By far the best Tech Tips episode we’ve yet produced. We’ve been hard at work shooting and re-shooting this episode to reduce the repetition and provide a more engaging viewing experience.

Part of the reason for the improvements is the important nature of the subject matter. After the tremendous interest in our Asus EEE (original) memory upgrade video, we felt that it would be great to do a showcase of some of the competing products in the market right now.

Also stay tuned for a follow up to this video featuring the Asus EEE 1000 which from my initial impressions is possibly better than any of the ones we have in Tech Tips #16.

This was a tough topic for me to approach. On one hand I’ve got the state of the memory market right now, which is >99% DDR2, but on the other hand, I’ve got to consider that that’s about to change. DDR3 is quickly becoming a viable option. X38/X48 and 790i were designed for use with DDR3, whereas all of the previous chipsets were designed for use with DDR2 and DDR3 support felt like something of an afterthought.

I’ve been criticized a little bit for calling out Corsair’s marketing names for their products and ignoring the others, but when it comes down to it, A) Corsair is a GREAT choice for system memory and power supplies (and anything else they make), and B) They were the ones who ponied up the RAM for us to showcase in the Tech Tips. If anyone else had asked to have their RAM featured, we would have been happy to oblige. It all comes down to support, and I’ll support whoever supports the Tech Tips project.