Testseek.com have collected 36 expert reviews of the Kingston PC3-17000 2133MHz HyperX Genesis Series and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Kingston PC3-17000 2133MHz HyperX Genesis Series.
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Low Profile Heatspreders
Quad Channel
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16GB
XMP Profiles
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Solid performance in benchmarks and real world usage
High speed and (relatively) tight timings with minimal effort thanks to XMP profiles
Competitively priced with other 4GB 2133MHz DDR3 kits
In the introduction we postulated as to whether the Genesis truly was something that heralded a new dawn, and a vital purchase for your shiny new system, or if it's merely the same as a P55 kit, but with a different branding for the sales benefits therein...
In terms of aesthetics, these HyperX Genesis Grey modules are sleek, and would fabulous in just about any P67 motherboard with a blue, black, or grey colour scheme. From a functional perspective, the heatspreaders are very low profile and will avoid an...
The Greys performed very well on the Sandy Bridge platform, providing great performance without over-the-top heat spreaders that have become so popular over the last few years. Because of the design, heatsink mounting was no trouble in either orientat...
Low profile heatspreader, Good performance, 2133MHz at 9-11-9-27 timings at 1.65V, Very nice looking heatspreader, Limited lifetime warranty
Slightly expensive than 2x2GB DDR3 running at lower speed
Sandy Bridge is already a fast processor family, and while the memory controller is built into the processor, we can see that the system is still able to take the advantage of the faster memory speed. In the past, picking a fast memory meant better ov...
Published: 2011-01-21, Author: brian , review by: legitreviews.com
The Kingston HyperX Genesis 2133MHz kit "suits up" in special edition grey and cranks up the memory speed, enabling your processor to reach it's full potential at the highest overclocks. Backed by a lifetime warranty and the biggest name in the memor...
Abstract: While Kingston has struggled to give its products creative names, it’s had no such problem when it comes to giving them performance. The latest release from Kingston’s enthusiast line, HyperX, is a 4 x 4GB kit rated at 2,133MHz with timings of 11-1...
Abstract: Benchmark-setters can continue to seek out premium modules with high frequencies and low latencies - a combination likely to deliver impressive synthetic results - but in the real world, these extreme configurations will show little gain in performance. Even overclockers will find that a sm..
Abstract: Last month, for the first time in a while, we took a look at various different memory products which were designed for Intel's X58 architecture...
