Hello again my name is Rodney Reynolds and welcome to another video review. Today I'm looking at the GeIL Golden Dragon PC3200 dual channel DDR Series Memory.
This memory comes packaged a lot differently than most as you can see and inside here we have two stickers. You can peel these stickers off and put them right on the memory.
Now this particular package comes with two sticks of 256-megabyte dual channel memory. The speed on this memory is 400 megahertz DDR or PC3200 and has a CAS of two and is currently available in 256 and 512-megabyte modules.
Now what does DDR and CAS stands for? Well, DDR stands for Double Dater Rate and that means of doubles of bandwidth of the memory by transferring data twice as fast on both the rising and the falling of the clock cycle.
CAS stands for Column Access Select and that’s essentially means a number of cycles for the memory to get information and then process that information. And also keep in mind that a lower CAS is much better than higher CAS. For example, a CAS of two will result in better memory performance than 2.5 or 3. So, try and keep the CAS as low as possible when you are over clocking.
This memory is Dual Channel Memory, which means better over all memory bandwidth resulting in superior performance but in order to benefit from this technology you will need to have a dual channel motherboard. Non-dual channel motherboards do not have two fully independent 64 bit memory controllers but dual channel boards do which means they have a 128 bit memory interface.
Now this memory will work in non-dual channel motherboards but the over all performance will be less at the same megahertz. Now you probably noticed to by now that this memory looks a lot different than the standard type of memory and it is a lot different.
The idea behind this memory is instead of using the old conventional TSOP packaging; it uses the advance WLCSP which stands for wafer Level Chip Set Scale Packaging for the memory modules.
By using WLCSP, each chip is directly mounted to the modules printed circuit board in its original way for format and die-size without any modification. And as result, electrical magnetic noise can be reduced and heat from the wafer can be dissipated two here at a much faster rate. This is why you see no spacer used on this particular memory, where this one here uses it.
Another great advantage with WLCSP is that a cancel past the limitations of TSOP which is around 500 megahertz or PC4000. This new memory can go as high as 1 to 1.5 gigahertz in the near future. This memory is hand-picked it has five nanosecond chips, has a CES of two and the timings are 6331 running at 400 megahertz or PC3200 and the voltage ranges from 2.5 to 2.9.
Since this is Golden Dragon Memory is fitting for to have a dragon eye and what that is, is one red LED on each stick of memory. It will light up if you have the memory installed correctly and if you do not, it will not light up. Let me turn the system on now so you can have a look.
With this memory in a dual channel configuration at an over clock of 480 megahertz DTR, the size of for standard result is 6033 megabytes per second and the PC Mark 2002 Memory Score is 9652.
The results if these memories really speak for themselves. As for oven clocking, I was able to get this memory all the way up to 480 megahertz DDR. Without a doubt, this product is kick ass.
Again my name is Rodney Reynolds and this has been another video review be sure to check back very soon. I will have a brand new one for you then. Also pop into my web site at www.3Dgameman.com and while you’re there you can go into the forums and register and remember registration is completely free. Until the next time take care.
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