Introduction
The original Intel Core i7 chip,
launched
in
November 2008, has set the
desktop performance standard by which
all other are judged. That remains the case today, as the fastest
consumer chip is the Bloomfield-based
Core
i7 975 Extreme Edition.
Intel has since distilled the architecture and released the slightly
trimmed-down
Lynnfield
core in September 2009.
The chip giant has done a 'marvellous' job in confusing customers
with Core i7 branding that spans both architectures, but separating
them
is simple if you know the socket on which they're based.
All full-fat Core i7 chips ship with an LGA1366 socket, but the newer
Core i7 860 and 870 CPUs use the LGA1156 form factor.
One advantage that the older LGA1366 chips enjoy is the ability of
their memory-controller to interface with three DDR3 memory channels at
once. The triple-channel design means that many of the high-end
supporting motherboards, run on the X58 chipset, have six DIMM slots as
standard.
This preamble sets the scene for Kingston's latest DDR3 kit, aimed at
users who have a Core i7 LGA1366 system and want to maximise on the
system memory footprint when using a 64-bit operating system.
Officially released today, the 12GB HyperX kit is designed for the X58
platform and is comprised of six 2GB modules that are guaranteed to run
in tandem
at 1,600MHz CL9.
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