14 DAY TRIAL // As far as DRAM goes, Kingmax has been in the business for years, so the latest product announcement is more of an update than anything else. Made doubly obvious when you factor in the name of the product line: Nano Gaming RAM.
The name is pretty misleading, all told, because the new memory modules from Kingmax aren't exactly all that small compared to the normal ones.
They are relatively normal-looking DDR3 modules, although the color scheme does set them apart a bit from the fold, so to speak.
Granted, they are a bit smaller than usual, if not quite Low Profile, thanks to the TinyBGA manufacturing technology. “Great cooling, low power consumption and low electrical interference” are also supposed to be part of the benefits of TinyBGA.
Normally, the PCB (printed circuit board) is colored green, or a variation of it, while the chips are black with grey scribing, or white codes and such.
Even when heatspreaders are used, the actual PCB design is along those normal lines. Unless a company is particularly insistent on adhering to a specific theme, in which case we'd still be looking at a “normal.”
Here, though, the memory modules are black, and the chips are sky blue. Kingmax was probably feeling a bit adventurous when it dreamed them up. Or maybe it was pure chance that made them that way.
Anyway, the company has added some new memory modules to the Nano Gamin RAM series, the one that came out in 2012.
It's made for overclockers, which means that the frequency is higher than the norm (DDR3-1066 and DDR3-1333).
It's not quite as high as it could go, that's still 2,200 MHz, but the new RAM comes pretty close: DDR3-1866 and DDR3-2,133. On that note, the timings (latency) are of 11-11-11-11.
Furthermore, the voltages are of 1.5V and 1.65V. Kingmax hasn't really gone into details here, but there should be a dozen or more new modules in the series, with varying clocks, voltage ratings and capacities (4 GB, 8 GB).
Sadly, Kingmax has not given a table with prices, so you'll have to check with your local retailer to see if the RAM is available there. If you're not an overclocker though, the RAM might not be for you. If it's a mid-range gaming system or multimedia PC you're building, you're better off looking for a low-voltage RAM kit (1.35V) or something along those lines.