The market for system memory is a mixed blessing with so many different manufacturers. A handful make the memory circuits themselves, a larger portion mounts these on circuits boards and eventually we have a seemingly endless variation of memory types with even more varying specifications. When you've finally found the needle in the haystack you can be sure that the manufacturer will change to a new revision of the memory modules and a worse collection of chips. For the anonymous regular user there is no reason to worry, no matter revision the modules should work as expected. The enthusiast on the other hand have a totally different view. A change of revision can transform what was once a pair of highly overclockable memories to a pair of marginally overclocking sticks which refuse to do go anywhere not matter how much voltage you feed them. Keeping yourself updated with the latest changes have become a necessity.
The end manufacturers have come up with a numerous ways to profile themselves; large aluminum profiles for heatsinks in various shapes and colors, blinking diodes, 7 segment displays and seemingly expensive and personal packaging. At the same time, they seem eager to hide the most important information of all, which directly tells us what's actually important. The performance.
Today we at NordicHardware will look at a kit from a newcomer called CompuStocx, or just CSX. What makes CSX different from most other manufacturers is that they are going against the flow and cut through all of the details that have no affect on the performance and are at the same time very clear with what circuits they are using. You don't have to go through data sheets or keep track of revisions, CSX prints the original product code right on the memory.
Let's look at the specifications.
