The two DIMMs are in a tall profile configuration. Housed in plastic to protect, it is pretty standard stuff at this point.
The DIMMs feel a little light, mainly due to the heat spreader and accent clip being made from anodized aluminum, it isn’t a cast heat spreader. They do look good though.
Test Set Up
We used the MSI Z97I GAMING AC Motherboard as a test bed. We used the X.M.P. settings then manually set the overclock when testing.
- Operating System – Windows 10 Technical Preview Jan 15
- Processor: Intel i7-4790K
- Graphics: MSI GTX 970 GAMING Twin Frozr V
- Motherboard: MSI Z97I GAMING AC Motherboard
- Drives: Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series 256 GB x2 RAID 0
- Audio: On-board Realtek High Definition Audio
- PSU: Thermaltake Smart SE 730W
Synthetic Tests
- PCMark 08
- AIDA64 Extreme
Real World Tests
- Battlefield 4
Does Windows 10 make a difference? Well probably, but you’ll be on it soon enough and from a hardware point of view, you are getting a sneak peek at what you should expect.
