DDR3 is still a little slow on the uptake, and our recent guide; "What to pay for your desktop RAM in late May 2008", still favoured the cheap-as-chips DDR2.
Still, when cost isn't a factor and you need the best of the best, DDR3 is where its at. Dell, therefore, has turned to Corsair to squeeze that little bit more juice from its flagship extreme-gaming system, the XPS 730.
The XPS 730, which starts at $3,999 in the US, is now available with 4GiB of overclocked DDR3 memory. Corsair has marked the occasion by announcing that "DDR3 memory is now officially ready for the prime time".
The system packs four Corsair Dominator DDR3 1333MHz DIMMs, overclocked to run at a frequency of 1600MHz. Corsair promises rock-solid stability and dramatic increases in memory bandwidth and system performance.
Patrick Desbois, Dell XPS Gaming Engineering, said:
"The XPS 7XX-series platform is the ideal place for Dell to showcase the best that PC performance hardware has to offer. We had very aggressive performance goals for this platform, including the ability to run 4GB of overclocked main memory with rock-solid stability. Corsair’s DOMINATOR DDR3 modules were the only logical choice for the best-in-class performance memory required for the Dell XPS 730."
Sadly, there's no UK availability just yet. UK pricing for the XPS 730 starts at £2,999, but you'll have to make do without the overclocked memory for now.
Official press release: CORSAIR AND DELL USHER IN 1600MHz MEMORY FOR EXTREME GAMING PERFORMANCE
Official product page (US): Dell.com
