How To: Crucial Ballistix Elite Memory Installation & X.M.P. Setup

Buying and installing memory is the easiest and most simple way to upgrade your PC or Mac and its usually not even that expensive to get a simple performance upgrade by simply adding better or more memory to your system. The thing is, many people just stick the memory in the system and never go into the BIOS to make sure you engage your XMP memory profile. This is a very easy thing to do and just involves going into the BIOS and making a single change that will make your memory run at the speeds it was intended for.
Some memory will have both a XMP 1 and XMP 2 setting with the 1 setting at higher than normal and setting 2 for even higher settings. Not all memory will have this ability, but most will have at least one XMP profile available. Doing this ensures that your system is taking full advantage of the available speed your memory is capable of. In today’s How-To video I show you how to install and then set your XMP profile to its correct settings. I am using the new Crucial Ballistix Elite 1866Mhz and the ASUS Maximum V Extreme motherboard for this video. This is a very easy and simple thing to accomplish and doing so will make sure you are getting your moneys worth out of your memory.
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Kingston ships HyperX Predator 2800MHz Memory for Overclockers, Enthusiasts and System Builders

If you are into fast memory but still need it to be stable, Kingston has something coming that will warm your gaming heart. Overclockers, enthusiast and system builders will all be pleased to hear about the release of Kingston’s latest HyperX memory shipping at 2800MHz. In addition to top speeds, HyperX Predator features an aggressive design to enhance the look and performance of the latest PC hardware while providing greater heat dissipation to optimize memory reliability.
The new HyperX Predator memory is IntelXMP ready and has been fully tested and validated on a wide range of motherboards currently available on the market. End users can easily overclock their systems by simply selecting a profile in BIOS with no need for manual adjustments. Kingston is well know for very stable memory and for being a player who only releases products that have been thoroughly market tested before selling them to ensure that only performance driven stable parts are in their product lineup.

These new HyperX kits shows Kingston moving into faster territory and with aggressive speeds that any PC junkie will love to get their hands on. XMP settings are very easy to use and implement and make it very simple for the end user to get instant performance right out of the box by just enabling a simple XMP 1 profile and saving it in your BIOS. Kingston had this to sat in regards to this new product: “We are proud to offer our flagship 2800MHz memory kits to overclockers, benchmarkers and system builders throughout the world,” said Lawrence Yang, HyperX business manager, Kingston. “Our HyperX engineers will continue working hard to improve high-speed yields to get faster product in the hands of our customers.” Kingston’s HyperX Predator is available in speeds up to 2800MHz and kits from 8GB to 16GB in various dual- and quad-channel configurations. The new 2800MHz kit is currently available in a 8GB kit of two with a CAS latency of 12. For more information visit the HyperX home page. Thanks for reading Tech Of Tomorrow. Does this sound really cool to you? Personally I can’t wait to get my hands on a kit and see how well it performs, as this is some pretty fast stuff.

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DDR4 memory may not find way into PCs, tablets until 2015

Analysts expect high-end servers to include DDR4 technology by the second half of 2014

While major memory vendors have started producing next-generation DDR4 memory, don't expect to see it in servers until late next year, and in PCs and tablets for about 18 months.

Crucial Technology's upcoming DDR4 memory board

Until Intel and AMD begin supporting DDR4 in their processor boards, users won't be able to enjoy the benefits of the technology, which offer twice the performance, twice the base capacity (16GB) and 20% to 40% less power consumption than today's technology, according to industry analysts.
Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron are already producing DDR4 memory boards.
Both Intel and AMD have confirmed to Computerworld that each expects to begin supporting DDR4 memory on processor boards next year.
At its Developer Forum in September, Intel demonstrated the second generation of its 3D processor technology -- the Broadwell chip -- which supports DDR4 memory.
"Broadwell, the first product on 14 [nanometer process], is up-and-running. Production is slated to begin in the first quarter of 2014, and Broadwell will launch in the second half of 2014," an Intel spokesman told Computerworld in an email.
Mike Howard, an analyst at IHS, said it's likely that not all Broadwwell chips will support DDR4.
The technology will be supported first on servers, while client users will have to wait for Intel's Skylake architecture for DDR4 support. Skylake is expected to bring support for DDR4, PCIe 4.0 and SATA Express.
"The only real customer [for DDR4] right now is Intel for use in next-generation system validation," Howard said in an email. "We are still 18 months away from client PCs with DDR4."
While AMD has not yet disclosed a timeline for DDR4 support on its Opteron server processors, it did say they will be out some time next year. AMD also said it is working with system makers and memory partners to ensure support "when the technology is both available and affordable for the volume server" market.

Crucial's graphic depicting the difference between previous generation DDR memory and its upcoming DDR4 memory

IDC forecasts that DDR4 support in high-end servers will begin in 2014 via non-Intel/AMD memory controllers, such as those from IBM and Fujitsu. Thus, DDR4 will represent less than 1% of DRAM bit share in 2014, IDC said.
"We believe that Intel and AMD support for DDR4 in the memory controller on their processors will begin in late 2014 or early 2015 and lead to the ramp of DDR4 towards the end of the year as the DDR4 price premium subsides," said Shane Rau, research vice president at IDC's Computing Semiconductors unit.
In 2015, DDR4 will represent 9% of DRAM bit share, Rau said. DDR4 technology shipments aren't expected to pass DDR3 until 2016.
DDR4 supports lower voltage, higher throughput, and higher capacity than DDR3.
The benefits of DDR4 will first be seen in the data center because server users place a higher value on power efficiency, performance and capacity, and because such computers have more room in their bill-of-materials to accommodate a memory premium.
Meanwhile, Crucial Technology joined the ranks of major memory makers supporting DDR4 memory earlier this year when it announced it will ship the technology by the end of 2013. Crucial is owned by Micron, which had previously announced DDR4 production.
The Micron DDR4 DRAM modules and Crucial DDR4 DRAM modules will both use the same technology. The differences between the branded products are their target customers -- Micron sells to system makers and Crucial to channel partners and consumers.
In a vivid set of graphics, Crucial listed all of the benefits of upgrading to its DDR4 memory upgrade. They include using up to 20% less voltage than DDR3 memory (meaning longer battery life), performance at twice the speed with 2133MHz and a volatile data storage capacity of 8GB to 16GB.
"Higher density modules will allow for greater RAM capacity, which will pave the way for next-gen performance," Crucial stated on its promotional website.
Crucial's DDR4 memory will also have a 2.1GHz processor for faster application load times.

The benefits of DDR4 memory

  

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