AMD Radeon Performance RAM Memory Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2012-05-07
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768 words · ~3 min read
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welcome to my unboxing of AMD memory but
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AMD doesn't make memory you might say to
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which I would reply AMD also doesn't technically make CPUs now that they
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don't have their own Fabs however that does not prevent AMD
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from qualifying and validating and
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marketing memory with the right partner
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so in the case of their CPUs their partners are guys like Global foundaries
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which is actually a spin-off of AMD's old old Fabs um in this case I am not
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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
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the video so I'm not going to take a look at the Oh shoot what are they
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called right entertainment performance and radon grade memories separately this
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is going to be more of an overview of what is an what is an AMD memory um in
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general rather than looking at every single grade but entertainment is the
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lowest end performance is the mid-grade and then Radeon is the high-end so this
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is performance this is cl8 1.5 volt 1333
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MHz RAM it's a 2x4 gig kit you're not going to find any triple or quad Channel
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kits because AMD CPUs are all using dual Channel controllers from the a6s and a8s
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the apus of the world that is combination CPU gpus on one chip all the
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way up to their black edition f X chips
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so AMD per let's see what they have to say for themselves AMD performance
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Edition DDR DDR3 memory kits are specifically designed for the latest
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generation AMD processors they utilize low profile heat spreaders for enhanced
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cooling performance built using high quality pre-screened ic's and vigorously
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tested these AMD performance Edition modules are 100% hand tested for quality
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assurance backed by lifetime warranty and Industry leading customer support so
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here's something interesting for you guys I actually do know for a fact that
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they do use prescreened ic's and they actually lock it down to a particular
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particular build that is to say a bomb a
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a build of materials so what that means is that every AMD performance 1333 cl8
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kit is using pretty much the same components as every other one now okay
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isn't it always like that you might ask to which I would reply absolutely not um
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you know look at a performance memory brand such as Corsair on the side of
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their memory you'll often see revision 1.1 1.2 2 .1 2.2 2.3 all the way up to
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I've seen revision numbers as high as double digits on Corsair memory so they
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are often changing the components which isn't to say that's a bad thing because
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particularly for highgrade memory chips especially back in the ddr2 days it was
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often necessary to change the components in order to get the yields they needed
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to hit those high speeds what does that mean if for the end user it means that
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if you're upgrading your exactly the same part number might not necessarily
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even work in dual Channel with your other exactly the same part number but
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different revision RAM it also means if you're building 10 systems at a time and
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you have five that are one revision and five that are another revision you right
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might run into issues where one doesn't work with another which brings us to the
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point of all of this AMD released memory so that they would be sure that any AMD
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memory would work in any AMD motherboard without any
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fuss hold on a second okay and maximum performance
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latest generation okay okay okay build and supported by Patriot memory LLC so
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there go so yes it is a very very
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well-known lifetime warranty actually still builds modules in North America
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brand that is building and supporting these for AMD they have black pcbs which
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I think is a must on anything that you're going to call Performance Edition
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which is on the other side and then you got your sort of standard part number
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built by Patriots see it's not really a secret really uh warranty void if
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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
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thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at AMD
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memory