Kingston trumpets ultra-low voltage HyperX DDR3 memory

It may not mean much to your grandmother, but performance hounds are sure to jump all over this one. Kingston has just rolled out a few new slices of DIMM deliciousness, and it's claiming that the new HyperX DDR3 modules are the world's fastest low-voltage memory sticks. The dual-channel kit ships with two XMP-ready profiles already baked in, with the 1.35 volts at 1866MHz being hailed as "a world's first for speed matching higher frequency with a lower voltage." All told, the company is debuting a trio of products in the LoVo line -- the dual-profile kit, a mainstream low voltage 1600MHz, 1.35 volt kit and an ultra-low voltage 1333MHz, 1.25 volt kit. -- and you can pick 'em up soon in 4GB bundles for between $154 to $203. These guys did, and they're stoked.

[The123 Posted Mar 4th 2010 3:06AM]

hmm Where did I see these guys before?

[bolezhinkov Posted Mar 4th 2010 3:22AM]

@The123

in the 80s!

[hdawggy Posted Mar 4th 2010 3:30AM]

@The123
No they used this picture a few weeks ago...

[virtualbeck Posted Mar 4th 2010 7:23AM]

@The123
Rhett and Link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj9OEmUr0F8

[Duke Posted Mar 4th 2010 10:43AM]

@hdawggy
Yes, they used it recently - but it's destined to become a classic internet pic. Accept it - that pic is awesome.

[Broderbund Posted Mar 4th 2010 3:11AM]

Might as well have put up a picture of RAM, you could use that picture for anything on this site.

Check out this new netbook, dap, laptop, graphics card w/e
these guys did.. and they're STOKED

[bolezhinkov Posted Mar 4th 2010 3:23AM]

@Broderbund

and you be careful not to give them ideas . . . you may have just cut down on a lot of hours looking for good pictures by engadget editors.

[kopmis Posted Mar 4th 2010 3:42AM]

@Broderbund Engadget would be such an exciting site if all the pictures where generic

[fokka Posted Mar 4th 2010 3:23AM]

whats the point of producing low voltage DIMMs? who cares if the ram uses a few watts more or less if cpu and grafics suck hundreds of watts in a modern desktop?

ultra low voltage soDIMMs for notebooks would be much more interesting.

also the price is insanely high. cmon, 200 bucks for four lousy gb??? wtf!

[Bahumbug Posted Mar 4th 2010 3:34AM]

@fokka You dont seem to know an awful lot about overclocking - especially on the intel core i platform where you shouldnt raise RAM voltage above a certain level. In a nutshell: this gives the nerds more headroom.

[spin cycle Posted Mar 4th 2010 3:44AM]

@fokka I care. Every bit counts. But no, I'm not going to spend this kind of dough on RAM. Prices will come down over time, especially since this RAM is on a smaller feature size than higher voltage RAM and thus will actually be cheaper than higher voltage RAM eventually, not more expensive.

[BluGuy Posted Mar 4th 2010 8:40AM]

@fokka The lower the voltage the lower the heat.

[KAL326 Posted Mar 4th 2010 9:49AM]

@fokka I'll go ahead and bastardize a Balmer quote for this one, "Datacenters! Datacenters! Datacenters! Datacenters! Datacenters.....huff...huff.... Datacenters! Datacenters! Datacenters! Datacenters! Datacenters!"

[fokka Posted Mar 4th 2010 11:45AM]

@Bahumbug ok, i have to admit, i forgot you oc people ;)

[poached Posted Mar 4th 2010 3:40AM]

the first post with the embedded video:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/samsungs-4gb-ddr3-ram-modules-could-put-8gb-in-your-next-netboo/

[jimbonics Posted Mar 4th 2010 9:35AM]

They're all fakes produced during the Ghost Shift.

[KAL326 Posted Mar 4th 2010 1:07PM]

@jimbonics Huh, ghost shifts must be expanding into new enterprises because the last time they were mentioned it was for flash storage.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/the-surprisingly-seedy-side-of-microsd-production/

[oneleggedchewbacca Posted Mar 4th 2010 9:41AM]

Limozeen!

Still living in the basement of their parent's basement.

[DoctarPeppar Posted Mar 4th 2010 10:20AM]

Wow, 1.35 volts? Very impressive!!!
I'm not diggin' the price though...come on guize...moar pplz need to overclox foar lowar pricez!

[RodHull Posted Mar 4th 2010 11:04AM]

Thats a Commodore 128.. 8bit is the future. (5 Volt memory btw)

[airbag888 Posted Mar 4th 2010 11:58AM]

So where are the tri-channel kits?

[haz Posted Mar 4th 2010 12:03PM]

SoDimm Laptops some Love too.

[pyehac Posted Mar 4th 2010 2:21PM]

Isn't that screen supposed to be monochrome?

[RodHull Posted Mar 4th 2010 5:38PM]

Nahh.. Thats a Commodore 1084 colour screen