Review: Corsair TWINX1024-4400 & Kingston HyperX PC4300

Dom · Jun 9, 2004, 10:29 PM

Bjorn3D has posted a comparison review of Corsair TWINX1024-4400 and Kingston HyperX PC4300 Dual Channel Kits DDR memory.

"As PC performance enthusiasts hit new overclocking heights, enthusiast memory companies, like Corsair and Kingston, respond by releasing even faster memory to feed the hunger of the hardcore overclockers. For quite some time, DDR550 or PC4400 was the fastest RAM available. Faster RAM is available now but only from a couple companies. Very few motherboards can handle these extreme overclocks though, so as everything gets faster, the selection of usable components gets smaller.

In this review, I'll compare Corsair's fastest XMS TWINX kit (TWINX1024-4400) to Kingston's fastest HyperX matched pair (KHX4300K2/1G). The XMS4400 modules run at DDR550, and the HyperX 4300 modules are a little slower at DDR533. It might not seem like a fair comparison at first, but don't worry, I'll compare them fairly, and you'll see that both can push my Intel P4 system to its limits."

-Review

Jun 9, 2004, 10:29 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Review: Corsair TWINX1024-4400 & Kingston HyperX PC4300 Bjorn3D has posted a comparison review of Corsair TWINX1024-4400 and Kingston HyperX PC4300 Dual Channel Kits DDR memory. "As PC performance enthusiasts hit new overclocking heights, enthusiast memory companies, like Corsair and Kingston, respond by releasing even faster memory to feed the hunger of the hardcore overclockers. For quite some time, DDR550 or PC4400 was the fastest RAM available. Faster RAM is available now but only from a couple companies. Very few motherboards can handle these extreme overclocks though, so as everything gets faster, the selection of usable components gets smaller. In this review, I'll compare Corsair's fastest XMS TWINX kit (TWINX1024-4400) to Kingston's fastest HyperX matched pair (KHX4300K2/1G). The XMS4400 modules run at DDR550, and the HyperX 4300 modules are a little slower at DDR533. It might not seem like a fair comparison at first, but don't worry, I'll compare them fairly, and you'll see that both can push my Intel P4 system to its limits." -Review