Tuesday, December 14th 2010
Corsair Launches Low Voltage 2133 MHz DDR3 DIMMs
Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced the launch of a new, highly overclocked, low voltage memory kit. This 4GB Dominator GT memory kit, implemented using a matched pair of 2 GB DIMMs, is guaranteed to operate at 2133MHz, with latency settings of 9-11-9-27, and at a memory voltage of only 1.5V.
"We have seen an increasing number of requests from overclockers for memory that can achieve high clock speeds at lower voltages," stated Thi La, Vice President of Memory Products at Corsair. "At 2133MHz, this 4GB memory is the world's fastest commercially available memory at 1.5 volts."
The new CMT4GX3M2B2133C9 Dominator GT memory kit, complete with signature racing-red livery, will be available within two weeks from selected Corsair distributors and resellers. This kit includes Corsair's patented DHX+ heatsink, as well as the GT Airflow module, for exceptional thermal performance. MSRP for this memory kit is $169.99 USD.
The kits are supplied with a limited lifetime warranty and are backed up by Corsair's legendary customer service and technical support.
"We have seen an increasing number of requests from overclockers for memory that can achieve high clock speeds at lower voltages," stated Thi La, Vice President of Memory Products at Corsair. "At 2133MHz, this 4GB memory is the world's fastest commercially available memory at 1.5 volts."
The kits are supplied with a limited lifetime warranty and are backed up by Corsair's legendary customer service and technical support.
26 Comments on Corsair Launches Low Voltage 2133 MHz DDR3 DIMMs
Or do you think you'll make huge economy if your RAM runs at 1.35V instead of 2.0V(1.65V) ??:D
if your ram needs 2.0v for stock and this needs 1.5v, that gives us an extra 0.5v we can push into it when OCing...
And like I said, with proper cooling it doesn't matter the voltage of RAMs. I have home 4 sticks of DDR2@1066 with DEFAULT 2.1V and they run as cold as my mobile. And I can push them to 1200 without a big increase in temps. But those DDR3 are made using smaller parts, so they might get hotter. The one I use at work DDR3 - 2400MHz, are also DEFAULT 1.65V.
I'm still waiting for future RAMs so I can upgrade my system home. But need some decent prices. :D
Still the performance gap between 2133 and 2400 is quite big so I prefer performance over power saving here. Not the same I would say about CPUs and GPUs ;) :D
Voltage does matter, and I have both a 3 sets of ram over 2000mhz. All of em feel the same in windows, I need a synthetic bench to actually see the difference. Heat is also starting to play a much bigger factor with the high speeds of todays DDR3.
On a side note, I havent had the balls to push past 1.85V on any of my DDR3, even there the memory gets plenty warm;)
P.s. I have exaggerated a little 2.0v for mems. I was referring to DDR2 which on 2.0v consume the same amount of power like a DDR3 at 1.65v for example...