Review: Stuart "Veridian3" Davidson
Editor/Design: Allan "Zardon" Campbell

We all know how the choice of RAM affects current P4 and Athlon systems, but just how does the choice of memory affect the performance of your AMD Opteron (or Athlon FX) system. Today we take a look at a stick of Crucial DDR 333 and look at what gains can be obtained over DDR 266.

Packaging and the Stick:

The memory comes packaged in Crucial’s brown cardboard box which provides more than adequate protection from the outside world. Upon opening the box the DIMM is sealed in anti-static material as with most PC components.

Module Details:
• Module Size: 512MB
• Package: 184-pin DIMM
• Feature: DDR PC2700
• Configuration: 64Meg x 72
• DIMM Type: Registered
• Error Checking: ECC
• Speed: 6ns
• Voltage: 2.5V
• SDRAM Timings:CL=2.5

For information, and to purchase click here : http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/PartSpecs.asp?imodule=CT6472Y335&cat=RAM

Build quality, as with all crucial components is excellent, as well as being built well Crucial back up all memory products with a lifetime warranty so should anything go wrong they will be more than happy to replace your product. You can read up in detail on Crucial’s warranty and replacement procedure here :

http://www.crucial.com/uk/kb/FAQByCategory.asp?category=Returns%2FWarranty&RowCount=10

As expected there were no issues with installation of the ram.

 

Next: the test setup