Article Index Review: Adata XPG DDR3-2000 V2.0 Tri-Channel 6Gb Kit Specifications and Features Photo Gallery and Test Setup Speed and Benchmarks at Default Settings XMP and the Real World XMP and near XMP benchmarks Overclocking Verdict and Conclusion

Introduction

Over the last few years, Adata have released several product lines including their XPG series (Xtreme Performance Gear) designed for performance users, enthusiasts and gamers. Here's a quick list of their XGP line up:

• Plus Series - Designed to offer PC enthusiasts, professional, and overclockers to experience the advanced performance.
• Gaming Series - Offers gaming-class stability to deliver outstanding reliability performance essential for daily gaming and computing.
• Xtreme Series - Provide the capability to unleash the hidden power in the computer with highest stability and extreme performance.

Adata have been aggressively attacking the high-performance and enthusiast maket, producing faster memory that's extremely overclockable. For those who are not too familiar with Adata, here's a little blurb taken from their website.

These memory modules are aimed and targeted at the higher-end user and extreme enthusiasts, and uses high quality 2oz copper 8 layers PCB, as well as fully supporting XMP (for motherboards that have this option in the BIOS). The memory modules also feature some nice looking heatsinks, they're made from solid aluminum and have plenty of surface area to keep the ram ICs nice and cool.

• Intel Core i7 950 3.2ghz CPU.
• Asus Rampage II Extreme X58 motherboard.

Next up, detailed specifications and a bit about XMP profiles.