Rebuild the Winbond honor -GSkill 1GBGH simple test

Tomorrow is typhoon holiday. The mood is good and post some delayed test.

Take a look first.


Equipping with 2 holes Winond UTT. It guarantees DDR400 2 2-2-5 2.7~2.9V.
The same level as the famous Winbond BH5.





Specification :
* Package : 512MB kit (2x256MB) 1024MB kit (2x512MB) dual channel pack
* IC Spec : Winbond UTT
* CAS Latency : 2-2-2-5 (PC3200)
* Test Voltage : 2.7 ~ 2.9 V
* PCB Board : 6 Layers PCB
* Speed : DDR 400 MHz (PC3200)
* Type : 184-pin DDR SDRAM
* Error Checking : Non-ECC
* Registered/Unbuffered : Unbuffered
* Quality Control : Comprehensive rigorously tested in pair at dual channel environment
* Warranty : Lifetime

OC Winbond chip still needs higher voltage.
Before OC, except the body, well cooling is also impacting the result.
The same as testing OCZ VX PC4000 DDR500 2 2-2-5 3.3V, I use 12X12cm fan.

Test config.
AMD Athlon64 3000+ 0448&X2 4200+
DFI nF4 LanParty Ultra-D
GSkill 1GBGH
SPARKLE 6200
TOPOWER 520W

Testing with Winchester 3000+ 0448SPAW
DDR400



DDR500 1.5 2-2-0 3.24V



Swap to X2 4200+, it can reach DDR540 SP2004




After comparing Winchester, Venice and X2, we can see the AMD memory controller is getting better.
Combining with DFI LP board, you can reach higher.
Every CPU is different. So you need different BIOS parameters to reach DDR530.

BTW, Winbond chip is still in high C/P.
After adding voltage, it generates more heat. You can add extra cooler to reduce it.
But we cannot see if high voltage will damage the chip in long term use.
As electric moving theory, higher voltage means lower life.
The test above is over office spec. We need better cooling, better memory body and DFI LP board.
I am well trained, please do not copy. Just for your reference

Awsome results once again windwithme. Those are some nice looking UTT but I was surprised to see them coming from G-Skill

Nice results. Did you try > 3.5v?

Can anyone inform me on how this kit is different than the one that came out previously? Is this a new kit, or just another test of the old one?

-Collin-

Looks like the old kit to me.

I think you're right. The only thing that made me get the patriot over these kits is because G.Skill does not say anything about a warranty over 2.9v. I would love to see someone buy UTT based ram and not put over 2.9v through them. I wonder what the actual policy on voltage is. Does it actually void your warranty? Anyway, pretty nice results none the less!

-Collin-

There are plenty of people that use less than 2.8v, remember we are like 1% of the computer using population

As for warranty, RAM companies have no way of telling how many volts you put through your RAM. If you tell them you overvolted the hell out of it they probably will not do an RMA (unless its OCZ because they rule). However if you tell the tech guys it died, they will generally hook you up with a new set.

Patriot UTT you mean? Got a thread link?

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=398756 they warrentee the ram to as much voltage as you can give it

Ahh, thanks, must have missed that thread.

12v @ 11.58 makes me fear for your system
Nice results though, thanks!

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