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128MB PC133 RAM Roundup
Companies: Corsair
Micro, Memory
Man, Infineon, Samsung,
Enhanced
Memory Systems
Products: 128MB PC133 SDRAM
Street Price: Varies
Date Reviewed: July 15, 2000
First Impression:
First off I would like to thank Corsair
Micro, Memory
Man, Samsung,
and Enhanced
Memory Systems for their generosity in donating the RAM for this comparison.
Without the help of these companies, this comparison would not of been possible.
I'm so very sorry that this has taken me way longer than expected. I have
included links to all the vendors, and most of them you can buy direct!
The test system composed of the following:
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Test System |
| Motherboard |
Soyo SY-6VCA - Courtesy of SoyoUSA |
| CPU |
PIII-550 FC-PGA (Runs stable at over 160FSB) -
Courtesy of PCNut |
| Slotket |
ABIT SlotKET III - Purchased from AZZO |
| Heatsink |
Alpha PEP66 - Purchased from Millisec |
| Video Card |
PCI Rivia 128 4MB (It's old but it works darn good) |
| Hard Drive |
Western Digital Expert 20.5GB ATA/66 |
Let me give you the spec's & pictures of each of the DIMM's,
then I will get more into the tests, benchmarks, and final conclusion.
Corsair Micro:
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Corsair Micro
CM654S128-133C2
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| Pins |
168 |
| Module PC Board |
6 Layers including Power / Ground planes for maximum reliability |
| Module Type |
PC133 Synchronous DRAM DIMM |
| Module Setup |
16Mx64 (16 Chips) |
| Module Size |
128 MB |
| Module Speed |
133 Mhz |
| CAS Latency |
2 |
| ECC |
No |
| Unbuffered /
Buffered / Registered |
Unbuffered |
| SPD (Serial
Presence Detect) |
SPD Installed |
| Warranty |
Corsair Lifetime |
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Corsair Micro
CM654S128A-133
 |
| Pins |
168 |
| Module PC Board |
6 Layers including Power / Ground planes for maximum reliability |
| Module Type |
PC133 Synchronous DRAM DIMM |
| Module Setup |
16Mx64 (8 Chips) |
| Module Size |
128 MB |
| Module Speed |
133 Mhz |
| CAS Latency |
3 |
| ECC |
No |
| Unbuffered /
Buffered / Registered |
Unbuffered |
| SPD (Serial
Presence Detect) |
SPD Installed |
| Warranty |
Corsair Lifetime |
Corsair sent me two memory modules. The top one is their NEW
CAS2 module, and the one on the bottom is their CAS3 module. The top DIMM is
double sided vs. the one on the bottom which is a single sided. As you will see
in the following pages, there is a mixed bag of single vs. double sided DIMM's.
I was wanting to see if this would affect performance / stability. Corsair has
utilized Micron Technology chips on these two particular DIMM's, and the design
/ craftsmanship on these are top notch.
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