ADATA Gaming Series DDR3-2400 Kit - AX3U2400GC4G10-DG2

[hokiealumnus]

This is another memory preview thread. I'll be keeping this kit to torture, so I'll see it through to the end. However, there is a motherboard and a GPU in line ahead of it, so it might take a little while to develop. Anyway, the kit has arrived, photos have been taken and an initial SuperPi 32M run successfully completed.







Interestingly, when I set XMP, timings were tighter than the XMP profile CPUz reads, so there must be two. In any case, it passed SP32M without issue.



Until I have a moment to get to it, this will have to do. Hopefully it's enough to wet your appetite.

 

[manu2b]

Nice pics Hokie!

 

[Woomack]

I haven't seen ADATAs for a while. Funny is that most producers are making 2400 10-12-12-31 1.65V kits
Btw on the label is 10-12-12-31 if I see it right , in test is 10-13-13-31 , in XMP/CPU-Z window is 10-14-14-31 ... I think that what's on the label is correct XMP profile for this kit.
Btw2 CPU-Z isn't always right about XMP profiles. All depends how they were saved as it's in ns and later translated to timing value.

If you find spare 5 mins then you can check IC

 

[hokiealumnus]

Looks like I'll have to set these manually, good point; you do see it correctly. That was just a throw-it-in-at-XMP-and-run test.

I'll check the ICs when I have time. The sinks look relatively easy to remove. We shall see.

 

[Bobnova]

I have some ram with those sinks. The screws come right out but they're glued on.
That's on a X58 set though, so times may have changed.

 

[hokiealumnus]

A guy @ XS says they're glued pretty well. I'll check into the IC but likely after I test them, so it won't be very soon. Wouldn't want my heat gun to separate an IC and screw it up before testing them

 

[hokiealumnus]

Ahh, that's better. Rated speed & timings. 1T even. Time for R.S.T. Pro 3 testing.

 

[ivanlabrie]

Looking good!

As usual your pics are top notch
Those xmp profiles touch your vtt voltage or something else than vdimm?

 

[hokiealumnus]

VCCSA is set @ 1.20V.

 

[ivanlabrie]

Oh, thought so...I'm kind of worried of the temps with my new Ivy chip, that's why I ask.
Is it really needed for stability?

 

[hokiealumnus]

Honestly, I don't know. With 2400+ I always just set 1.2 and let it be happy. It definitely helps north of 2666 (with that G.Skill kit I reviewed) but whether it's needed around 2400 I don't know. Mine's on a water loop so the small VCCSA bump does pretty much nothing to the temps. Assuming I have time at some point, I'll try it without VCCSA increase and see if 2400 is still stable.

 

[ivanlabrie]

Thanks, that should be helpful.
I'll be on a Silver Arrow with 3 fans, so I really don't know if it'll affect my benching temps that much (24/7 will be slower/less suicidal for sure)

 

[yoimcalvinn]

looking foward to ur torture

 

[hokiealumnus]

Finally had some time to spend with these and I think they're spent. Hate to spoil the review as it's likely not getting any higher, but hey...what overclocker doesn't like sharing what hardware is capable of ASAP?!

First off, SuperPi 32M.

SP32M @ 1.65V, DDR3-2600, 11-13-13-35 (2T)



Adding a little voltage gets a little more MHz. These didn't seem to want to go too far over 2600 with these timings though. I don't like pushing over 1.73'ish. Anyway...

SP32M @ 1.73V, DDR3-2674, 11-13-13-35 (2T)



Now a quick SP1M run. Couldn't get this 32M stable even with 1.75V, so I backed down and ran a quick 1M at 1.725V

SP1M @ 1.725V, DDR3-2750, 11-13-13-35 (2T)



Last, but not least, we have max validation. For this I went with 1.74V.

CPUz Max Valid - DDR3-2859, 11-13-13-35 (2T)



Validation link.

Overall I couldn't be happier with the way these things overclock. Unfortunately I can't seem to find them for sale anywhere, so we don't know how much they cost. They have the potential to be a great value if the price is right though.

 

[ivanlabrie]

Cool! Like those results...you could give winsat mem a try too, huh? Or are they gutted already?

And I didn't see your stock vccsa tests there :/

 

[hokiealumnus]

And I didn't see your stock vccsa tests there :/

Tested with VCCSA & VCCIO on Auto. The only voltage changed was DRAM to 1.65V. You'll be happy to know stock 2400/10-12-12-31-1T passed SuperPi 32M without a hitch.

 

[ivanlabrie]

Tested with VCCSA & VCCIO on Auto. The only voltage changed was DRAM to 1.65V. You'll be happy to know stock 2400/10-12-12-31-1T passed SuperPi 32M without a hitch.

Awesome!
I'll try some different beta bioses for my board...my Samsung ram is giving me trouble with this ud5h.
Stock vtt/imc seems ok with it too, didn't change a thing when I raised it.

 

[Bobnova]

Try one higher CAS, also higher TRRD.

 

[ivanlabrie]

Try one higher CAS, also higher TRRD.

I've tried everything, seems it's the bios version...thanks anyways!
I learned quite a bit about ram ocing though it never hurts