Features:

The Corsair PC4400 operates at 275Mhz front side bus frequency with RAM timings set to 3-4-4-8 by default. The timings are certainly not the best especially when DDR400 or PC3200 can achieve timings up to 2-2-2-5/6. Surely, the RAM timings determine some performance but the rest of the performance also depends on the frequency the memory is operating at and the amount of bandwidth it can provide. The Pentium 4 processors are bandwidth hungry and will gain performance with the extra bandwidth provided by the RAM.

Aside the default performance of the memory, overclocking is the next thing that comes to the overall picture. At the tightest timings of 2-2-2-5/6, Corsair's DDR400 can reach up to 260Mhz speeds. This is not the case with every memory though. DDR400 can only go to a certain point and after that it’s the end of the overclocking quest for the enthusiast. Sure, you can run the memory in unsync. mode with the processor but mostly, that's the not the best setting for ultimate performance.

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