Mushkin 512MB High Performance PC2100 DDR CL2 RAM Review

  Mushkin specializes in the distribution of the highest performing in the world.  This performance often comes at a steeper price.  To put this review in context we should remember that this was considered the highest performing chips before the dawn of DDR333 (PC2700).  We're going to run this through the gauntlet and see if we can clock to DDR 333.

     Test setup:
  AMD Athlon XP 1600+ (1400mhz) Unlocked
  Glaciator II Heatsink
  Abit KR7A-Raid (KT266A)
  512mb PC2100 DDR CL2 (2/3/3 and 2.5/3/3)
  2 x Maxtor 40GB ATA133 Hard Drives in Raid 1
  GeForce 3 Ti 500 64mb Video Card
  430 Watt Enermax EG-465P-VE PSU

     Software:
  Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  Detonator XP Video Driver (28.32) from nVIDIA
  Microsoft Direct X 8.1

     Benchmarking Software:
  SiSoft Sandra 2002 Memory Benchmark

  It is becoming increasingly harder for system components to keep up with high performance CPUs that can overclock to 30% or more of their original speed.  Often times these components become bottlenecks when trying to push your PC to its limitations.  Lets see if we can push this high performance RAM to its limits.