A-DATA & Elixir DDR3 Memory Kit Reviews

• CPU3D: Elixir DDR3-1600 PC3-12800 4Gb Kit (with heat spreaders)‏:
  
  

  "I have mixed feelings about these Elixir DDR3-1600 PC3-12800 4Gb kits. The good thing about these modules, is that they offer some decent performance, and they do look pretty good too. The golden heatspreader looks great, and helps with cooling the modules down. What's more, these 4Gb kits are much more affordable than others on the market.
  However, the bad news is ... that these modules do not overclock as well as I hoped. They can easily reach the rated speed of 800Mhz that's DDR3-1600, but anything above that ... our system would fail to boot. This is a real disappointment.
  
  I must give Elixir credit for trying to capture some of the enthusiast market share. They will find it hard to compete with the well established names in enthusiast overclocking memory. But we all learn from mistakes, don't we. Although they do look good, offering decent performance ... it's the poor overclocking ability that is ultimately its downfall. It will take some time for Elixir to really mature in this very competitive enthusiast market ..."

  
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• TweakTown: A-DATA Vitesta DDR3-1333MHz 3GB Triple Channel Kit:
  
  

  "Having said that, A-DATA provides an extremely impressive kit here for your consideration.
  
  Compared to the Corsair 6GB kit, while it’s half the size, it’s also cheaper. DDR3 still costs more than DDR2 but we soon hope to see this change. The other major advantage of this kit is that being only 3GB in size allows it to fit within the 32-bit OS usable memory window. 4GB and above needs a 64-bit OS to take advantage of any extra memory, so you’re safe for XP and Vista 32-bit here."

  
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