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#631 - Corsair XMS-4000PT 2GB Memory |
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Written by Rodney Reynolds
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Tuesday, 27 December 2005 |
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Specifications:
The speed on
this memory is 500MHz DDR or PC-4000; it has a CAS of 3, and
a memory timing of 3-4-4-8. Now what does DDR and CAS mean?
DDR
stands for Double Date Rate and that means it doubles the
bandwidth of the memory by transferring data twice as fast
on both the rising and falling of the clock cycle.
CAS
stands for Column Access Select or Column Access Strobe and
that essentially means the number of cycles for the memory
to get information and then process that information. Also
keep in mind that a lower CAS is much better then higher CAS.
So try and keep CAS as low as possible when overclocking.
This memory is also Dual Channel which means better overall
memory bandwidth resulting in superior performance. In order
to benefit from this technology you will need to have a dual
channel motherboard. Non-dual channel motherboards do not
have two fully independent 64-bit memory controllers, but
dual channel boards do which means they have a 128-bit
memory interface. Now they can be installed singly but
obviously performance will be much less at the same MHz.
Details Specifications:
Speed: XMS4000 (PC4000) or DDR500 (250MHz)
Size: 1024x2 = 2048MB kit
Configuration: 64MB x 8
Chips:
Samsung UCCC IC
Latency: 3-4-4-8 1T
Package Type: 184 DIMM
Heat Spreader: Platinum
Voltage: 2.75
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