Kingston Technology Launches 24GB HyperX Kits - Largest Ever

LAS VEGAS and FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- International CES -- Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is shipping the largest HyperX® DDR3 memory kits to date. Users of the Intel Core i7 and X58 platforms can now take their systems to the memory extreme with Kingston's 1600MHz 24GB HyperX kit made up of six 4GB modules. For Core i5, P55 chipset enthusiasts, Kingston has released a 1600MHz kit 16GB kit of four 4GB modules to take full advantage of dual-channel performance.

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"We are pleased to make available the largest HyperX memory kits ever for the prosumers, multimedia pro or super enthusiast who wants everything," said Mark Tekunoff, senior technology manager, Kingston®. "Users working with the latest operating systems like Windows® 7 can keep multiple programs open, run memory intensive video or photo applications, or run numerous virtual machines using 24GB or 16GB of DDR3 HyperX memory and create more efficiency and performance gains than ever before."

The 1600MHz triple- and dual-channel kits are intended for use on the best motherboards on the market from top makers such as Asus and Gigabyte. A video of the 24GB HyperX kit in action can be found at www.youtube.com/kingstonhyperx.

                     Kingston HyperX DDR3 Kit Specifications
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    Part Number         Capacity and Features                MSRP (U.S. only).
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    KHX1600C9D3K6/24GX  24GB 1600MHz (CL9-9-9-27 @ 1.65v)    $1,598.00
                        kit of six optimized for Core i7 XMP
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    KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX  16GB 1600MHz (CL9-9-9-27 @ 1.65v)    $1,065.00
                        kit of 4 optimized for Core i5 XMP
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Kingston HyperX memory is backed by a lifetime warranty and free 24/7 technical support. For detailed information please visit the Kingston Web site at www.kingston.com.

About Kingston Technology Company, Inc.

Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world's largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Kingston designs, manufactures and distributes memory products for desktops, laptops, servers, printers, and Flash memory products for PDAs, mobile phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players. Through its global network of subsidiaries and affiliates, Kingston has manufacturing facilities in California, Taiwan, China and sales representatives in the United States, Europe, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand, India, Taiwan, China, and Latin America. For more information, please call 800-337-8410 or visit www.kingston.com.

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