DDR3-1800 SDRAM Roundup

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Summing up everything we have just discussed, I would like to say that overclocker system memory such as DDR3 SDRAM managed to make a tremendous jump forward in terms of clock frequencies within a very short period of time. It is true, since early summer and until the end of this fall its speeds grew from 1333MHz to 1800MHz – the first time new memory frequencies have been conquered so rapidly. Of course, Micron is the one who deserves most of the praise for that, as they successfully mastered the production of D9 DDR3 chips that could be so easily overclocked by raising the voltage. These are exactly the chips that are used in most overclocker DDR3 memory modules. Moreover, our tests show that Micron D9 chips keep improving their potential, which will most likely result into even faster solutions than the current performance leaders – DDR3-1800 and DDR3-1866.

However, unfortunately, the dramatic lead forward DDR3 for enthusiasts made this time failed to find adequate support on the chipset side. The currently existing Intel chipsets officially support only DDR3-1333 SDRAM, which means that you can really enjoy all the benefits from the high-speed memory solutions by overclocking your system quite substantially. Of course, this is no problem for overclockers, but at the same time it limits the current application for the DDR3-1800 kits.

So, overclockers should become the main users of high-speed DDR3 modules. This memory is not only nominally the today’s fastest, it does ensure faster speed in applications sensitive to the memory subsystem performance, which we have just seen in our tests. Unfortunately, the currently available DDR3-1800 is not reasonably priced yet. However, we expect the situation to change soon enough, because of cut-throat competition between the overclocker DDR3 memory makers these days.