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| OCZ EL PC3700/PC3500 Basic Series DDR |
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| Written by Alexandru Spataru | |
| Wednesday, 20 June 2007 | |
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In the last year, the computer hardware part that has been improved on most of all, besides CPU, video card and motherboard chipset, has been computer memory. If in early 2002 we had DDR333 as the latest achievement; now we see a lot of manufacturers release their DDR433 or PC3500 and even DDR466 (PC3700), or even DDR500 aka PC4000! And now that JEDEC has finally approved the standard for DDR400 (just when Intel needed DDR-I 400), things will get even more interesting. The limits of DDR-I technology will continue to be pushed farther and farther, especially since DDR-II memory isn't going to become mainstream very soon. Although DDR400 standard was just approved by JEDEC, the unofficial versions of DDR400 and even DDR433 memory modules have been on the market for quite some time now. At first, they were nothing more than overclocked DDR333 chips placed on a better PCB, but early last year 5ns chips, which correspond to DDR400 speed (200MHz real working frequency) were launched, so most memory manufacturers were quick to use them in their DDR400 modules and even in their DDR433 modules. One of the companies that is becoming more popular with the enthusiast's crowd is OCZ Technology. OCZ is a relatively new company. It was founded in August 2000 and is aimed at the hardware enthusiasts and, of course, overclockers. OCZ makes not only RAM, but also coolers, and their Gladiator series for socket A has been quite successful. Anyway, the subject, or should I say subjects of today's review are some RAM sticks made by OCZ, namely the EL DDR PC3700 and the PC3500 Basic. Let's start with the latter. Like all other OCZ RAM modules it comes in a retail package, which includes the module itself and a small installation guide, all nicely packed in a transparent plastic box:
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