Tech Review - OCZ EL DDR PC-5000 Platinum DFI nF4 Special Memory
Hello again, my name is Rodney Reynolds and welcome to another video review. Today, I’m looking at the OCZ EL DDR PC-5000 Dual Channel Platinum DFI nF4 Special Memory. The speed on this memory is 625 megahertz DDR or PC5000 and has a CAS of three the complete timing of this memory is 344 and 10. Now, what does DDR and CAS mean? DDR stands for Double Data Rate and that means it doubles the 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 or Column Access Strobe and that essentially means the number of cycles for the memory to get information and then process that information.
Also, keep in mind that a lower CAS is much better there are higher CAS, for example, a CAS of two will result in better memory performance stand compared to 2.5 or 3. So try and keep the CAS as low as possible when over clocking. This memory is also dual channel which means better overall memory bandwidth resulting in superior performance but it in order to benefit from this technology you will need a have dual channel motherboard. None dual channel motherboards do not have 240 independence 64 bit memory controllers but dual channel boards do which means they have a 128 bit memory interface.
Now this memory will work in a non dual channel motherboards but the overall performance will be much less at the same megahertz. This 184 pin DIMM on buffered memory comes in modules of 512 megabytes each and this is a dual channel optimized kit, two sticks totaling 1 gigabyte inside. It comes with mirrored platinum copper heat spreaders, this helps dissipate the heat as well as coming with the lifetime warranty and the default voltage is 2085 although it can go all the way up to 3 volts without voiding that lifetime warranty.
Now this particular memory is specifically designed for DFI and force for motherboards and the reason for that is those boards have some amazing memory tweaking options and can heat very high from side bust settings.
This memory in combination with the DFI and force for motherboard is unbelievable; 630 megahertz DDR is simply outstanding. Overall this is a kick ass product.
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