Kingston HyperX DDR2 Memory Review

Kingston HyperX DDR2 features the next generation in DDR memory, DDR2. DDR2 offers significant speed gains over the previous DDR standard. Many people wonder just what makes performance memory such as the HyperX different from cheap memory that can be found elsewhere? To the average users, not much – but to PC enthusiasts the extra speed gained by the higher data bandwidths and lower latencies makes the world of difference.

Although not specifically mentioned by Kingston, HyperX memory is great for overclocking. If you don’t know what overclocking is you don’t already know what overclocking is you probably won’t be interested.

“Overclocking is making a computer component run at a higher clock speed than the manufacturer's specification. Although there are many different reasons for overclocking, the most popular reason is to increase hardware performance. Overclocking can result in system instablity and sometimes even hardware failure if done carelessly.”

Overclocking is not for the faint-hearted and involves a significant amount of time and risk to get it right. Anyway, ignoring all of the scary warnings I went ahead and overclocked it anyway. The two sticks I used for testing are DDR2 PC2-6400 Low Latency. I was able to overclock to 890Mhz at 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2V. The system runs stable and has no problems running at that speed. The extra 90Mhz is not significant enough for me to take the risk of shortening the life of my memory. It may not be the best kit for extreme overclockers looking to run memory at 1000Mhz, but if you need a kit that performs exactly as it should, this is a good buy.

Like a lot of performance memory today the HyperX features a nice blue head spreader to keep your memory running a little cooler.

Overall

Overall the HyperX memory is a little pricey, but you know you’re getting good quality ram that will last and offers enough room for a little overclocking.

Overall Rating: 9 out of 10 Loops

Pros

• Quality


• Low latency


• Overclockable


• Heatspreader

Cons

• Price

Tech Specs

Ram Spec:

Standard 128M X 64 Non-ECC 800MHz 240-pin Unbuffer