DDR3-1600 RAM Memory

There are not many motherboards that support the DDR3 memory standard yet, however, if you like Intel CPUs, and if by any chance you find an ASUS Maximus Extreme main board - you can start looking for DDR3 memory kits. One of the memory makers, Crucial has created a special dual channel set of 2GB kit (1GBx2). The specs are: Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-12800, 8-8-8-24 timing latencies, DDR3-1600 to be used at 1.8V bios setting, with 128Meg x 64. For normal Windows XP systems, you will be fine with 2GB, but if you need an visibly increased speed and processing power - you could get 2 kits so that you can have 4GB of DDR3 RAM for the most memory demanding applications like games and graphic editing programs. Another bonus of the BallistiX is that they can be overclocked - they work both at higher speed and tweaked timings: there are two "high" profiles - XMP Profile 1: 1600MHz 8-8-8-24 and XMP Profile 2: 1600MHz 7-7-7-24. A very big downside for this memory kit is that it is VERY expensive at the moment - nearly $450 - but prices will lower down in time. And since they are so expensive, it must be noted that the buyers must be people who have experience on tweaking and overclocking hardware, otherwise it will be a total waste and the customer would better be looking for DDR2-1066 modules.

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