Overclockers.com.au just published a wonderful review of A-DATA PC4000 DDR500 memory. Instead of the usual 1 stick/pair of sticks, they got 12. This way, their review much more resembles real life situations, not that you use 12 sticks, but this gives you some clue about the variation in quality.
The downside of this is that they were less abundant whilst testing memory timings; they only tested at SPD levels when using single channel config, and 4 different settings in dual channel mode.
The A-DATA sticks appear to perform well, as long as you use conservative timings; a selection of quotes from the conclusion:
“A-DATA PC 4000 is delivering what the manufacturer is advertising and even more than this. All of the tested 12 modules 256 MB A-Data PC 4000 passed Memtest-86 at 268 MHz in dual channel mode. The best 4 modules passed Memtest-86 at 277 MHz. Almost all modules could complete the Sandra memory bandwidth benchmark at 280 MHz in single mode.
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On the negative side it has to be mentioned that the tested A-DATA PC 4000 modules did not run at low latency, “aggressive” timings.
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Given the price of around 65~70 USD in Asia for the 256 MB module and 140 USD for the 512 M module A-DATA PC 4000 offers an excellent cost vs performance ratio. “
Read the full article here.
