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super pi did it for me,it passed memtest ect but wouldnt pass super pi 32m run,if it fails add a little more dram voltage and retest,no need to touch vccio/vtt/qpi-vtt it will be fine on stock 1.05v
i think you could run 10-10-10-28-1t timings @2133mhz
 
Synthetic benchmarks will show big increases in memory bandwidth going from 1600MHz to 1866MHz to 2133MHz.

Unfortunately these don't translate into big overall performance gains with Sandy Bridge.

It's free extra performance but don't expect the real word gains to be massive.
 
TBH I'll be surprised if I can see any difference in actual use, apart from the 8GB -> 16GB upgrade. This should allow me to have a serious play with RAMdisk and VM as well.

After initial testing, assuming minimal performance gains, I'll probably settle for 1866/C9 at reduced Vdimm/temps for 24/7 (I could only justify this purchase on "green" grounds), but I'd like to see what these sticks are capable of - if only for a few SuperPi runs.
 
Gibbo said:
Hi there

Awsome results guys! Really glad to see others getting fab results with this RAM too. :)

Like I said originally, no cherry picking was done or Samsung sending us cherry picked parts, I literally waded in, ordered 500 kits and just grabbed two for testing from stock and I was able to achieve 2400MHz quite easily. :)

Remember I tested on X79 platform and the 2011 CPU's definetely have better memory controllers.

Still to be running at 2133MHz @CAS10 on SB setup is very impressive, especially when the memory only cost £60 for 8GB. :D
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Hi Gibbo, could you tell me what X79 board you used for the test.. Thanks
 
anyone running this in a P67 board?

was thinking of adding another 8GB vengence blue this week, but for the fact that this stuff seems to run so fast, and would fit under any air cooler, I'm very tempted to get 16GB of this instead (not that I in any way need it, but with prices this good, and trying to hold off a GPU purchase untill 670/660ti is out.......)!

so if there is no benefit to more MHz (than 1600), would I likely be able to tighten timings to, for instance, 1600c7 or something? I've heard tighter timings really help in racing games, or anything that streams content in game, rather than loading the whole level.

Thanks
 
TrojanWhore said:
anyone running this in a P67 board?

was thinking of adding another 8GB vengence blue this week, but for the fact that this stuff seems to run so fast, and would fit under any air cooler, I'm very tempted to get 16GB of this instead (not that I in any way need it, but with prices this good, and trying to hold off a GPU purchase untill 670/660ti is out.......)!

so if there is no benefit to more MHz (than 1600), would I likely be able to tighten timings to, for instance, 1600c7 or something? I've heard tighter timings really help in racing games, or anything that streams content in game, rather than loading the whole level.

Thanks
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From the product page:

Overclocking Features (Not Guaranteed)
- 1600MHz (7-8-8-24 1N) @ 1.40v
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Not sure how much of a benefit you'll see, but it seems a good price for good ram!
 
TrojanWhore said:
I've heard tighter timings really help in racing games, or anything that streams content in game, rather than loading the whole level.
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I think that's where you put the big [Citation needed] :)

I've not heard that, it sounds like a myth to me. In fact I know it's not true because I've seen so much debunking of the memory speed/timings stuff.

This RAM is worthwhile if you're going to overclock it, but I think it's far, beyond the point of reason to replace existing RAM with it.
 
Have a read at the TPU review here and see what you think. They're very positive about the memory indeed. Gibbo might want to link the review on the first post to help people decide about this memory.
 
Thanks Halk,

It does seem that 1.45 V and 2133 MHz, with the default 11-11-11-28 timings would be better then even though the timings are not so good. I'm guessing Ivy would have the same 1.5V memory voltage recommendation, if so they win there too.
 
I'm new to all this, but does OC RAM make any difference in speed? i'e. 1866MHz or above? do you see the changes when you run app's or games?
 
It does make a difference, but it's not a huge difference. Tighter timings and RAM speed make a difference in all apps and games, however not all apps and games are affected in the same way. Don't sacrifice something else in order to get faster RAM, however if you have a little money left over for a build then spending it on better RAM is fine. It's probably a little better than spending a little extra on a graphics card for a factory overclock.
 
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