Crucial has provided the Ballistix Sport VLP for testing and evaluation. This memory is about as low as you can go and it is at the speed sweet spot of 1600 with latencies 9-9-9 and a cycle time of 24 running on 1.35v.

When it comes to memory performance Corsair has always been fond of having the most coveted sticks available. Given the name “Dominator” the popular Dominator GT sticks were highly prized among overclocking enthusiasts not only for their excellent stock timings, performance and appearance, but for their head room should the user wish to get dirty [...]

When it comes to long names the Patriot Viper Extreme Division 2 series dual channel memory kit, pull no punches. There is a lot of power in a name, and this dual channel (division 2) kit of RAM from Patriot, an Extreme version of their Viper lineup, should have lots of power. The memory kit [...]

Memory kits are sold every day in various shapes, sizes, speeds and timings. There is a  general rule of thumb; more is better than faster. It was not long ago when 1GB of RAM for Windows XP was the considered adequate. Vista doubled that, although many were using 4GB of RAM by that point with [...]

The Kingston Technology Company, casually referred to as Kingston by many PC users who are into memory modules, has for years had a reputation for putting out reliable memory modules that last, and won’t break your bank account. You won’t find too many people complaining about this companies’ RAM sticks being a waste of money. [...]

Established in 1989, G. Skill is synonymous with memory modules that deliver great performance and have very impressive overclocking capabilities. What stands out with G.Skill memory is that for modules that can overclock the way they can, the price of their memory is often lower then similar modules offered by their competitors which don’t nearly [...]

Corsair hit a home run in the latter half of 2010 with the release of their Vengeance 12GB 1600mhz kit. Buyers on Newegg raved about the stability of the kit, and the ability to run the Cas9-rated sticks at Cas 8. While this is something that would not impress most RAM overclockers, it did seem [...]

As a benchmarker, the biggest milestone you will come across is your first plunge below -100C. Liquid Nitrogen is -196C by nature, and to utilize this exotic cooling material, you need a fantastic evaporator, or more commonly known as a pot. Much like dry ice, cooling the processor down this cold will decrease impedance that [...]