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Is anyone here familiar with or maybe even using OCZ DDR3 PC3-16000 Reaper HPC RAM (link)...? I'm looking at possibilities for an upgrade in Jan, but I'm not familiar at all with OCZ memory, I've been a big Corsair fanboy for a few years, but their DDR3 is way more expensive than OCZ (well, in this country at least).
I'm looking to get the MSI 890FXA-GD70 board with a Phenom II x3 720BE, the board only takes DDR3, so the memory is a must. For the Corsair equivelent to this OCZ kit, I'm looking at just over R1800, while this OCZ kit is around R1300.. Anyone comments? If I do take the Corsair, I'll have to get the 720BE at a later stage though.
EDIT: Ok, I changed my mind... Again... Lol. I want to do more research before I jump on the DDR3 bandwagon, so I'll stick with my current board for a while longer. But I will be getting a Phenom II x3 720BE and replacing my RAM with a 2x2GB Corsair Dominator PC8500 kit (DDR2-1066) when I get my Christmas bonus this year.
Last edited by ZaLiTH; 13 Oct 2010 at 08:54.
I just upgraded to the Kingston Valueram DDR2 PC-6400. I just found out about this test. My screen is attached. Seems a bit low according to others' results. How can I fix this?
Looking at your system specs, your motherboard is listed as a "P5N-E", is that the Asus P5N-E SLI? If so, then I'm not sure you'd really be able to get more performance out of your PC-6400 RAM...
This review here shows similar a speed from the same board and similar CPU with Corsair RAM: ASUS P5N-E SLI motherboard review > System Specs & Memory Performance - TechSpot
My board on the other hand, with similar RAM to the review linked here, gets way higher speeds (about 8600Mb/s when running at 880MHz with 5-5-5-15 timings, and about 8300MB/s at default settings). When I say similar RAM, mine has default timings of 5-5-5-18, where the RAM in the TechSpot review is 4-4-4-12, so mine should be slower.
Hi, came across this thread and thought I would share
Those are pretty awesome scores... Just wondering, but did you need to set your RAM timings 8-8-8-20 just to OC that small amount...? Your sig shows "Corsair Dominator GT DDR3-1600 C7", so you might even be able to tighten the timings a little bit there.
Corsair's site shows recommended timings of 7-8-7-20 for that kit, so you should theoretically be able to make them even tighter than that..