🧠 Kingston KVR600X16-8/128 – Technical Specifications📦 Product Summary:

• Manufacturer: Kingston Technology

• Part Number: KVR600X16-8/128

• Kit Configuration: 2 × 128MB RIMM

• Total Capacity: 256MB

• Memory Type: RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)

• Speed Grade: PC600

• Effective Speed: 600 MHz

• Error Correction: Non-ECC (for desktops, not servers)

• Form Factor: 184-pin RIMM

• Voltage: 2.5V

• Latency: Typically ~45ns (for PC600-grade)

• Buffered/Registered: Unbuffered

• Heat Spreader: Yes (metal, mandatory on all RDRAM)

🔧 Detailed Module TypeRDRAM (PC600)Pins184-pin RIMMModule Capacity128MBKit Capacity256MB (2×128MB)Clock Rate300 MHz base clock (600 MHz effective)Transfer Rate1.6 GB/s (for PC600)Module Width16-bitECC SupportNoHeat SpreaderYes – aluminumC-RIMM Required?Yes, for unoccupied RIMM slots
🔧 PC600 was one of the earliest RDRAM standards introduced around 1999–2000 alongside the Intel i820 chipset.
🖥️ Compatible PCs and Motherboards

The KVR600X16-8/128 kit is compatible with Intel 820 chipset-based systems and Socket 370 or early Socket 423 Pentium III / Pentium 4 desktops that supported non-ECC PC600 RDRAM.

✅ OEM Desktops (Non-ECC PC600 RDRAM Models):Dell:

• Dell Dimension XPS B800r / B1000r (with RDRAM option)

• Dell Dimension 4100R (rare variant)

Compaq / HP:

• Compaq Presario 7000 series (select RDRAM configs)

• HP Pavilion 8790c / 9795c (Socket 370 or 423 w/ RDRAM)

Gateway:

• Gateway Performance 1000 / 1100 RDRAM builds

• Gateway Select RDRAM desktop systems (2000–2001)

✅ Compatible Motherboards (Custom Builds):BrandModel NameNotesIntelD820LP, D820GBNative PC600/PC700/PC800 supportASUSP3C-2000 (Intel 820, Slot 1)Supports PC600/700 RDRAM, Pentium IIIMSIMS-6332Early RDRAM Pentium III boardABITSH6 (Socket 370 w/ RDRAM)PC600 support for early Pentium III builds
⚠️ These systems must support PC600. Some boards later added support for PC800, but running PC600 in a PC800 system will underclock the memory.