AMD Radeon Edition DDR3 Memory Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2013-05-07
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Welcome to an unpro unpromptu impromptu
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unboxing uh here in the crazy Russian
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laboratory which is actually messier than usual. You guys got to do something
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about this. I mean look at this Beats headphones. Who leaves this kind of
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stuff lying around? Disgusting. Anyway, back to the product that I'm unboxing
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today. So, this is AMD's Radeon edition memories. So, I don't know if you guys
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remember this, but when they first launched the AMD memory, there was
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entertainment edition, performance edition, and there was supposed to be
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Radeon edition, but it never materialized. It's finally here. So, the
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Radeon grade memory is clocked at higher frequencies than the entertainment and
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performance edition series of memory. Um, other than that, the heat spreader
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is very similar. The aesthetic is very similar. The whole idea behind it is
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very similar where they're using JDK timing so that you don't have any
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difficulty with compatibility and controlling the bomb that is the bill of
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materials the stuff being used in it so that compatibility will be optimized for
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AMD systems. So all of those concepts are still there with the Radeon series
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having slightly more performance. In this case the memory that I've got right
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here is actually running at 1866 MHz.
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However, the timings are a little bit on. Oh, no. These are CL9 1.5 volt. So,
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actually these are these look pretty good. Okay, so blah blah blah. Low
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profile heat spreader assures protection and high compatibility testing running
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frequencies up to 1866 and program with Jag timings. So, all this should be
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pretty straightforward. Remember guys, just because it's AMD memory doesn't mean it only works in AMD systems. It'll
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also work in an Intel system just fine. The kit I have here is a 2x4 gig kit,
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although they are available in a wide variety of different configurations. So
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here you can see what they mean by lowprofile heat spreader. So it's pretty
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much right even with the top of the PCB, which means no matter what kind of a
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heat sink you got going on on your CPU, you're not going to have any difficulty
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with clearance. I mean, some memory. Ah, here here's a perfect example. A Patriot
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Viper kit that has sort of a higher heat spreader on it might have compatibility
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issues. So there, that pretty much covers it. So, if you've got an AMD
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system and you want AMD memory to go with it because it has like a sweet
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black PCB and sweet black and red color scheme, then you could go with AMD
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memory to match your sweet black and red color scheme. Thanks for checking out
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