Talk about fast

[Steve]

Testing of high-end Intel motherboards requires secondary components of a high-end spec too. It stands to reason that we'd want the fastest RAM possible to really try to push the boards. James has sent me a pic of the RAM we're going to be using the HEXUS.labs...



It's PC8000, or DDR2-1000, which means it's flippin' fast. It's Crucial's Ballistix PC8000, and yes, there's two kits in there, giving a lovely 2GiB.

Now, a virtual cookie to whoever can guess the model of the motherboard in which the RAM is sat in that picture.

[FallOutBoyTonto]

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[Main]

That shot has $859.98 / £549.88 worth or ram in it...

I sure hope the price goes down by the time AM2 arrives

[mull]

Ooh, this stuff should really fly in the new AM2 boards- the next revision AMD chips will support 800Mhz DDR2, so this stuff'll go nicely with some good overclocking...

[bindo]

Fudge me...couple that RAM with 2x X1900XTX's on a crossfire board and and FX-60....and you've got one hell of a rig...im tempted to save up for a few years to afford this kinda rig!!!! *dreams*

[hitman67]

Fudge me...couple that RAM with 2x X1900XTX's on a crossfire board and and FX-60....and you've got one hell of a rig...

Pair of 150gb Raptors alongside that... Wow

[weebroonieuk]

nah gigabyte iram 2 stuffed with ram and raptors for "slow" storage

[spong_miester]

Hey all talking about fast!

Have you seen the movie on googlevideo about Gigabyte's iRAM one word "AWESOME"

[XA04]

Hey all talking about fast!

Have you seen the movie on googlevideo about Gigabyte's iRAM one word "AWESOME"

No, and when I search Google Video for 'iRam' I get this strange guy showing up:

[nvening]

try i ram (with the space)

[mrwacko]

Jesus! Thats one quick rig! btw the video link is:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...=i+ram&pl=true

[iMc]

Jesus! Thats one quick rig! btw the video link is:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...=i+ram&pl=true

now THATs what all PCs should be like...

[mrwacko]

Certainly is! Drool...drool

[weebroonieuk]

when are they going to ship that new version that supports ddr2 and 16gb of ram :d

[iMc]

when are they going to ship that new version that supports ddr2 and 16gb of ram :d

Will it still support DDR1? Is there really any need for DDR2 even if it can use SATA300?

[weebroonieuk]

yes theres a great need for it , power efficiency !

its supposed to have 8 slots in the next one and i want it to be as energy efficient as possible

plus ddr2 is where the market is heading although ddr1 is still massive