A-DATA Vitesta PC2-6400 Kit

The A-DATA Extreme Edition DDR2 800+ 2x1GB memory kit offers very decent performance for the price. Although it trailed consistently to our Micron D9GMH based OCZ Reaper HPC RAM by just those few points at default settings, the difference it makes in everyday computing is negligible -- what really matters is that it performed very consistently against the other RAM in the market today across the board. What really surprised me was its overclocking ability -- managing a 17% overclock, 5-5-5 timings stable at warranty voltage limit is excellent. Give it an additional 0.1V with the same timings, then we've got a 22% overclock, but at the cost of your warranty. Regardless, this is truly more than what I'd expect from RAM in this market segment. If A-DATA improves what their warranty covers (Such as something similar to OCZ's EVP), it will appeal more to overclocking enthusiasts. Generally speaking, if you are looking for DDR2 RAM at an affordable price with a bit of overclocking headroom, the A-DATA Extreme Edition DDR2-800+ 2x1GB is probably not a bad choice.

This memory comes very much recommended for mainstream to high-end enthusiast platform with for example NVIDIA's 680i nForce series. On that topic, for those interested, the memory is SLI (EPP) memory capable. meaning that if you enabled it in the mainboard BIOS the memory will automatically be configured optimally. Just make sure your system is capable of utilizing the memory frequency.

If the vast majority of Extreme Edition DDR2 800+ memory modules are capable of cracking the 1000MHz barrier using the CAS4-4-4-12 timings, then I believe at $49 US we could quite possibly have the best value DDR2 memory in existence.

"While these particular modules have been moved to their mainstream memory lines the Vitesta name lives on to support their Low Latency and High Performance products."

The Vitesta memory is priced similarly as other DDR2-800 modules, but offers faster timings and better overclocks, which makes this an extreme value for anyone looking to fill those empty slots on their motherboard.