Corsair Launches DHX XMS2 DOMINATOR PC2-8888 DDR2 Memory [Update]

[wickedld9]

Holy crap that's some smokin memory! Too bad for the price of a 2GB kit I could buy an E6700. I suppose if you don't want to chance their C3's not clocking this high you have to pay the price.
I'm sure we'll see some WR fall with this stuff.

http://www.legitreviews.com/news/2597/

Corsair Memory today unveiled the latest innovation in high performance module design, Dual-path Heat Xchange (DHX) technology. This performance and reliability enhancing technology will be available in the latest memory product line from Corsair also launched today, the DHX XMS2 DOMINATOR Series. The advances provided by DHX enable the world’s first PC2-8888 C4 (1111MHz at CAS Latency 4) speed rating on a production pair of 1 GByte modules.

Update: Corsair presentation and an interview. http://legitreviews.com/article/383/1/

[BlackX]

:eek: this is one of the most sexy products on the market :slobber:
But Jesus... 650$ :stick:
In Lithuania it will be around 1000$ :slapass:

[DFI pit bull]

Nice design and good looking ram.

http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/dominator.html

[DTU_XaVier]

That's definitely not healthy... :eek:
Just looking at that cooling solution makes you wonder, if they expect everbody to have a Hipro memory-voltage booster :p:

Best Regards :toast:

[n-sanity]

Indeed :O

I wonder if the c5 version uses the same chips as the c4 one, but with defaults set at c5...? Maybe then it is almost the same as the c4?

[mursaat]

Talk about HSF clearance in some mobos :D

[3NZ0]

Looks awsome and it has a fan option too, good thinking.

Shame about the insane price though.

[Vincentvega18]

Nice looking heatspreaders, the price is nuts but considering everyones been buying up expensive ddr2 its not suprising.

[korby]

In Lithuania it will be around 1000$ :slapass:
Probably same in Romania. :mad:


On the other hand, it's a great memory. :clap:

[VulgarHandle]

TWIN2X2048-8500C5D XMS2-8500 2048MB 5-5-5-15-2T 2X240DIMM No EPP, SLI Certified
TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF XMS2-8888 2048MB 4-4-4-12-2T 2X240DIMM Yes EPP, SLI Certified

umm, what is 'SLI Certified'?

[Vincentvega18]

its the same as epp, on nvidia boards will auto overclock. Well, that was my understanding. although only 1 of them has epp........hmmm

[korby]

TWIN2X2048-8500C5D XMS2-8500 2048MB 5-5-5-15-2T 2X240DIMM No EPP, SLI Certified
TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF XMS2-8888 2048MB 4-4-4-12-2T 2X240DIMM Yes EPP, SLI Certified

umm, what is 'SLI Certified'?
A way to get more money out the costumers pockets. :slapass: :down:
Those are "normal" memory modules, but that label makes them more expensive. :slap:

[eva2000]

that 2T validation sticks out to me... 975X motherboards I know of don't have 1T vs 2T options, so how well it would perform at 2.4v on 975x is unknown ?

Seems like with EPP support this memory is more targeted at AM2 platform which of course can clock memory higher and tighter with less vdimm than eqivalent 975x platform.

[nn_step]

Seems massively overpriced but I beat those things are going to sell like hotcakes

[perkam]

The best of memory can be bought for $255 or less...

Perkam

[Pinnacle]

Is such a heatsink required for DDR2?

[flexo_fk]

really nice and innovative design of that hsf - i like how they dissipate heat through the BGA's and through the the PCB
but the price is far too sky high for me
on the other hands they maybe performing like beasts - looking forward for some benches and heavy-oc-action on them

[korby]

Is such a heatsink required for DDR2?
If you hit more than 2,5V in those Micron D9 chips... yes, it may be usefull. :)

[kiwi]

Which D9 is it? D9GKX or something else?

[ge|atinousfury]

Wow at the price of those sticks....

[Jaco]

I wonder if they're using a special, novelty PCB ?
a dedicated heatsink for PCB?
Is this all marketing BS or something new here?

[Pillo-kun]

I dont like the fans, and would have liked to see a water block on instead if they indeed are targeted to the enthuiasts(spelling hehe, what can i do am a lazy bum)

[SMa]

:rofl: :rofl:
This is ridiculous...

It's probably some D9GMH rated at something like 2.5v.
I don't intend to offend anyone, but in my opinion you have to be really stupid to pay $650 for this piece of s...


Come on... where is the DDR2-market going to? :nono:
2.5v to run this GEIL (http://www.geilusa.com/proddetail.asp?linenumber=79)
2.4v to run this G.Skill (http://gskill.de/product_sp2790.html)
2.3v to run this OCZ (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_pc2_8000_titanium_alpha_vx2)
Scaling up vmem is in my opinion a lame marketing strategy to trick "inexperienced" customers into buying seriously overpriced ram. While many mainboards can't delivre more then 2.3v.
There should be put an end to this! All DDR2 should be rated at the standard 1.8v~1.9v, leave it to the users to overvolt.
Why do we allow this?
Would it be accepted if I bought some cheap D9GMH kits, oc them, and then put a sticker on it saying "PC2-8500 2.4v" so I can sell it for $550 and this way make $250 for offering nothing extra...

[v0dka]

Would it be accepted if I bought some cheap D9GMH kits, oc them, and then put a sticker on it saying "PC2-8500 2.4v" so I can sell it for $550 and this way make $250 for offering nothing extra...

LOL yeah I get your point, but not all memory have performance increase linear to voltage. Adn like Prkam said you can ofcourse buy yourself somce good sticks and OC them yourself.

But this would however be an extra interesting product if it clocked even higher, while if you buy your own stuff it will more than probably max out around this 1111Mhz CAS4.

Also prices will drop when other companies make some similar modulas.

[kiwi]

Nvidia video card manufacturers do the same, their OC/CO products often don't overclock that good (without mods) because they have been already overclocked at factories to some limit and just sold as OC version :)

[Eastcoasthandle]

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=5868


http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=2996
Most interesting, is how they managed to achieve 1250MHz, with the use of only 2.2V. Naturally at this sort of speed, quite a lot of heat is produced so there is a large heat spreader on the memory modules and three 40mm fans to help cool it down. However, the clever bit is how they have removed the heat from the PCB. The PCB itself is made up of six separate layers. Separating the top three from the bottom three is a grounding plate which heats up significantly. The heatsink used is connected directly to this grounding plate to remove the internally produced heat. Quite clever those Corsair chaps!

[Kanavit]

now thats what i call ramsinks!

[Sanborn]

closer and closer to 1333.

[Apoptosis]

Just saw the post over here and wanted to let everyone know that I posted up the corsair media presentation slides and also an Interview with John Beekly about these new modules. I'll have some today so I'll post up pics of them when they get dropped off by UPS.


Article Title: Corsair DHX Technology 'Dominator' Overview and Interview
Article URL: http://legitreviews.com/article/383/1/

[Deathspawner]

Good article Apoptosis. Did you happen to find out at all what chips these modules use? Too bad John didn't show an even closer look at the mem ;)

[gOJDO]

Nice Marketing

[Apoptosis]

They use Micron IC's, but I'm not 100% certain which. Good marketing indeed... Corsair never used to do presentations and all, but are now as you can see.

[eva2000]

Just interesting to see that high clocks seem to be with AM2 platform.. any on 975x chipset yet ?

here's 2x1GB Gskill PC6400PHU2 HZ Micron D9GMH 0629 batch on P5W DH 0801 bios

2:3

10x360fsb 2:3 540mhz 4-4-4-8 at 2.4v = PC2-8640

http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/P5WDH/results/E6700_2/SwiftechG4/gskill/pc6400phu2/19_20/0801/10x/800/360-540-44412-4_1.45-1.2-1.65-2.4_std/memset/superpi-32m_single_13min41s671ms.png

loosen memory timings and managed to pull off 10x368fsb 2:3 552mhz 5-5-5-5 at 2.4v = PC2-8832 memory :D

http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/P5WDH/results/E6700_2/SwiftechG4/gskill/pc6400phu2/19_20/0801/10x/800/368-552-5555-4_1.5-1.2-1.65-2.4_std/superpi-32m_single_13min44s437ms_memset.png (http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/P5WDH/results/E6700_2/SwiftechG4/gskill/pc6400phu2/19_20/0801/10x/800/368-552-5555-4_1.5-1.2-1.65-2.4_std/superpi-32m_single_13min44s437ms.png)

[Apoptosis]

Corsair is claiming 4-4-4-12 2T @ 1111MHz on Intel and AMD platforms. They also said they had to loosen things up for Intel, so testing these out on AM2 platforms should be the most interesting (at least to me)

[eva2000]

hmm P5W DH and Badaxe intel boards don't have a 1T/2T option to select though ??

I have an Asus M2N32-SLI that Asus sent me to test out.. just need a AM2 cpu lol

[SnipingWaste]

The low end micron diims do will too. I have a 512 DDR2 dimm is use for testing systems that I bought for $20 that came out of a HP. Its rated at PC2-3200 cas3 and with 2.0V I get 530/1060 at cas4 out of it. The dimm is made by Micron and the chips are D9DPQ.

[fhpchris]

http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/images/DOMINATORcutaway2.jpg

That looks like Micron D9GMH :)

[alexio]

hmm P5W DH and Badaxe intel boards don't have a 1T/2T option to select though ??

I have an Asus M2N32-SLI that Asus sent me to test out.. just need a AM2 cpu lol
Intel = 2T automaticly

[Deathspawner]

http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/images/DOMINATORcutaway2.jpg

That looks like Micron D9GMH :)

I dunno. I can't see cheaper chips being used in $600 memory. If anything I would believe it's GKX or new stuff that's currently unknown.

Just can't really see GMH being used. It's used in kits that cost less than half of this stuff. Unless the heatsink is $300 alone :slapass:

[Repoman]

Absolutely pointless for the little extra performance it would bring.. some people just spend too much on PC hardware :stick:

[eva2000]

Intel = 2T automaticly
doh silly me :)

they're probably highly binned and hand tested modules hence the cost ..

me wonders how much they pay per hour for the person who hand tests them :D takes me around 1-3 weeks to properly test a pair of memory extensively LOL

[nn_step]

closer and closer to 1333.
I bet that some company is going to bin PC2-1337, just for the marketing

[n00b 0f l337]

That would be 166mhz ram..

[Mr. Popo]

PC2-10000 is out there. :para:

[Deathspawner]

PC2-10000 is out there. :para:

Cool, where?

[Nanometer]

I sure would like to know what the ICs are. I'm sure we can find the same chips in another set of RAM with less than half the price. What a bunch of crap. I hope these wont turn into a dissaster like OCZ VX.

[korby]

It's been a while since we last talked here, so here we go again: Corsair DDR2-9136 (http://xf.ro/article873.html) (you need translator :D).