Test: Corsair TwinX4096-6400C4DHX

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Corsair has once again delivered a nice set of RAM, we must admit. The Ram giant demonstrates once again their heavy position in the market, whichmeans that you can do a really good purchase. Their claim that 4GB can really pay off, we ha've also verified. In my opinion, 2GB of RAM is actually enough for the most things, but there is no doubt that 4GB here at the end of 2008, is a must. The additional space counteracts bad sudden drops in the framerate, improves load times in games and makes the system more willing to extract large files, since the pagefile in Windows are not used a lot. And with the prices of RAM is low now, it would be a shame, not to buy enough RAM. 
 

Innovation / Technology - 3
We can not ignore that the DDR2 technology is a couple of years old. Intel started DDR2 era with LGA775, while AMD later on brought DDR2 support for their products, with Socket AM2. To start with, back in Intel p915 days, DDR2 actually gave no increase in performence, compared to DDR1. But after a few years of improvements to the technology, the performence increase with DDR2 was obvious.
In the same way we see that DDR3 quietly is to take over for DDR2. But there is no doubt that DDR2 has a price advantage, even since DDR2 also performs great. We think DDR3 really will begin taking over for DDR2 in about a half year, when AMD Introduces the AM3 socket, with DDR3 support.
A little innovation Corsair offers with the DHX technology, which cools both the PCB and FBGA modules. This is quite unique, although it is now used a lot in  Corsair's Dominator series.

Design / Layout - 4 
The design of the memory is really great, and something more distinctive, than many others boring heatspreders. The black color of the Dominator Series in my opinion provides a more "evil" appearance. But the raw aluminium color is also pretty cool. And most importantly, the cooling works very well.
 If you are the owner of a tower cooler, it's fan will blows air just past the heatsinks, which is quite smart. In the other hand the heatspreders are so high that it is necessary to turn a towerkøler vertically, so it wont make conflicts with the memory - so it has both its advantages and disadvantages.

Performance - 5
The performence is as it should be, a little better than the competing set with a little looser timings. Approximately 7000MB/S is pretty normal nowadays, which the ram also hits by default settings.
The really exciting however, is the overclocking potential in these babies. I had read an other review, where the speed not were exiting, so I did not have high expectations. But to my surprise, the memory easily ran 540MHz at 5-5-5-18 timings! It is a speed that fewest actuallty will will need, so it is quite impressive indeed, especially of blocks on 2GB apiece, in this price range.
In the tight standardtimings, 4-4-4-12, the set hit 430MHz, and 570MHz with 6-6-6-18 timings - quite fast! 

Price - 5
650DKK is what to throw, for a set of the tested ones.
For 650kr you both get a lot of space, and speed to meet everyone's needs, perhaps with the exception of the most extreme overclockers that mess in a completely different pricerange. Also there's lifetime Warranty. I really think that Corsair TwinX4096-6400C4DHX is a best-buy!