Mushkin's Level II memory was originally manufactured using Winbond BH-5 chips which offered timings of 2-2-2 at DDR400. Unfortunately, Winbond decided to change its focus and removed itself from the market. Due to the lack of BH-5 chips, most memory manufacturers had to discontinue their 2-2-2 memory. Last June, however, Samsung answered the prayers of memory manufacturers and consumers alike when they released their new TCCD chips, bringing back those extremely low latencies we once knew and loved! Not only do the new chips offer aggressive timings, they also have plenty of headroom and should allow for overclocks in excess of DDR500!

Corsair was the first company to introduce new modules based on Samsung's new chips. But, not to be outdone, Mushkin and OCZ announced new modules the very next day. We took a look at Corsair's PC3200 XL Pro memory earlier this month and were pleasantly surprised. Today, we will be looking at a 1 GB dual channel set of Mushkin's PC3200 Level II V2. Can Mushkin's PC3200 hold its own against Corsair? Does the use of the same chips mean we should expect the same performance? There's only one way to find out.



Link: The Tech Lounge