has put us off these exciting looking modules. Included in the roundup is two dual-channel DDR3-1600+ kits which are designed to work at CL8-8-8-24 using somewhere between 1.55n - 1.75v depending on platform. Since the voltage settings are loosely defined, we wanted to see what was possible when using about 1.55v – 1.65v given that LGA1155 and LGA1156 processors cannot safely accept higher voltages. Pricing for these new memory modules is not clear, though we do expect them to be the most expensive product featured in this roundup based on what we have heard so far.

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Hannibal

Posted on: 01/18/2011 09:58 PM I don't care what anyone says the Kingston RAM is easily the coolest looking of the bunch and like you say the price is right.

corky

Posted on: 01/19/2011 05:21 AM OCZ memory has always been good to me. Thanks for the roundup.

me	Posted on: 01/20/2011 01:10 AM Look at the reference of the Kingston, it's a 2400Mhz kit that you have here! http://www.kingston.com/hyperx/products/t1_ddr3.asp

Steve Posts: 80 Joined: 2010-02-08

Posted on: 01/20/2011 01:38 AM Sorry that was a typo, we had the KHX2000C9AD3T1K2/4GX.

fozzy bear

Posted on: 01/22/2011 01:07 AM Is there is a typo in the section of the Patriot ram $950 is aggressively priced?

ProX	Posted on: 01/22/2011 04:19 AM @ fozzy bear - that is clearly not a typo, of course the kit costs $950 and not $95 :S :P Thanks for the roundup.

fozzy bear

Posted on: 01/23/2011 06:12 AM i was teasing them a little bit but thank you for your comment very helpful

ProX	Posted on: 01/23/2011 08:34 AM teasing a little, that's helpful. Anyway it would have been nice to see some new G.Skill memory included but I understand that you cannot include everything. Still G.Skill is one of my favorites, their pricing is excellent.

Calle2003 Posts: 16 Joined: 2010-04-27

Posted on: 01/23/2011 06:42 PM Posted by Steve 01/17/2011 It has been some time since we laid our hands on a memory module designed by Mushkin, which made the new Radioactive range an interesting addition to our roundup. Unseriously: Muskin Radioactive=Duke Nukem Memory? :P Posted by corky on 01/19/2011 OCZ memory has always been good to me. Thanks for the roundup. Seriosly: OCZ is leaving the DRAM market but I hope for your sake you'll still have "lifetime" warranty.