The Duke

http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2226

The OCZ DDR400 Platinum Rev 2 is ROCKING. Crucial BallistiX DDR400 Screams TOO as do others!!! They reached DDR533 at very good timing settings too!!!

"All six memories tested here performed very well in our Athlon 64 tests. They all outstripped our expectations when we first set up the Athlon 64 test bed. However, a couple of memories do stand out. The OCZ 3200 Platinum Rev. 2 was fastest at both DDR400 and it also achieved the highest 1T speed that we found in our tests. Since these are the same chips used in four other tested memories, we can only suspect that OCZ is doing something unique in their SPD programming. We would suggest that the PCB might also be responsible except for the fact that a couple of other TCCD memories are using what appears to be the same PCB. As we saw in our 2-2-2 roundup, the Crucial Ballistix also stood out for the incredibly fast timings that the Micron-based Ballistix achieved in the DDR433 to DDR533 speed range. The Ballistix was faster through much of the tested range, and the OCZ was best at the top and bottom"

"It is a bit early in Athlon 64 testing to select an Editor's Choice, but the OCZ 3200 Platinum Rev. 2 and Crucial Ballistix are former Gold Editor's choices. These two memories were also the standouts in a group of standouts in these tests. The Hynix-based OCZ 3700 Gold Rev. 3 takes a different approach to memory performance, but it is still an excellent choice, if it can be bought for a lower price than the Samsung TCCD and Micron-chip memories"

All I can say is thanks to anandtech for ll the hard work and proof positive of some fine memory

You want the good stuff for any AMD CPU based system, the proof is there.

For more info on Socket A memory most of the previously reviewed memory is here too! But the first article cover it all well!!!
http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2145

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