welcome to my unboxing of AMD memory but
AMD doesn't make memory you might say to
which I would reply AMD also doesn't technically make CPUs now that they
don't have their own Fabs however that does not prevent AMD
from qualifying and validating and
marketing memory with the right partner
so in the case of their CPUs their partners are guys like Global foundaries
which is actually a spin-off of AMD's old old Fabs um in this case I am not
going to tell you who the partner is for the memory but I think you'll be able to figure it out by the time I'm done with
the video so I'm not going to take a look at the Oh shoot what are they
called right entertainment performance and radon grade memories separately this
is going to be more of an overview of what is an what is an AMD memory um in
general rather than looking at every single grade but entertainment is the
lowest end performance is the mid-grade and then Radeon is the high-end so this
is performance this is cl8 1.5 volt 1333
MHz RAM it's a 2x4 gig kit you're not going to find any triple or quad Channel
kits because AMD CPUs are all using dual Channel controllers from the a6s and a8s
the apus of the world that is combination CPU gpus on one chip all the
way up to their black edition f X chips
so AMD per let's see what they have to say for themselves AMD performance
Edition DDR DDR3 memory kits are specifically designed for the latest
generation AMD processors they utilize low profile heat spreaders for enhanced
cooling performance built using high quality pre-screened ic's and vigorously
tested these AMD performance Edition modules are 100% hand tested for quality
assurance backed by lifetime warranty and Industry leading customer support so
here's something interesting for you guys I actually do know for a fact that
they do use prescreened ic's and they actually lock it down to a particular
particular build that is to say a bomb a
a build of materials so what that means is that every AMD performance 1333 cl8
kit is using pretty much the same components as every other one now okay
isn't it always like that you might ask to which I would reply absolutely not um
you know look at a performance memory brand such as Corsair on the side of
their memory you'll often see revision 1.1 1.2 2 .1 2.2 2.3 all the way up to
I've seen revision numbers as high as double digits on Corsair memory so they
are often changing the components which isn't to say that's a bad thing because
particularly for highgrade memory chips especially back in the ddr2 days it was
often necessary to change the components in order to get the yields they needed
to hit those high speeds what does that mean if for the end user it means that
if you're upgrading your exactly the same part number might not necessarily
even work in dual Channel with your other exactly the same part number but
different revision RAM it also means if you're building 10 systems at a time and
you have five that are one revision and five that are another revision you right
might run into issues where one doesn't work with another which brings us to the
point of all of this AMD released memory so that they would be sure that any AMD
memory would work in any AMD motherboard without any
fuss hold on a second okay and maximum performance
latest generation okay okay okay build and supported by Patriot memory LLC so
there go so yes it is a very very
well-known lifetime warranty actually still builds modules in North America
brand that is building and supporting these for AMD they have black pcbs which
I think is a must on anything that you're going to call Performance Edition
which is on the other side and then you got your sort of standard part number
built by Patriots see it's not really a secret really uh warranty void if
removed you don't want to take this off there's a low profile heat sink and I think that pretty much wraps it up so
thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at AMD
memory