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While Kingston has struggled to give its products creative names, it’s had no such problem when it comes to giving them performance. The latest release from Kingston’s enthusiast line, HyperX, is a 4 x 4GB kit rated at 2,133MHz with timings of 11-1...
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Money isn't an issue if you're considering throwing together your own Intel X79-based high-end system, so splurging an extra hundred pounds on the highest-rated memory kits, such as the Kingston HyperX Genesis 2133MHZ 16GB shouldn't cause you too many pro...
Exceptional memory bandwidth, Low profile design...
Price, Real, world benchmarks show little gaming improvement...
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Money isn't an issue if you're considering throwing together your own Intel X79-based high-end system, so splurging an extra hundred pounds on the highest-rated memory kits, such as the Kingston HyperX Genesis 2133MHZ 16GB shouldn't cause you too many pro...
Exceptional memory bandwidth, Low profile design...
Price, Realworld benchmarks show little gaming improvement...
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Last month, for the first time in a while, we took a look at various different memory products which were designed for Intel's X58 architecture...
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If you've been involved with computers for a while you'd know that all ram is not created equal. If you consider yourself an enthusiast you owe it to yourself to use good quality ram from a reputable company. Kingston is one such company and their Hyper X...
Good performance, Small size will work with any setup, Good looking design...
Not much room for overclocking...
Ram is something you need to have in your system and the type of ram you want or need depends on what you do with it. Hyper X Ram is performance ram for enthusiast systems, but even general users can benefit from it. The Kingston Hyper X X2 Grey Series is...
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We all need memories. The more and quicker the better!! Kingston sent me these kits very VERY long time ago and unfortunately I wasn't able to do it due to certain lack of resources (whoops)!!! Now, that's not an issue- so let's see how good she is.I've t...
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The memory market has certainly changed rapidly in recent times.Around the launch of P4 and AMD Bartons your choice for top end RAM was pretty much something from either Crucial or Corsair. With the Socket 775 and AM2 platform the market became swamped...
Ah the joy of a piece of hardware that doesn't really come with a but.Sometimes conclusions can be long because it's a constant battle between the things that are pros, and the things that are cons. We like to explain them all fully so that you can dec...
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Many of you know that up until 5-6 months ago my favorite testing platform was the LGA1366 by Intel which was also the only platform with triple channel DDR3 support, something that played a huge part in my choice. Besides that's also why 3 out of my 4 te...
Quality, Low Profile Heatspreders, Quad Channel, Performance, 16GB, XMP Profiles, Price (For Some)...
The X79 Platform Supports Faster Speeds...
Comparing triple channel kits with a quad channel kit was not really how i wanted to kick off RAM reviews based on the latest Intel X79 platform (LGA2011) since i don't quite consider it as fair but aside the fact that we got to compare the two latest cha...
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Ok. You, the readers, were right. We screwed up. I'll be the first to admit that when we picked the components for our current cooler testing machine a few years back, we blew it.It's not that the gear is bad, per se, it just isn't best-suited for testing...
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When it comes to system memory or Random Access Memory (RAM) you can never have too much RAM in your computer. As my parents taught me at a young age, “It is always good to have it and never need it, then to need it and not have it.” As our needs in...
The Kingston Technology 16GB 2133MHz Genesis memory is a perfect candidate for just about anyone who wants or needs an affordable, large capacity, high frequency memory for their computing needs...
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Ever been shopping for memory lately? Today, you simply can't cross the memory market without hearing the name “Kingston” floating around. Ever since the debut of their first products all the way back in 1987, Kingston has expanded into becoming one of th...
Ok, so you can pretty much guess what we think of this memory at this point. If you can't, well we absolutely love it.First off, it's low profile memory, which is awesome because there's less of a chance of having large coolers bump into the heat spreader...
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Kingston is a well known company for their multitude of storage solutions, consisting of RAM, USB Drives, Solid State Drives, and Flash cards. Entering the market in 1987 with a surface mount memory chip, Kingston is a veteran when it comes to the storage...
The Kingston HyperX Genesis kit has some odd discrepancies between the what the sticks are claimed to be rated for and what the XMP profiles set the RAM at when used. Even the SPD table and XMP profiles do not match. There is also an odd issue with LinX...
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Manufacturer: Kingston TechnologyProduct Name: HyperX Genesis DDR3-2133 Memory KitModel Number: KHX2133C11D3K4/16GXPrice As Tested: $318.00 (Amazon) Full Disclosure: The product sample used in this article has been provided by Kingston Technology. Wit...
Lowprofile heat spreaders won't present cooler clearance problems, Two XMP profiles make setting the speed you want easy, Lifetime warranty, Comes in a useful memory storage bin...
Very expensive enthusiastlevel product, DDR32133MHz timings of 11121130 are looser than the competition, Performance not commensurate with cost in most applications...
The whole point behind paying more for high-performance components, be they fast CPUs, killer graphics cards, SSDs, or performance memory, is to see this better performance in your system. While the Kingston HyperX DDR3-2133 memory showed its mettle i...
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As many of you may already know, the X79 motherboard combined with the Core i7 3960X is an extremely powerful platform for nearly anything you want to do. One key component of this platform is the fact that it supports Quad-Channel memory which resul...
There is a lot that happened during the course of this review and we were really surprised to see such a mixed bag of results on a whole bunch of fronts. We were pretty satisfied with most of the overclocks that we got out of all the kits of RAM we had...
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When you set out looking at memory modules the process can sometimes be a little overwhelming given the multitude of different vendors seemingly offering the same product. In most cases this can be a real problem but every once in awhile you find a sp...
High Speed Memory Modules, Lightweight Heatspreader, Dual XMP Profiles, Sandy Bridge Specific Memory, Best Results at Rated Speeds...
CAS 9 Timings, Not able to adjust timings at speed...
When building a system the component choices can often be a limiting factor, both in price and performance. Luckily memory manufactures have gotten better about creating specialized memory kits specific for any one particular system. In this review...
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The release of Intel’s Sandy Bridge architecture introduced a new socket, array of chipset variations, and new possibilities. This new architecture provides more possibilities for speed, caching, integrated video, and overall system performance. Thi...
The Kingston‘s HyperX® Genesis Special Edition Grey is an excellent choice for any new Intel 2nd Gen build, especially on the P67 chipset. These high-performance dual-channel memory kits are engineered to complement the new motherboards featuring th...
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Benchmark-setters can continue to seek out premium modules with high frequencies and low latencies - a combination likely to deliver impressive synthetic results - but in the real world, these extreme configurations will show little gain in performance. Even overclockers will find that a sm...
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What was once a part of your system that you only cared about pure storage of, has rapidly become something of vital importance.The difference between 4GB and 8GB is much less than the difference between a 2000MHz or greater kit, and one that's still d...
In the introduction we postulated as to whether the Genesis truly was something that heralded a new dawn, and a vital purchase for your shiny new system, or if it's merely the same as a P55 kit, but with a different branding for the sales benefits ther...
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Since the launch of the Intel P67 Sandy Bridge platform, we've seen a great number of changes, from performance to overclocking. And with a new socket and platform comes new memory kits designed to take advantage of the impressive horsepower provided b...
In terms of aesthetics, these HyperX Genesis Grey modules are sleek, and would fabulous in just about any P67 motherboard with a blue, black, or grey colour scheme. From a functional perspective, the heatspreaders are very low profile and will avoid an...
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Introduction:On the test bench this week is the Kingston HyperX Genesis Special Edition Grey Series 2133MHz 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Kit (KHX2133C9AD3X2K2/4GX). A real mouthful of a nomenclature, so in the interest of brevity, X-Files fans might...
The Greys performed very well on the Sandy Bridge platform, providing great performance without over-the-top heat spreaders that have become so popular over the last few years. Because of the design, heatsink mounting was no trouble in either orientat...
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Buyers upgrading to the Sandy Bridge may find that their current memory will not run at the maximum speed it was designed to run at. This is because Intel has changed the memory speed support on the Sandy Bridge architecture, as compared to Socket 115...
Low profile heatspreader, Good performance, 2133MHz at 9-11-9-27 timings at 1.65V, Very nice looking heatspreader, Limited lifetime warranty...
Slightly expensive than 2x2GB DDR3 running at lower speed...
Sandy Bridge is already a fast processor family, and while the memory controller is built into the processor, we can see that the system is still able to take the advantage of the faster memory speed. In the past, picking a fast memory meant better ov...
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So you've seen the performance of Intel Sandy Bridge and are looking to buy a new P67 motherboard, memory kit, and Sandy Bridge Core i7 or Core i5 processor. Picking the CPU is the easy part as there are a dizzying array of memory kits all at diffe...
The Kingston HyperX Genesis 2133MHz kit "suits up" in special edition grey and cranks up the memory speed, enabling your processor to reach it's full potential at the highest overclocks. Backed by a lifetime warranty and the biggest name in the memor...
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