Isn't it funny that something never really does what it is says on the box. When I purchased a Motherboard bundle it came with 2x4GB Corsair Blue LP Vengeance. I set it up and as with any new motherboard now they do a Ram check stability test before even going into the Bios. The Bios Screen tells me it is 1333MHZ (default), but then again I have another motherboard setup with one stick of Mushkin 8GB DDR3 ram LP in it. I never saw a default report on this single channel setup, so I began digging. Though the Corsair has a profile 1.2 in XMP for the memory it is PC3-10700H and the default is 1.5V, this puts its bus speed at 667MHZ at most whereas the Mushkin is 800 by default giving it an instant profile above that of Corsair and it actually stipulates that it is PC3-12800, and meets the QVL as set down by ASUS my motherboard manufacturer. I have the Corsair on Dual Channel and have placed the single channel 8GB Mushkin module into the 1st slot of the 2nd channel. As this is the channel most used for overclocking I just thought it would be interesting to see if it actually speeded up the operation. I have not even thought of overclocking even if I am running an i7 3770K. It runs quite happily at 3.9Ghz using the stock fan for the CPU. I expect to get 3.9GHZ out of the CPU because that is what it said on the tin. Though I am questioning the truance of the Corsair memory.
I have tried it in the XMP profile at 1600MHZ and didn't cause any issues but I am a bit bewildered about claims. Corsair get by on their gaming profile but as yet they have not impressed me. Just having 1600 in the label isn't enough for me. Perhaps I am reading things wrong and someone can correct me. I am only just asking the question?
I have tried it in the XMP profile at 1600MHZ and didn't cause any issues but I am a bit bewildered about claims. Corsair get by on their gaming profile but as yet they have not impressed me. Just having 1600 in the label isn't enough for me. Perhaps I am reading things wrong and someone can correct me. I am only just asking the question?