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Kingston announces water-cooled memory
MEMORY VENDOR Kingston Technology has built a water-cooled system for its high-end Hyper X family of memory modules.
It manufactured the kit to appease modders and it might prove popular with gamers playing the red hot StarCraft 2, which has been suffering from overheating issues and could do with added help from cooler components.
Kingston calls the water-cooled Hyper X memory lineup 'H2O' with rather straightforward lack of imagination.
The water-cooled DDR3 memory includes 4GB sticks running at 2133 MHz and 6GB sticks running at 2000 MHz. It's bound for the bedroom modder with cash to spare for building water-cooled systems who doesn't want to miss the chance to use cooler memory.
"Water cooling is desirable for its quiet operation and long-term reliability. We are bringing Hyper X H2O to market as a solution for PC enthusiasts who want to build water-cooled systems using high quality Kingston products," said Mark Tekunoff, senior technology manager at Kingston.
Bizarrely, Kingston is renaming its original Hyper X module series as Genesis just to confuse its customers.
Kingston's 'H20' line of water-cooled memory is out now and comes backed by Kingston's lifetime warranty. It'll be available through Kingston itself and stockists. The cheapest flavour will set you back £98 but the 6GB behemoth is priced at £147. µ
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Yeah, its 4GB and 6GB kits, not sticks.
"The water-cooled DDR3 memory includes 4GB sticks running at 2133 MHz and 6GB sticks running at 2000 MHz."
Wait, are you sure its not 4GB and 6GB kits (dual channel and triple channel)? Seeing larger ram sticks in general population would be good, don't get me wrong, but gamers seem obsessed with small amounts of faster ram, when windows seven seems to do better over time with large amounts of somewhat slower ram.
...I really don't see the need to watercool DDR3 as it runs at a lower voltage. Only when you get close to 2 volts does it need some extra cooling.
DDR3 hardly gets warm compared to DDR2.
Even the big heatsinks on some modules are overkill.