OCZ 3700 GOLD: Building High-Performance Memory
by Wesley Fink on August 7, 2003 8:34 PM EST- Posted in
- Memory
Testing the Process
The Lasering explanation sounds good, but we at AnandTech are proud of being skeptics. Armed with the impressive base numbers above from a totally different source, we asked OCZ Technology for more info on their process. Furthermore, we asked OCZ for DIMMs made with unbinned, unlasered chips, as well as unbinned, lasered chips. The requested samples were received the next day.
As you can see in the unlasered samples, the chips are indeed Samsung TCB3. However, the Samsung labeling on the chips used by OCZ indicate a later revision number (E) than our earlier Samsung on the Crucial DIMMs (D).
A quick check at Samsung shows the later chips rated at the same specs to DDR400. We asked Ryan Peterson of OCZ about the significance, if any, of the later revision. He indicated that the later E rev chips do perform better at high speeds than D rev chips.
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Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - link
#63, you clearly don't read AT's reviews very closely. Take a look at AT's recent KT600 reviews and you'll see that they continually suggeset purchasing nForce2 U400 motherboards instead. They don't go all out and bash the KT600 motherboard because there IS NO REASON TO. KT600 boards are SLIGHTLY slower, SLIGHTLY poorer overclockers, and come with the same features for a lower price. Sure, enthusiasts will always go with nForce2 U400, but that doesn't make KT600 motherboards terrible, and therefore deserving of a bad review.Yikes, get a clue.
Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
Well, Mushkin is here and pleaes post your questions....Let me know what you need and we will try to assist.You can also post your questions at
http://forums.mushkin.com/phpbb2/
Duonger
Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
Well, Mushkin is here and pleaes post your questions....Let me know what you need and we will try to assist.You can also post your questions at
http://forums.mushkin.com/phpbb2/
Duonger
Anonymous User - Monday, August 18, 2003 - link
What it all boils down to isn't how the memory is made, it is the quality of product.OCZ has a quality product. One OCZ rep in particular, Sean Sinah, has stayed up until 3 AM to personally answer my question. Let's see Corsair or Mushkin do that.
I personally believe that Mushkin, Corsair and OCZ all make good product. Beyond product, OCZ has the customer service.
Anonymous User - Sunday, August 17, 2003 - link
to post #63, so your saying AT can't review anything to do with an Intel or AMD CPU since I see AMD and Intel advertised here, which means they can't use it in any reviews at all, gee you sure are a smart one.Anonymous User - Saturday, August 16, 2003 - link
It doesn't take a genius to search the sites of AT and see that the advertisers products that do get reviewed never get bad ratings. Why is this? Or better yet, why review an advertisers product? Don't you think people won't think something is fishy behind that?Anonymous User - Thursday, August 14, 2003 - link
To clarify that last post, all OCZ advertisements on the website are co-brand advertisements, meaning they do not come from OCZ. For example, the ATACOM banner with OCZ on it is ATACOM promoting their OCZ products.Anonymous User - Thursday, August 14, 2003 - link
#49We do not get paid by OCZ nor will we anytime soon. Unlike other hardware sites (whom OCZ can probably vouche for), we just dont do those kinds of things
Anonymous User - Thursday, August 14, 2003 - link
#49We do not get paid by OCZ nor will we anytime soon. Unlike other hardware sites (whom OCZ can probably vouche for), we just dont do those kinds of things
Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - link
56, WHO CARES?!!!! Does it run good? Buy it, use it, and be happy for crying our loud! I've never seen so many whiners in all my life...is this what AT is reduced to? :(