With new systems major bottleneck being memory bandwidth faster memory modules are wanted. NVidia has just released nForce 2 chipset that can run memory at 400MHz DDR dual channel, when overclocked. Intel has also declared plans for new chipsets that will also use dual channel 400 MHz DDR SDRAM to power new Pentium IV'ss with 800MHz QDR system bus. And VIA and SiS have been attempting to make a 400MHz motherboard for some months now. So obviously the need for PC3200 (400MHz DDR) SDRAM is there but why would you be worried about PC3500?

Introduction

Some points to make before we started

1. PC3700 = 466MHz DDR = 233.00MHz Memory Bus
2. PC3500 = 433MHz DDR = 216.66MHz Memory Bus
3. PC3200 = 400MHz DDR = 200.00MHz Memory Bus
4. PC2700 = 333MHz DDR = 166.66MHz Memory Bus
5. PC2400 = 300MHz DDR = 150.00MHz Memory Bus
6. PC2100 = 266MHz DDR = 133.33MHz Memory Bus
7. PC1600 = 200MHz DDR = 100.00MHz Memory Bus
8. and finally when I refer to sound I am not talking about audible sound, I am talking about thermal sound

PC3500 is necessary for overclocked or new 400MHz dual channel boards. Clearly, if you’re an overclocker your going to want to push memory bus further than what it is rated to run, so PC3500 gives you assurance that memory is not prevented your overclocking ability. And for dual channel boards some of you know that PC3200 memory modules are not working well with both sticks of memory installed. Similar problem is what occurred to via and SiS 400MHz chipsets. They can run one stick without problems, though, when two sticks of memory are installed the sound in the system raises and if memory has not been engineered to hold it, memory related errors will begin popping up. Similar thing occurs when you overclock memory bus it generates more sound in system.

ABOUT GeIL

Unlike various other memory resellers, GeIL designs, companies, tests, and packages their own DRAM. GeIL started manufacturing memory modules in 1997. They made GL2000 and Golden GeIL chips in 1999. The GL2000 chips are what are used on PC3500 Platinum Ultra memory that is being reviewed, with the older PC3500 and PC3200 memory that has been reviewed here at OCAddiction before.