“Today we are reviewing Silicon Power’s high speed dual channel XPower DDR3 2000 (PC3-16000) RAM, compatible with Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 platforms, and has a CAS of 9. It is part of their overclocking lineup, designed for enthusiasts. Other models in their lineup include DDR3 1600 (CAS 8) and DDR3 1800/2133 (CAS 9). Our review sample comes with 2 sticks, each 2GB.”Here are some more Memory articles from around the web:
- Mushkin Radioactive 996958 PC3 12800 2X2GB Memory Review @ OCC
- G.Skill Trident DDR3-2500 4GB @ OC3D
- Patriot Viper Xtreme DDR3 2000MHz Kit Review @ Neoseeker
- Wintec Industries 4GB AMPX DDR2 1066MHz Extreme Dual Channel Memory Kit Review @ Modsynergy
- Crucial Ballistix DDR3-2133 (PC3-17000) 4Gb Kit @ FunkyKit
- 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws 2000MHz DDR3 Memory @ Benchmark Reviews
Testing out Silicon Power’s new DDR3 kit

Silicon Power have been around for 7 years and mostly have provided CF card but are extending their expertise to SSDs and RAM. In this particular review it is the XPower DDR3 2000 RAM, nothing to do with MSI even with a name similar to a particular Big Bang series motherboard. The stats are right, a pair of XMP profiles will have you running at either DDR3-1800 @ 9-9-9-24 or DDR3-2000 @ 9-9-9-27, at least in theory. What Bjorn3D found was that the XMP profiles would not work properly for them and they had to manually set up the DIMMs. Not the most auspicious start but in the end the DIMMs did run solidly at their specified speeds, it just took a little work.