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Aeneon DDR2-1066MHz and DDR3-1333MHz 2GB Kits

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Written by tUx and filed under Reviews > Memories
Published on December 10, 2007, 6:00 pm

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The Aeneon DDR2 1066MHz kit is obviously designed for low Vdimm. However, that comes with a price of running at relaxed timings only. This pair of memory is something that enthusiasts who are very particular with temperatures should look at. Although it would not make you sit up straight in your chair, it still overclocks decently at 4-4-4- and 5-5-5-.

This DDR2 kit isn't the fastest kit in performance and overclocking, but it is still recommended because of it's price-performance ratio and the benefits of running a lower Vdimm. There are many high-speed kits out there in the market since around two years or so, but till now, there are still none except the Aeneon that are rated for 5-5-5-15 at 1.8V for 1066MHz. With the Aeneon pair, users can look forward to enjoying better performance without the worry of higher power consumption or a noticeable increase in overall system temperature due to the use of high Vdimm.

 

The Aeneon DDR3 1333MHz kit performs pretty fast, but when it comes to overclocking, it cannot take tight latencies, just like its DDR2 sibling. On the bright side, even though DDR3 may not have latencies that are as aggressive as that of DDR2, we are able to hit 1700MHz at CL9 on the Aeneon kit. Trying to reach such frequencies was never possible with DDR2 memory. With the improved overclocking room, in certain instances, one would be able to squeeze out some extra MHz from their FSB and processors, since divider ratios are fixed. We realised that both kits response limitedly to voltage, with the DDR2 kit maxing out at 2.0v and the DDR3 kit maxing out at 1.9v. At lower latencies, the two pairs from Aeneon failed to perform, with extremely limited clocks achieved. Nevertheless, the kits did decently well at higher latencies.

Unfortunately, DDR3 pricing is still very high at a steep $600-ish for the cheapest kits around. Most of the DDR3 products we see on the market now are aimed at the enthusiast and overclockers. The general community would not consider DDR3 as a mainstream product yet.



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