This high performance offering from Kingmax comes from their Hard-Core
Super RAM series. It comes in a gold coloured box, just to make sure you know
it is better than the DDR466 which comes in a silver box. This module sports
a green heat spreader, similar to other memory of this specification. The box
and labels on the DIMM are a little unclear about what timings the module runs
at, but seem to imply it can do DDR 500 at CAS 2. Examination of the Kingmax
web site shows that this module is only supposed to be CAS 3.
At 16p per megabyte, this is only £20 on top of the price of a generic
module, and well worth it for the guarantee that it can keep up with your motherboard
when you start overclocking. Not only this, it has a lifetime warranty that
can be absolutely invaluable. This really is superb value for money.
This particular set is not designed for dual channel configuration, but they
are available in a tested dual channel pack at a price that is no more than
it would be for buying two separate modules.
We were limited by the speed of our motherboard, so could not overclock this
memory any further than the suggested 500MHz. This is disappointing but also
representative of a fairly real world situation.
