G.Skill F3-2133C11D-8GAO "ARES" Report

['Cuda340]

When i was specking out my Ivy builds i decided to give G.Skills new ARES series ram a try. Cost being a factor, i went with G.Skill's higher latency kit with timings of 11-11-11

Here are the rest of the specs on this kit:



I recently got a chance to see what these kits have to give. Results below.

Test system:
--Biostar TZ77XE4
--Bios: Z77CF515.BST
--Corsair VZX450W
--i7 3770K
--Thermalright Venomous X
--Windows 7 64-Bit SP1








Not to shabby, if i do say so myself.

Please keep in mind this isn't a review, just my person experience. YMMV.

Bios settings:
Timings manually set --11-12-11-24 T1
Ram voltage -- 1.596
Vcc SA -- Default 0.930
Vcc IO -- Default 1.050
PCH -- Default 1.05

As you can see in the pic these settings passed a 24Hour OCCT run. I have not "folded" on this setup yet, but would call it stable.

As for running lower speed & tighter timings, the best i could do (Granted i didn't invest alot of time.) was: 7-8-8-18 @ 1600 with the same 1.596v.


Cheers.

 

[trents]

Does OCCT have an equivalent test to the Prime95 blend that really stresses the ram as opposed to mostly the CPU?

 

[Woomack]

2400 on almost "stock" timings and ~1.6V is really nice.
Any chance to make them run with CL10-12-11 1.60-1.65V ?

 

['Cuda340]

2400 on almost "stock" timings and ~1.6V is really nice.
Any chance to make them run with CL10-12-11 1.60-1.65V ?

I had no luck getting Cas 10 to run. I did not try past 1.65v

Does OCCT have an equivalent test to the Prime95 blend that really stresses the ram as opposed to mostly the CPU?

They do: "Large Data Set"

I tested with "Med Data Set" as it is the best setting (IMO) to test for Folding stability that i have found. This setup was being tested for all around folding stability and not solely the memory. After i finished i thought others might be interested in the speeds these cheap kits could run.

 

['Cuda340]

Update: After Woomack ask about CL10, i went back & tested again.......Low and behold this kit will do 10-12-11-24 T1 @ 2400

On the Biostar memory voltage steps are 1.632, 1.644, 1.656.........On my first round of testing i stopped @ 1.644. It appears one more bump was necessary. For CL10 1.656 is needed.

 

[Razor512]

hi, sorry to bump an old thread, I was wondering if anyone with this memory could take a screenshot of the SPD tab in CPU-Z

I would really like to know if it can do 7-8-7-24 at DDR3 1600 speeds or 8-8-8-24 at 1600.

 

['Cuda340]

SPD tab.....

I would really like to know if it can do 7-8-7-24 at DDR3 1600 speeds or 8-8-8-24 at 1600.

I would test for you but all mine are folding currently & i can't take them offline.

 

[Razor512]

thanks, mainly hoping to get 12GB because a program that I need to run requires at least 12GB (davinci resolve) (will only be working with 1080p video so everything else meets the requirements (currently stuck with 4GB RAM)

My RAM currently does 7-8-7-24 2T at 1600MHz And am mainly interested in possibly doing those timings, or 9-9-9-24 1T

all at 1.6V or higher

I may end up just getting the memory and finding something stable for both kits