Verdict: Good for overclockers with deep pockets
In the past, we have been a tad critical of Kingston's memory modules. This is mainly because of the high cost and low performance of some of sets of dual-channel RAM. However, since our first less than complimentary review of such high-speed memory, things have improved.
The modules, as ever, are shrouded in a metallic blue heatspreader, and look very nice. Not that looks really matter to most of us when it comes to memory. What really matters is price and performance, and when a part weighs in at over £250 it had better be pretty bloody good.
The DIMMs certainly do what it says on the can, running at 533MHz without any problems. With the timings set to a rather relaxed 3-4-4-8 at 2.7V, the modules worked first time.
We even succeeded in overclocking them to 550MHz, the same speed as the GeIL. But at this setting, the performance level was actually lower than at the standard settings, which is why the results have not been included.
The Kingston looks good, is fast and runs stably. Although it's slightly more expensive than the GeIL Ultra Platinum, it runs at a slightly lower voltage of 2.7V, which makes it attractive to efficiency purists or low-voltage overclockers.
