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| Manufacturer |
Buffalo |
| Model |
DDR-II 533MHz |
| Type |
DDR-II |
| Configuration |
2 x 512MB |
| Rated Speed |
533MHz |
| Latencies |
4-4-4-12 |
| Price (inc. VAT) |
£259.99 |
| Reseller |
N/A |
| Cost Per MB |
25p |
This DDR2 offering from Buffalo does little to excite. It is very
much entry level, rating at 533MHz and with above JEDEC standard 4-4-4-12 timings.
We like the clean and simple approach Buffalo have taken by deciding not to
dress the memory in fancy heat spreaders. As part of the DDR-II standard, the
voltage requirement is now a lot lower and the internal frequency is a lot lower,
at 133MHz (instead of 200MHz for DDR400). Because of this, power consumption
and heat generated is a lot lower than previous generation DDR.
This may also be a reason why we were able to achieve 600MHz without any problems
at all. Unlike the Corsair, it could only do this at CAS 4, so we don't see
it overclocking much above 650MHz.
At £260, this is not far off the price of the Corsair memory. If it were
our money, we'd spend the extra £20 as future protection, especially with
the 1066MHz front side bus Pentium 4 processors out now.
But, once again, you have to ask yourself if you wouldn't be better off with
a set of DDR400 memory on a 915P board, at well under half the price. In saying
this, if you look around there are sets of DDR-II as low at £170. This
elevated price may be due to us quoting the RRP, as no one is yet stocking this
memory.
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