Kingston HyperX H2O 4GB 2133Mhz: KHX2133C9AD3W1K2/4GX

There are several brand name enthusiast PC memory manufacturing companies in the market today that all use similar IC’s with comparable performance levels, warranties, and customer support. So how do you stand out from the crowd in this environment? You innovate in the areas of heat management and the visual impact of your memory kit. It is a well known fact that the enemy of maximum performance in the PC arena is heat, and it is also well known that liquid cooling moves heat away from components much better than air. For those of you that want to go deep on water cooling, Kingston has the answer by integrating a water tube in the heat spreader of their top of the line HyperX memory and rebranding it HyperX H2O.

When it comes to water cooling there are generally two camps, either only focus on the CPU and GPU, or put everything possible under water. You can read for days on your water cooling forum of choice about people debating the advantages of water cooling the motherboard VRM’s and SouthBridge along with the system DRAM. The first group points to all kinds of benchmarks showing no real performance gains by cooling the motherboard and RAM stating it is all about looks. The second group states that by putting everything under water they remove all heat from the case and therefore help the CPU and GPU run even cooler providing further over clocking headroom. If you are of the mind that you want to put everything under water this Hyper X H2O kit is for you.
Kingston was nice enough to send us their top of the line HyperX H20 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-17000 2133MHz kit (model: KHX2133C9AD3W1K2/4GX) for this review. Running at 2133Mhz is very fast so I expect great results from this kit especially compared to the more common 1600Mhz kits you find today.

The three flavors of the Kingston HyperX H2O memory kits available:

• 4GB (2 x 2GB) 2000MHz DDR3 CL9 Dual Channel Kit - KHX2000C9AD3W1K2/4GX
• 6GB (3 x 2GB) 2000MHz DDR3 CL9 Triple Channel Kit - KHX2000C9AD3W1K3/6GX
• 4GB (2 x 2GB) 2133MHz DDR3 CL9 Dual Channel Kit - KHX2133C9AD3W1K2/4GX

Kingston HyperX H2O 4GB Features:

• Storage Capacity: 4 GB : 2 x 2 GB
• Service & Support: Limited lifetime warranty ( Russia - 10 years )
• Type: DRAM
• Technology: DDR3 SDRAM
• Form Factor: DIMM 240-pin
• Module Height (inch): 1.88
• Memory Speed: 2133 MHz ( PC3-17000 )
• Latency Timings: CL9 ( 9-11-9-27)
• Data Integrity Check: Non-ECC
• RAM Features: Eight banks, On-Die Termination (ODT), Intel Extreme Memory Profiles (XMP), dual channel, Water-cooled system , unbuffered
• Module Configuration: 256 x 64
• Chips Organization: 128 x 8
• Supply Voltage: 1.65 V
• Lead Plating: Gold