Verdict: Fast, overclockable and surprisingly affordable

OCZ produces so many different types of high-performance memory that figuring out the differences between them can be quite difficult. In the case of this PC2 7200 CH EPP kit, however, the differences are quite clear, as this is the only kit rated as PC2-7200.

This means that's it's guaranteed to run at 900MHz, which is slightly higher than the 889MHz that the BIOS of our Core 2 PC allows at stock CPU speeds, and 100MHz higher than the maximum RAM setting of the Athlon 64 system at the stock CPU speed.

The modules require 2.1V at latency timings of 4 - 4 - 3 - 15, although you can send up to 2.2V through the PC2 7200 Dual CH EPP without invalidating your warranty, thanks to what OCZ calls EVP (Extended Voltage Protection). It also has EPP support (aka SLI memory), so when it's installed in an nForce 590 SLI motherboard, it allows for automatic overclocking.

This kit performed well in our Core 2 PC but, curiously, not so well in the Athlon 64 PC, no doubt due to its middle-of-the-road latency timings. However, it has lots of overclocking potential; by increasing the voltage to 2.45V, it was happy to run at 980MHz at its default latency settings. If you don't mind dropping the latency timings to 6 - 6 - 6 - 18 then you can overclock this kit all the way up to 1.16GHz.

With EPP support and lots of overclocking potential, this kit is very impressive.

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