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US Modular Cold Fusion DDR2-800 2x1GB Memory Kit
IntroductionUS Modular's enthusiast parts are all recent additions to their portfolio. In fact, the Cold Fusion RAM is their first big, branded push into the profitable arena, and it's kicking off with the DDR2 reviewed here. While they're mostly known for their portable hard drives and USB flash drives, US Modular has been making system memory in California long enough to know how to bin the good stuff and slap some swanky blue heatspreaders on it. Of course, in order to make a name for themselves, this memory will have to fly. Does Cold Fusion have what it takes to stir up the ranks? The Memory It's not apparent on the deep blue heatspreaders that this RAM rolls tight 4-12-4-4 timings, or that it operates on 2.0V. I had to consult the documentation because it auto-detected as JEDEC-standard DDR2-800, 5-15-5-5 @ 1.8V, but it did boot up just fine and ran well with the incorrect settings. The heatspreaders have a high-quality blue metal flake paint job, and are made of heavy aluminum. They don't take up any more room than necessary, and don't stick out above the PCB, though they are curved to wrap around it smoothly. Test Setup We bench RAM on high-end hardware with heavy overclocking features to rule out potential motherboard, processor, and video card bottlenecks, while using synthetic testing applications and games for benchmarks. Each benchmark is run three times and the results of each test are averaged together. Lastly, we overclock the memory to round out the review. Test Computer Processor: AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ (Provided by AMD) Memory: US Modular Cold Fusion DDR2-800MHz @ 4-12-4-4 (Provided by US Modular) Motherboard: DFI LANPARTY UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G Power Supply: Thermaltake Purepower 1000W (Provided by Thermaltake) Operating System: Windows XP Professional w/ SP2 (Provided by Microsoft)
Page 1: Introduction, The Memory & Test Setup
Page 2: Testing - Games, Synthetic Applications & Overclocking Page 3: Performance Summary & Conclusion 
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