New CAS 6 Dominator GT DDR3 for AMD systems

Peter G. July 29, 2009 5:41 PM ET in Tech

Corsair announced today that it now offers DDR3-1600 modules for AMD systems. The 4GB (2 x 2GB) kit runs at 6-6-6-18 1T timings and is only available from Corsair’s online store.

Corsair says the kits will be compatible with AMD’s Black Edition Memory Profiles which allows for the aggressive latency settings to be automatically configured in Windows using the AMD OverDrive software.

No word yet on the voltage requirements for these kits, but we think it’s safe to bet they’re above the limit imposed by Core i7s, otherwise we’d be seeing Intel friendly kits too. With this announcement they join G.Skill, Mushkin and OCZ; all three who already have CAS 6 DDR3-1600 kits on the market.

11 Comments:

1. lunchb0x

   lol unmanaged

   
   29 Jul '09, 9:00 pm

   That ram cooler is XBOX big.

   I'd love to have a rig that could run it tho
2. Romad317

   New to the neighborhood

   
   30 Jul '09, 11:42 am

   Love to have all that goodness too, but would like to know where the current hardware bottlenecks are? Does anybody know what piece of hardware is the most restrictive on the flow of data?
3. MAGIC

   NFNF

   
   30 Jul '09, 11:51 am

   In most peoples PCs, its the hard drive.
4. DrLiam

   FoxtoN

   
   30 Jul '09, 2:14 pm

   Quoting lunchb0x

   That ram cooler is XBOX big.

   Hahaha! My thoughts exactly but it still looks bad-ass.
5. djmeph

   Newb

   
   30 Jul '09, 4:00 pm

   I thought we were supposed to have 64gb memory chips for $10 by now.
6. Peter G.

   Dept. of Propaganda

   
   30 Jul '09, 4:07 pm

   I suppose if people could figure out a way to use that much regularly there'd be a reason for companies to move that direction. As it is, hardware has moved forward while software lags behind.
7. djmeph

   Newb

   
   30 Jul '09, 4:27 pm

   There was an article I read a few years ago about a new technology that was developed where they could fit 64bg in a DDR chip and it would be really inexpensive. Maybe not $10, but even at $100 that would still be a deal. My thoughts at the time were that even if we have no use for that much memory in our systems by the time the technology hit the market, that perhaps one of the mobo manufacturers could figure out some way to isolate part of the memory as a RAMDRIVE to run your OS and have a workspace that would be beneficial for gaming PCs, DAWs, DVWs, etc.
8. Thrax

   Cad

   
   30 Jul '09, 4:43 pm

   Oh, there have been many technologies that have jerked it hard to wacky storage density: Electronic quantum holography, nanoscale reversible mass transport, nanoscale polymer arrays, LASER MRAM, PRAM, microholography. All of them are probably sitting on a shelf in a lab, never to appear in any respectable capacity.
9. primesuspect

   The Icrontic Guy

   
   30 Jul '09, 4:45 pm

   "five years away"
10. Thrax

    Cad

    
    30 Jul '09, 5:18 pm

    For as fast as technology claims to move, storage is one area where it's a snail's pace: NAND memory -- the kind of memory we have in SSDs -- was released to the market in the late 80s.

    It's now 2009. That means more than 20 years on, we still haven't fully realized the potential of a memory type that was invented specifically for mass storage.

    HDDs will die, SSDs will reach capacity, and we'll find our not new thing by 2035.
11. RyderOCZ

    OCZ Guru / IC Groupie

    
    30 Jul '09, 5:30 pm

    Quoting Thrax

    For as fast as technology claims to move, storage is one area where it's a snail's pace: NAND memory -- the kind of memory we have in SSDs -- was released to the market in the late 80s.

    It's now 2009. That means more than 20 years on, we still haven't fully realized the potential of a memory type that was invented specifically for mass storage.

    HDDs will die, SSDs will reach capacity, and we'll find our not new thing by 2035.

    You are so smart sometimes.

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