Kingston's 2,400MHz HyperX memory kit offers the world's fastest Intel-certified RAM

For those among us finding it hard to decide what blisteringly fast DDR3 sticks to pair with their Core i7, Intel has decided to do its own compatibility certification list (see link below). And since the happiest memory maker is usually the one atop the pile, we have to imagine Kingston is feeling pretty sunny right now, as its 2.4GHz HyperX memory kit has scooped the top spot away from Corsair's 2.33GHz offering. Running at 1.65 volts and offering 9-11-9-27-2 timings, this is now officially the RAM to own if you're after headline-grabbing stock speeds. We also love the fact Kingston acknowledges "benchmarkers" as a distinct group alongside gamers and enthusiasts -- finally some appreciation for those misunderstood souls. Whatever you describe yourself as, you'll be able to get on the latest speed bandwagon in the second quarter of this year. Full PR after the break.

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Kingston Technology Creates World's Fastest Memory
Intel Certifies HyperX Clocked at 2400MHz

Sunbury-on-Thames, UK 16th March 2010 -- Kingston Technology Europe Ltd, a subsidiary of Kingston Technology Company, the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it has developed the fastest Intel-certified memory in the world. Running at 2400MHz, Kingston's HyperX® dual-channel DDR3 memory kit (Kingston® part#: KHX2400C9D3T1K2/4GX) gained Intel® XMP certification on the Core i7™ platform. Intel's certification is posted at

http://www.intel.com/en_US/Assets/PDF/prodspec/ww09-2010-XMP-self-cert_Core-i7-BlueBadge.pdf.

The Kingston 2400MHz kit runs at 9-11-9-27-2 timings at 1.65 volts and was developed for enthusiasts, gamers, and benchmarkers looking to scale new memory heights. As with all Kingston Technology memory, the 2400MHz kit was created with the highest design-engineering principles and subjected to OEM-quality production and testing standards to gain Intel XMP certification. The memory was tested to great success on several P55-based systems including the GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD4P motherboard.

The 2400MHz kits will be available in Q2. Kingston HyperX memory is backed by a lifetime warranty and free 24/7 technical support. For detailed information please visit the Kingston Web site at www.kingston.com.

About Kingston Technology Company, Inc.
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world's largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Kingston designs, manufactures and distributes memory products for desktops, laptops, servers, printers, and Flash memory products for PDAs, mobile phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players. Through its global network of subsidiaries and affiliates, Kingston has manufacturing facilities in California, Taiwan, China and sales representatives in the United States, Europe, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand, India, Taiwan, China, and Latin America. For more information, please call [phone] or visit www.kingston.com/europe

[Everkeen Posted Mar 16th 2010 6:04AM]

I can load my porn much faster now!

[kawaiipikachu Posted Mar 16th 2010 6:08AM]

@Everkeen
I have better uses for these RAM than to load up boring images with.

[ratchetnclank Posted Mar 16th 2010 6:20AM]

@kawaiipikachu :| such as?

[JackBauer Posted Mar 16th 2010 1:15PM]

@kawaiipikachu 1080p movies aren't as boring as images.

[E71 Posted Mar 16th 2010 9:00PM]

@Everkeen

I had the world's fastest (HyperX) RAM at one point... it cost me hundreds of dollars and increased my gaming pleasure by a whopping 2-3fps. YAY.

[hellosven Posted Mar 16th 2010 6:04AM]

All hail King Ston!

[weeman Posted Mar 16th 2010 6:10AM]

Only question I have is:

Price?

[blland Posted Mar 16th 2010 6:12AM]

@weeman if you need to know the price, you aren't buying it

[terryH Posted Mar 16th 2010 11:24AM]

@weeman If you have to ask you probably can't afford them.

[DangerRabbit Posted Mar 16th 2010 6:23AM]

Maybe I can finally run Flash now.

[hero785 Posted Mar 16th 2010 6:38AM]

NIce

[pickleJar Posted Mar 16th 2010 6:51AM]

I'm sorry, but there is just no need for heat spreaders like that for ram. It gets warm.. but not that warm.

[think before you react Posted Mar 16th 2010 7:27AM]

@pickleJar
have you ever heard of the words "threshhold" and "exponential?" you didn't make or test these modules- don't act like you did.

[kirigoe Posted Mar 16th 2010 7:40AM]

@pickleJar That's about as intelligent as to say that you don't need a chassis fan in computers cause they don't get that warm. If you're running 2400OMGhz RAM sticks you've probably got lots of other top-of-the-line components (SLI/Crossfire, RAID drives etc) generating heat, creating a higher ambient temp.

[Nitesh Posted Mar 16th 2010 8:49AM]

@pickleJar What are you on about? Brightly coloured metal objects make your PC faster.

[pickleJar Posted Mar 16th 2010 9:04AM]

@think before you react

Ok, stop geeking out...never said anything about testing these things. All im saying is that I barely had room for my DDR3 @1333MHz and my CPU cooler... If the heatsinks were any taller they would not have fit.
Huge ass heatsinks are not needed for ram.. modest ones yes.. I understand that they need some heat protection, im not a fucking idiot..

[tbonet Posted Mar 16th 2010 9:11AM]

@pickleJar I'm confused, your RAM is perpendicular to your CPU?

[pickleJar Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:26AM]

@tbonet

If you look at a motherboard, the ram slots are close to where the cpu is. An aftermarket cpu cooler can be rather large. Some motherboards have the ram closer to the cpu than others like my old pc build does. So in my particular case, having large fins on my ram will just block an aftermarket cooler by the nearest slot.

New pc build i have is water cooled.. so it does not matter...

[tbonet Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:42AM]

@pickleJar So it is kind of like my mobo and case, the last RAM slot is under the bottom HDD slot. If I had this RAM, I couldn't add a 3rd drive or if I had a 3rd drive I couldn't have this RAM.

[JackBauer Posted Mar 16th 2010 1:15PM]

@pickleJar what are you apologizing for?

[7egend Posted Mar 16th 2010 7:52AM]

RAWR

[Cy Starkman Posted Mar 16th 2010 9:03AM]

So, um yeah what's that then, a whole 3% faster or something. Probably less is real world.

-shakes head- oh the days when it made news when something was twice as fast, now we are down to single digits and expected to be excited.

[tbonet Posted Mar 16th 2010 9:13AM]

Doesn't Kingston just relabel other company's products? I seem to remember a story about a Kingston SD card that was actually made by Toshiba.

[cysco24 Posted Mar 16th 2010 9:28AM]

With this I think skynet can definitely get off the ground

[Intel Posted Mar 16th 2010 11:04PM]

I approve of this post.