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I had to post this review for one reason. Newegg is currently shipping the GSkill Extreme Series PC4000 2-Gig sets for $157 with no Mail In Rebate, only an instant discount.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231021
G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 500 (PC 4000) Dual
Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
Model #: F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ
Over the last month I have been through 4 different memory sets: Corsair XMS PC3200, Team Xtreem Micron, Team Apollo TCCD, and now currently the GSkill 2-Gig set. I am trying to figure out what set is best for my system. As far as absolute overclocking potential is concerned I vote my TCCD Apollo sticks. I achieved a 315mhz fully stable overclock with them. The down side and reason for my switch back to 2-gig dual channel is that some of my
games wouldnt run correctly in Ultra Quality/High Resolution settings. The ram would immediately run out and shove a gig into in the page file. Ex: (Quake4, BF2) Right now, the GSkill in a price to performance ratio is unbeatable!! With the price of high end dual channel 2-gig kits going for upwards of $200 and even close to $300 for the newer -5b f modules I was a little disheartened after obtaining results of 282 mhz with absolute EASE on my GSkills.
The other high end modules in question, costing upwards of $250 have been clocking in on average at 260 to 275 mhz based on my most recent observations on multiple online forums. I do have the latest run production GSkills the "0603" serial number and I have a hunch that newegg.com has a crap load of the same exact "0603" binned stock that I received. For a price of $157 I would highly recommend these sticks.
Another important thing to note is that these are not cherry picked. I simply pressed the "Buy it now" button using Newegg.com. That means that my results may be average for many of you buying the same ram set as me. "Please note the words: may be average"
On to the results. I always test out my ram initially with stock rated timings and no adjustments in the bios or using A64Tweaker. I like to see how far I can push the frequency without touching a thing.
First test: 250Mhz 1T (3-4-4-8) 2.6v Memtest Stable in dos for 5 runs on test#5, Superpi32m stable.3D gaming stable (BF2,Q4,Farcry)
Second test: 275Mhz 1T (3-4-4-8) 2.6v Memtest Stable in dos for 5 runs on test#5, Superpi32m stable.3D gaming stable (BF2,Q4,Farcry)
Third test MAXIMUM STABLE SUPERPI 32M OVERCLOCK, VOLTAGE RAISED .03 Points in Bios: 282Mhz 1T (3-4-4-8) 2.65v Memtest Stable in dos for 5 runs on test#5, Superpi32m stable.3D gaming stable (BF2,Q4,Farcry)
Finally, I strapped down my normal processor overclock settings and finally achieved my goal of getting a 1:1 memory/cpu setup of 10 X 280 (2.8Ghz) 1.52vcore The results are excellent bandwith at stock timings and settings and great 1:1 setup.
Thank you GSkills!!
Now its off to adjusting all of the timings in A64Tweaker to get the absolute maximum out of these.
Regards,
Dom
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231021
G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 500 (PC 4000) Dual
Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
Model #: F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ
Over the last month I have been through 4 different memory sets: Corsair XMS PC3200, Team Xtreem Micron, Team Apollo TCCD, and now currently the GSkill 2-Gig set. I am trying to figure out what set is best for my system. As far as absolute overclocking potential is concerned I vote my TCCD Apollo sticks. I achieved a 315mhz fully stable overclock with them. The down side and reason for my switch back to 2-gig dual channel is that some of my
games wouldnt run correctly in Ultra Quality/High Resolution settings. The ram would immediately run out and shove a gig into in the page file. Ex: (Quake4, BF2) Right now, the GSkill in a price to performance ratio is unbeatable!! With the price of high end dual channel 2-gig kits going for upwards of $200 and even close to $300 for the newer -5b f modules I was a little disheartened after obtaining results of 282 mhz with absolute EASE on my GSkills.
The other high end modules in question, costing upwards of $250 have been clocking in on average at 260 to 275 mhz based on my most recent observations on multiple online forums. I do have the latest run production GSkills the "0603" serial number and I have a hunch that newegg.com has a crap load of the same exact "0603" binned stock that I received. For a price of $157 I would highly recommend these sticks.
Another important thing to note is that these are not cherry picked. I simply pressed the "Buy it now" button using Newegg.com. That means that my results may be average for many of you buying the same ram set as me. "Please note the words: may be average"
On to the results. I always test out my ram initially with stock rated timings and no adjustments in the bios or using A64Tweaker. I like to see how far I can push the frequency without touching a thing.
First test: 250Mhz 1T (3-4-4-8) 2.6v Memtest Stable in dos for 5 runs on test#5, Superpi32m stable.3D gaming stable (BF2,Q4,Farcry)
Second test: 275Mhz 1T (3-4-4-8) 2.6v Memtest Stable in dos for 5 runs on test#5, Superpi32m stable.3D gaming stable (BF2,Q4,Farcry)
Third test MAXIMUM STABLE SUPERPI 32M OVERCLOCK, VOLTAGE RAISED .03 Points in Bios: 282Mhz 1T (3-4-4-8) 2.65v Memtest Stable in dos for 5 runs on test#5, Superpi32m stable.3D gaming stable (BF2,Q4,Farcry)
Finally, I strapped down my normal processor overclock settings and finally achieved my goal of getting a 1:1 memory/cpu setup of 10 X 280 (2.8Ghz) 1.52vcore The results are excellent bandwith at stock timings and settings and great 1:1 setup.
Thank you GSkills!!
Now its off to adjusting all of the timings in A64Tweaker to get the absolute maximum out of these.
Regards,
Dom
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