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 Kingston is also one of the main companies that waste no time fooling around when it comes to making memory. They currently provide memory for everything that needs memory, from desktop to printers and digital cameras to PDAs. Like Corsair, Kingston's fastest memory is rated to run at 337MHz (PC2-5400) with slightly lower latencies of 4-4-4-10. While the lower latencies are not that much better, in fact, miniscule, it is still a feat that no other has yet to accomplish. The Kingston HyperX PC2-5400 has been JEDEC programmed to run at 4-4-4-12, which means that it will automatically be detected to run at 4-4-4-12. There's no need to worry when you see this because you can manually change the latencies to 4-4-4-10. This can be thought of as a safety precaution for those who have no idea what goes on in the BIOS. You'd be surprised at how many people buy hardware expecting it to overclock on its own. Another feature that puts the HyperX PC2-5400 at high rank is the required voltage. Kingston only requires the low 1.8v to run the specified speeds and latencies. All other companies either require 1.9v or 2.0v. While the difference of 0.1v-0.2v doesn't matter much, it's good to know you won't need extra voltage to run at high speeds. This is especially helpful for motherboards that provide extremely limited BIOS options, but then again, you wouldn't want to go and waste this memory in that system. The HyperX PC2-5400 comes with blue aluminum heatspreaders that have been upgraded from the past. No there are no new performance enhancing tricks nor are there special cooling aids. The heatspreaders received improved looks and I must say that it does look more appealing. You just can't go wrong with blue. The Kingston HyperX PC2-5400 also overclocked like a champ. Like the Corsair XMS PC2-5400 Pro, the HyperX was able to run as low as 3-3-2-6 at 266MHz. The thing that made the HyperX better than the Corsair was that at the rated speed of 337MHz, PC2-5400, the HyperX was able to run as low as 4-4-3-8. Going back for the highest frequency possible, the HyperX also reached the motherboard limit of 265FSB, resulting with the memory running at 354MHz. One thing to note though is that this is with the latencies running at 4-4-4-10 and a voltage of 1.9v. There was no need to loosen up the timings in order to run at the blazing speed of 354MHz.
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