Page 10 - Conclusion
Usually, when we write our review conclusions here at APH Networks, it is not only our aim to round up our findings, but to also deliver a message that corresponds to the introduction. Because I composed the introduction to this article months before I finished anything, I had to go back to Page 1 to see what went on in the opening. And man... as I sit here with the clock just about to tick past 11:00 pm trying to get this published for tomorrow morning, the only thing I could say about my introduction is, I probably spent way too much time reading Wikipedia when I wrote it, haha. Either way, the point is, not everything has to make sense for it to work in real life. It is true most people don't need 16GB in their laptop. It is true DDR3-1600 does not provide a significant performance advantage over DDR3-1333; at least for dual core processors. It is true memory heatspreaders don't do much in a laptop, if at all. But guess what? As I have stated in my Kingston HyperX PnP DDR3-1600 2x4GB review, this product it did not get its 'plug and play' name for no apparent reason -- it works out of the box at DDR3-1600, even if your laptop does not officially support that speed. Secondly, the HyperX PnP SODIMM is looks exactly like a miniature version of its desktop counterparts. What can I say? We are all suckers for marketing to some extent. Thirdly, it does, in fact, improve performance by a margin. Surprise surprise. Throw all three puzzle pieces together, and what do you get? With the 8GB kit, I said you get a big e-peen. With the 16GB, you get a big e-peen... that is twice as big as before. With the Kingston HyperX PnP KHX16S9P1K2/16 2x8GB, the best just got better.
Kingston provided this product to APH Networks for the purpose of evaluation.
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The best just got better: Retailing for about $150 at press time, the Kingston HyperX PnP KHX16S9P1K2/16 2x8GB is not cheap, but if money will get you the very best, then the very best you shall get.
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Page Index
1. Introduction, Packaging, Specifications
2. A Closer Look, Installation, Test System
3. Benchmark: AIDA64 CPU
4. Benchmark: AIDA64 FPU
5. Benchmark: AIDA64 Memory
6. Benchmark: PCMark 7
7. Benchmark: 3DMark 11
8. Benchmark: PassMark PerformanceTest 7.0
9. Benchmark: SuperPI 1M, Cinebench R11.5
10. Conclusion
