14 DAY TRIAL // One would think that an IT product dressed completely in green would be among those pieces of technology claiming to be GREEN, as in focused on energy efficiency and other environmentally friendly assets.
This is not the case for the latest series of memory products released by Silicon Power, and called Xpower DDR3 Overclocking.
The key is in the name: the Xpower DDR3 Overclocking line of DDR3 modules and kits is aimed at high-end computer systems where the CPU and maybe the GPUs work faster than their base settings.
There are several dual-channel kits, made of either 4 GB modules or 8 GB modules (2 GB went out of fashion years ago).
Thus, people can or will soon be able to find on sale Xpower DDR3 Overclocking kits of 8 GB and 16 GB in DDR3-1600, 1866, 2133, and 2400 MHz variants.
This number of different frequencies combined with the 8 GB (4 GB x 2) to 16 GB (8 GB x 2) capacities imply quite a few possible combinations.
Search engines on online stores may yield impressive lists of green-colored RAM.
The RAM chips themselves aren't colored that way of course. Instead, the color comes from the heatspreaders.
The passive coolers aren't really that large or ornate, but they do their job, which is really all anyone can demand.
That said, the other specifications of the Silicon Power Xpower DDR3 Overclocking kits are as follows: CAS latency of 9 on 1600/1866 MHz and 11 on 2133/2400 MHz modules, 1.65V voltage, support for Intel XMP (Extreme Memory Profile) and a DRAM Chip spec of 4 Gb (512Mx8bit, Single Chip Density).
Finally, all modules are 100% tested for dual channel operation and will work with any mainboard (240Pin UDIMM without ECC), although the press release mentions Intel Core Gen 3 and the latest Z77 platforms specifically.