Corsair
Dominator PC2-8888:
Corsair's
Dominator modules look significantly different
to the majority of memory which is available at
the time of writing. Whilst the internal parts
of the unit still comprise of memory chips connected
to a PCB it is the cooling design that has undergone
a radical change. Shown below is a detailed diagram
and picture of the heat spreader. From the top
we can see that there are several rows of fins
which transfer heat from the PCB and chips. There
is one further aspect of the cooling design, however
we shall get to that shortly...


The
specifications of the Dominator modules being
tested today are very impressive, the modules
are spd programmed at 555Mhz with timings of 4-4-4-12
and are rated up to 1111Mhz at the same timings
using 2.4 volts.
We
mentioned above that the newly designed heat spreaders
are only part of the cooling solution which Corsair
employ on the Dominator modules. Shown below is
the other aspect of the products cooling, the
Dominator Airflow. This cooler is similar in design
to the cooler provided by Abit with certain Fatality
boards and blows air down through the memory modules.
Currently only the Cas4 PC2-8888 modules come
with the Airflow.
Specifications:
Comes
with Dominator Air flow Fan for maximum thermal
transfer
100% tested at 1111MHz in high performance DDR2
motherboards
Lifetime warranty
Each module pair is tested together at 1111MHz
Tested and packaged in pairs
Packaged together immediately following system
test
Tested at EPP SPD settings (4-4-4-12-2T ) at 2.4V
at 1111MHz
SPD programmed at:
JEDEC standard 5-5-5-18 values at 800MHz
EPP standard 4-4-4-12-2T, 2.4V values