OCZ EL DDR PC-3500 Gold GX Dual Channel

Examination:

First things first: the heatspreaders. The gold heatspreaders on the RAM are very impressive as they are polished to an almost perfect mirror finish. Although they are very impressive, there is one issue that arises with perfectly polished heatspreaders: heat dissipation. When something is polished to such a finish, there is less surface area on the heatspreader. Cooling would probably be better if the heatspreader surface was rougher, but the difference is probably negligible. Another thing to be said about the heatspreaders is that they are very heavier and thicker than most other stock and after-market heatspreaders. Even though most heatspreaders hurt more than help, these are probably some of the best heatspreaders we’ve come across.

The sticker on the front of the heatspreaders identifies the type of memory and the stock latencies. The PN is OCZ4331024ELDCGEGX-K. Now the question most of you are asking, what modules are these babies packing? Let’s take a look under the heatspreaders.

So, there we have it. The bare OCZ chips are sitting out in the open air. So now you ask “OCZ X4W 560842C – 50 0522 what the hell is that?!” Ok well these are actually Winbond UTT chips, specifically the BH-5 variant. You can tell by the two light dimples on the surface of the chips and also there are two metal contacts sticking out of the bottom of the chips.