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Aside from sounding like a manufacturer of high quality tazers, Kingston actually produces some pretty good quality memory. The modules we are looking at, are rated at 1000MHz, just like the Crucial memory.

Not only are these rated at the same frequency, with the same 5-5-5-15 timings, they look very similar too. Aside from the blue colour, which I absolutely love, the heat spreaders are identical in every way. Unlike Crucial who customised the PCB to be black, these are on a green PCB. They are my favourite modules to look at of the group test – but then I've always been a fan of bold, bright colours.


Unlike the Corsair and Crucial modules, the SPD data for these modules in wrong, with no data for 1000MHz inserted.


This is where the Kingston modules separate themselves from the seemingly similar Crucial modules, by keeping up with the rest and overclocking to 1200MHz.

At £313.14, these are competitively priced, but offer no benefit over the £35 cheaper Corsair. Price aside, these are good modules. However, they aren't stocked in many places and I wouldn't go out of my way to make a separate purchase. If prices should lower however, I would be happy to hunt them down.

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