Adata XPG DDR3-2000 V2.0 Tri-Channel 6Gb Kit Review

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As you can see in the pictures, the heatsinks (also known as heatspreaders) look quite well designed.  In operation they work quite well, the ram never even got warm if it was given a little bit of airflow, even during overclocking at the max rated voltage.

Installation

Installing ram used to be a pretty decent trick back in the 30pin and 72pin SIMM days.  Even DDR2 was tricky as the notch that denotes which way the stick goes in wasn’t very far off center.

This however is nice modern DDR3 ram, the notch that denotes which way the stick goes in is easy to see, and the process is quite simple!

1. Remove your old ram, leaving the latches open.
2. Line the notch in the stick of ram up with the ridge in the slot.
3. Gently insert the ram and double-check that you have it in the proper way.
4. Apply firm pressure until the ram clicks in.  It should close the latches automatically.
5. You’re done!  Now you need to go into your bios and do the software part.

As you can see, the heatsinks on this kit of ram are tall enough that if your motherboard puts the ram slots right next to the cpu you may have some interferance issues between the ram and an aftermarket tower type CPU heatsink.  Most LGA1366 X58 motherboards have a good amount of room between the socket and the ram slots.  I had plenty of room on the Rampage II Extreme.

Test Setup and Procedure

The following system will be used to test this ram:

We’ll be using the following benchmarks and identification programs:

• Sandra Pro Business 2010
• CPU-Z and Everest
• ScienceMark 2
• Maxxmem
• SuperPi 32m