Hardware News Roundup - February 2008
Table of contents
- 1. Team Xtreem takes DDR3 beyond 2 GHz
- 2. Asus Prepares X48, 750i SLI Motherboards
- 3. Thrusmaster keeps PC Game Controllers Alive
- 4. Zalman's LQ1000 Case Integrates Liquid Cooling
- 5. Foxconn Reveals X48, Ultra ATX, and Shamino
- 6. ECS and NVIDIA Join AMD Phenomena
- 7. Asus XG Station Approaches Availability
- 8. Arctic Cooling Fusion 550R Introduces Eco 80
- 9. Transcend takes DDR2 to 1200 MHz
- 10. Thermaltake's
- 11. Silverstone expands LCD-equipped case models
- 12. Lian-Li intros 10-slot
- 13. Enermax Phoenix Adds Enthusiast Features
- 14. FSP Everest provides a Mountain of Power
- 15. Artic Cooling's Triple Fan Graphics Cooler
- 16. CoolIT Systems adds Graphics and Chipset Cooling
- 17. SuperTalent announces Project X
- 18. AMD Live! Lives with HEC Compucase
- 19. Chieftec puts New Faces on Classic Cases
- 20. GoldenMars announces DDR3-1333
- 21. Kingmax Survives with DDR3 to 2000 MHz
Team Group might have missed our recent DDR3-1333 shootout, but that doesn’t mean the company isn’t moving forward: It’s DDR3-2133 provides the highest data rate we’ve yet seen.
Rated at CAS 10 using 2.1 volts, Team’s Xtreem PC3-17000 modules use custom heat spreaders to increase cooling, stability, and visual appeal. Beside it were Xtreem DDR3-1866 CAS 8 and DDR3-1600 CAS 7 modules, all available in 2x 1 GB sets.
Buyers not quite ready to take the DDR3 plunge might instead be interested in the firm’s Dark series DDR2 sets, available in 2x 512 MB, 2x 1 GB, and 2x 2 GB kits. Enhanced CAS 5 latencies at DDR2-1066 and CAS 4 at DDR2-800 promise to keep these "old standard" modules at the forefront of PC performance.
Team Xtreem is available at data rates up to 2133 MHz
Dark series DDR2 offers enhanced latencies at 800 and 1066 MHz
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Is it time for another DDR3 grouptest?
I bought 4 gigs of the aXeRam PC2-9600 (1200MHz) for £170, stuck it in my Evga 680i board and started tweaking, reached 3-3-3-8 @ 800MHz using 2.0v, 4-3-4-8 @ 1066MHz using 2.0v, 5-4-4-12 @ 1115MHz using 2.0v, 5-5-5-15 @ 1200MHz using 2.2v, 5-5-5-16 @ 1312MHz using 2.2v.
All these settings got through various stress tests completely stable, other hardware used were X6800 cooled by a titan amanda tec cooler, PC P+C 850W PSU.
Would love to see a shoot out of the latest top spec ram (these included) with the likes of TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF thrown in, as far as i'm concerned for the price it's going to be hard to beat these clocks/timings as in bang for your buck.