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Adata DDR2-1066+ Extreme Edition 2Gb Kit

"The Adata DDR2-1066+ Extreme Edition 2Gb Kit is a very good memory product that's worth a look. It performs very well against others in its class and offers a very good price/performance ratio."

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Posted on Jul 3, 2007, 4:00 AM UTC by Winston Chim

Installation, Test Setup and BIOS

Installation

Installation was very straight forward. Just make sure you line up the "insertion notches" accordingly, and just insert the modules like you normally would, holding them by the edges. The modules come with a nice looking heat-speaders that does an adequate job of cooling the ram.

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Test Setup

Test Setup (Socket-LGA775)
Motherboard	MSI P35 Neo Combo
CPU Default	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz (9x266)
Overclocked	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.375GHz (9x375)
Ram	Adata DDR2-1066+ Extreme Edition 2Gb Kit
Video Card	Radeon X1950XTX 512Mb DDR4
SLI Mode	N/A
Video Drivers	Catalyst v7.2
Chipset Drivers	Intel chipset drivers from CD
Hard Drive	Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB (8Mb cache)
CD/DVD ROM	Pioneer 111D Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer
Cooling	Thermaltake 102 Tower with twin 80mm fans
Sound Card	Onboard HD Audio
PSU	FSP Epsilon 700W PSU
LAN	Onboard Gigabit Ethernet
CRT Monitor	19" Samsung DynaFlat SM997MB
LCD Monitor	19" Samsung 940BF TFT Monitor
OS	Windows XP with SP2, DirectX 9.0c

BIOS Settings

This part is very important. Running the memory at the wrong timings, speed and voltage can damage your memory modules and also reduce the performance of your whole system. So do be very careful.

If you are unsure what divider/ratio to use or what memory timings to set ... it's best to leave all memory settings to SPD or AUTO. But in our tests, we used manual settings, and made sure that we selected DRAM frequency to DDR2-1066 with memory timings of 5-5-5-15.

Voltage adjustments are needed for overclocking ... again if you do not plan to overclock, I recommend that you leave this setting alone. During our overclocking tests we increased the voltage to 2.3v.

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