OCZ ReaperX HPC DDR2-800
Big as a whale and about to set sail, Benchmark Reviews brings you a review of OCZ's overclocker grade, heatpipe-equipped ReaperX HPC 4GB DDR2-800 kit OCZ2RPX800EB4GK. Outfitted with massive heatspreaders and a frankly unorthodox cooling system designed to handle voltages up to 2.2v and beyond, OCZ's ReaperX HPC kit may be just waht the die hard overclocker is looking for.
The enthusiast class memory market is a strange beast. In many ways, it's the difference between seeing an acrobat at a local carnival and going to see Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas. One of these gets the job done quick and dirty - we'll call it "regular memory" - and one of these is clearly more talented, more expensive and visually more likely to freak you out.
In the enthusiast bracket, manufacturers have tried to find new and exciting ways to catch your eye (with dissipating heat really being a secondary sort of necessity). I recently reviewed Crucial's Ballistix Tracer line, which offered glowing red LEDs. Corsair's Dominator line offers taller heatsinks and even a set of three small fans that can be mounted to them - active cooling for memory! G.Skill offers a line with a bizarre circular cooling system. (Go ahead and look some of this crazy stuff up, I'll wait.)
And here at Benchmark Reviews, we've been offered a chance to test out OCZ's entry, possibly the zaniest looking one in the lot (outside of Corsair's insane active cooling): the ReaperX HPC DDR2-800 PC2-6400 4GB kit, PN OCZ2RPX800EB4GK.
Don't Fear the Reaper
When I wrote my review on the Crucial Ballistix Tracer kit, I said it didn't get a whole lot saucier than those. Well, this is saucier. Each DIMM of OCZ's ReaperX line features a robust heatspreader connected to two heatpipes that are themselves connected to a series of fins.
OCZ has made a name for themselves as a choice brand for overclockers and enthusiasts, but they seem to have outdone themselves a bit here with the ReaperX line. The ReaperX's crazy heatsink system may or may not be just for show, but it brings with it tight timings of 4-4-3-15 at DDR2-800 and 2.1v along with a factory warranty up to 2.2v - above the JEDEC DDR2 spec. Come to think of it, when pumping that much juice into your memory, maybe you might want some additional cooling on it beyond the traditional heatspreader after all.
OCZ's memory also supports NVIDIA's EPP (Enhanced Performance Profile), so those of you using NVIDIA chipsets will have a much easier time getting started with these bad boys.
A Little About OCZ in Their Own Words
Entering the memory market in August 2000, OCZ Technology was built around the determination to manufacture the best high speed DDR and RDRAM. OCZ was founded by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts, and our commitment to the end-user has not digressed. OCZ Technology has been an innovator in many areas. We were the first manufacturer to make Dual Channel optimized memory available to the public, which originally took advantage of nVidia's Twinbank or Dual DDR architecture, found in their nForce chipset. We have now taken that technology and tailored it for the Canterwood, and Granite Bay chipset's. OCZ developed and was the first to implement ULN technology, which has been a critical element in our manufacturing process for some time. We at OCZ diligently work to improve communication with CPU and motherboard chipset manufacturers prior to the release of their products. Only in this manner can we fine-tune our memory's SPD settings, ensuring a synergistic relationship between the memory module, memory controller, and microprocessor. In today's rapidly evolving semiconductor industry, such communication is not simply research, but a necessary component of our manufacturing process.
source : benchmarkreviews.com
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