Get medieval on your enemies with this DDR2 1066 kit from mushkin. These XP2-8500 modules run at enhanced 5-5-4-12 timings to let your system run as fast as possible. An stock voltage range of 2.2-2.35 lets you fine tune your memory subsystem.
Keeping things cool is the high-efficiency FrostByte heat sink system. It's anodized in flat black for that serious, sophisticated look. Mushkin has experience at listening to the high-end users and giving them what they want, and this is no exception! You really get low-latency performance at a price that won't hurt!
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Good memory great price
- Pros: Micron d9's at a steal of a price. comparable memory easily would have cost around 300-350 only 4 months ago. Heatspreaders are high quality. If you want really good cooling with some hr-07's thermalrights the heatspreaders should be easy to remove. Also Lifetime warranty for 2.2-2.35 volts!!!
- Cons: Did not run at advertised stock speeds, this is why I gave the memory a 4. I was able to get 950mhz at 4-4-4-10 running stable in orthos. With tighter timings this is comparable in speed, maybe slightly better, so it's not a big deal. I used orthos for benching. might be able to inch up a bit higher in speed but have not had time to fine tune. stock speed and timings were unstable for me. using an msi p35 board, not a great overclocker but stable with decent quality.
- Other Thoughts: Just bear in mind that you can't just throw in high performance memory at stock and let it go. every set of memory will have it's own quirks along with the motherboard it's coupled with. run jedec standards at 800mhz,1.8 volts, and 5-5-5-15 and go from there. Manufacturers are pressured to put out faster memory to keep up but ddr2 is nearing the end of it's lifecycle and is being pushed past safe voltages and mhz.(read the forums on the corsairs 2.4 volts) many people get agressive and end up with fried memory. i've gone through 2 micron set's (pc 8000 ballistix) running at stock speeds on a 680i board. this is with the best air cooling on the market. This is why i'm running a p35 and being conservative in clocking memory up. This is awesome memory, just don't push it too far. the guys running 1200 probably aren't doing it for extended periods of time. I recommend running stability tests immediatly after install, windows may seem to run with hidden stability errors.
deserves more than a 4
- Pros: I wish i could edit my first post when I gave this memory a 4. This memory is rock stable and exeeds every expectation I had for it. You will absolutely not regret buying it. Mushkin is one of the elite names in memory. Not only is this memory bargain basement priced but They're micron d9's, the most overclockable memory on the market. I snatched these up immediately thinking the price was some kind of mistake!
- Cons: Now that I determined the problem i was having running at stock speeds...none
- Other Thoughts: Originally I was using 4 gigs. I believe that the stability issues I was having at stock speeds related to using a 32 bit operating system, when 4 gigs or more requires 64 bit software to address all the memory properly. I knew that i would only get 3.3 gigs in vista 32, but didn't expect stability issues(kind of funny given that i'm running vista). Also didn't turn on remapping in bios.(honestly i'm not sure if my board has this feature because i didn't check.) After removing 2 sticks I was able to get stock speeds easily. I bought 4 sticks for future upgradability and will probably put the other 2 gigs in when I upgrade to a 64 bit platform. Gotta go, i'm want to to see what these sticks are capable of :)
| Model | 996535 |
| Type | 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM |
| Capacity | 2GB (2 x 1GB) |
| Speed | DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) |
| Cas Latency | 5 |
Reviewed By: on 7/14/2007
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
