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Today we are looking at SuperTalent's PC2-8000 dual channel memory kit - the T1000UX2G5.

Even before the release of Windows Vista, the amount of memory in your PC has become perhaps the dominant factor of how well your PC will perform - realistically, you will want to have at least 2GB of memory before even trying Vista.

The T1000UX2G5 - to which I will refer to as "SuperTalent PC2-8000" from now on - is a matched pair of high performance memory modules for use in today's memory hungy applications.  DDR2 has taken over as the only mainstream memory, and while newer memory technologies will certainly push it aside in a few years, it will be the mainstay for PC's for at least the next year or two.

The SuperTalent PC2-8000 have the following specifications:

• 240 pin unbuffered non-ECC standard DDR2 DIMMs
• two 1GB sticks in a kit
• 1000MHz (equiv) at 5-5-5-15 timings
• sixteen 64Mx8 chips per module
• SPD programmed for 800-5-5-5-15
• 2.2V at 1000MHz
• Lifetime Warranty
• Tested to meet specifications in the Asus P5WD2

As you can see from the photo's, the memory is covered by a large blue heatspreader - which has a lot of small embossed ridges to increase the surface area available for dissipating heat. During testing, even when significantly beyond specifications, the heatsinks were only lukewarm.

Ok, enough babbling - let's get on with the review!