| Corsair XMS2 PC2-8500 DDR2 1Gb Kit |
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Corsair certainly lives upto its name for producing the World's Fastest Memory ... Introduction If you're an enthusiast or even just a I.T. novice, you probably heard of Corsair Memory. They're one of those famous brand names we've all heard of. They are renowned to produce the World's fastest memory, and there have been much appraisals and awards from hardware websites from all over the world. The statement below basically sums it all up (taken from their website). "Corsair has earned a reputation of consistently being first to market with quality leading-edge products that support new computing platforms and technologies. Each stick of Corsair memory is specifically designed for rock-solid performance in the most demanding of applications. Corsair has a long history of cooperation, qualification and collaborative testing with the major motherboard and systems manufacturers. Often we are first to market with reliable memory for the latest systems." ... Corsair Website   
Over the past few years, Corsair have grown considerably, and they are now considered as pioneers of memory production and techology. They seem to be among the very first to release high performance ram, for all of the current and possibly future Intel and AMD platforms. Enthusiasts know that to get the very best memory ... there's only one choice. With such a vast knowledge of the enthusiast market they are now taking their expertise over, to produce other products such as USB drives, SD and Compact Flash cards, and even water-cooling products.
Still confused about DDR2 memory specification? Well, I've compiled a small, but very basic list below. OK, I'll try and give you some DDR2 terminology ...
The XMS2 PC2-8500 TwinX 1Gb Kit are Corsair's high-end product. It comes as a pair of 512Mb modules hence the name TWINX and has an official memory timings of 5-5-5-15 at 2.2v. High quality memory chips from MICRON are used in these modules, and because they're matched pairs ... they're great for 128-bit dual channel memory mode. This will give you a small boost in performance over single channel 64-bit memory mode. The modules also include heat spreaders which allow better cooling during overclocking.
This is the first time we've actually got the chance to review a memory product from Corsair, so I'm pretty excited to see what these modules has to offer. I'm expecting good performance, good overclockability and good stability ... will I get all three? Let's take a look at the specifications ...
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