Corsair XMS2 DHX PC2-6400 4GB Kit
Conclusion
Published: 17th April 2008 | Source: Corsair | Price: £70.00 |
Conclusion
As I said at the start of this review, technology is moving forward at an eye watering pace. DDR3 memory solutions are slowly starting to saturate the enthusiast market and are getting faster and faster by the month. The XMS2 DHX kit with us today though has shown that this trend is not becoming refined to DDR3, with the ability to reach speeds of DDR2 1149 with a minimal slackening of latencies this 4GB kit has outperformed a most of 2GB kits we have seen in both overclock percentage and overall speed.
While the looks of a memory kit do not in any way correspond with performance levels, it can sometimes contribute to the feel of quality. The huge heat spreaders, while giving the modules an intimidating look, feel very solid. Unlike the very papery feel of some cheaper heat dispersing solutions, the DHX kit feels like one well built piece. The bond between the spreader and the modules is steadfast, allowing for no movement whatsoever and the fins along the spine would take a fair degree of cack-handedness to damage.
While the results seen in gaming performance against the OCZ Platinum kit seem inconsistent with those obtained in benchmarking tests, this fractional but consistent difference can likely be attributed to the default sub-timings on each kit. Having been largely left to automatic during testing we can only speculate that the OCZ Platinum's sub-timings were slightly better suited to running these particular games.
Retailing at £69.99 with Komplett, the kit really does offer outstanding value for money for those still operating on DDR2 (the vast majority). At such a low price and high performance, the XMS2 DHX kit is more than the perfect accompaniment to a copy of Vista 64-bit or the latest resource hungry games.
The Good
- Massive overclocker
- Extremely affordable
- Extremely affordable
- Good all round performance
- Innovative and well built heat spreader
- Striking looks and design
The Mediocre
- Usual flimsy blister pack
The Bad
- Absolutely nothing
Thanks to Corsair for supplying the product for review.
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Most Recent Comments
Great review m8.
Bought these last week.
Only running them @ 1.8v 400, 4-4-4-12/2T, working very well atm.
Bought these last week.
Only running them @ 1.8v 400, 4-4-4-12/2T, working very well atm.
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Originally Posted by name='Rastalovich'
Only running them @ 1.8v 400, 4-4-4-12/2T, working very well atm. |
(and thanks
)hehe ya, I`m kinda in a safemode atm after my previous memory crapped it.
It`s mighty sharpe 333x10 cpu, 1:1.2 memory.
It`s mighty sharpe 333x10 cpu, 1:1.2 memory.
looks nice 
shame (Afaik) that there's no amd motherboards that take DDR3 yet, i believe the best still only take DDR2
EDIT *hits head against wall*
i read the whole review, first to last word, and still thought it was DDR3
aye, nice though, definatly
shame (Afaik) that there's no amd motherboards that take DDR3 yet, i believe the best still only take DDR2
EDIT *hits head against wall*
i read the whole review, first to last word, and still thought it was DDR3
aye, nice though, definatly
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Originally Posted by name='ionicle'
looks nice
shame (Afaik) that there's no amd motherboards that take DDR3 yet, i believe the best still only take DDR2 |
Awwh, good review.. very nice read.
But it brings back memorys of me breaking mine.
But it brings back memorys of me breaking mine.
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Originally Posted by name='llwyd'
You got hair on your peaches or what? clock those suckers :stickpoke
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Sweet review and those bad boys OC well
Sweet review man, I might get some of that as my 2 gig of XMS2 doesn't OC that well.
I can't believe how cheap memory is now, a few months ago when I built my rig my memory cost almost 50quid for 2 gigs. Now I've just got hold of 2 gig of ram for my EEE and that cost £20. Ridiculously cheap.
Nice one!
I can't believe how cheap memory is now, a few months ago when I built my rig my memory cost almost 50quid for 2 gigs. Now I've just got hold of 2 gig of ram for my EEE and that cost £20. Ridiculously cheap.
Nice one!
Nice review mate, pretty nice kit too.
Just got some of these too muahah. Arrive friday so hopefully ill have as good results with them as you guys did 
still here btw new cpu coming friday I believe just 1 problem after another with gcses friends breaking up etc etc.
still here btw new cpu coming friday I believe just 1 problem after another with gcses friends breaking up etc etc.
Unfortenately, my results are not that good. I am able to push them till 5-5-5-12@1050, 2.3V or 4-4-4-12@850, 2.3V. My rig is almost the same as the test setup.
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Unfortenately, my results are not that good. I am able to push them till 5-5-5-12@1050, 2.3V or 4-4-4-12@850, 2.3V. My rig is almost the same as the test setup.
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Does happen though, different batches clock better than others.You sure you could only get 850 out of them at stock timings? thats a lot of volts to not get more than a 50mhz OC. If thats the case I would even go as far as calling them broken
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Originally Posted by name='llwyd'
Thats a shame
Does happen though, different batches clock better than others.You sure you could only get 850 out of them at stock timings? thats a lot of volts to not get more than a 50mhz OC. If thats the case I would even go as far as calling them broken |
My system won't even boot if I go beyond 4-4-4-12@850
I would have thought 5-5-5-15 or 5-5-5-18, dunno if that`d be any use.
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