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Today, we are using the excellent Asus P8P67 Deluxe motherboard.
The memory was immediately detected and a voltage of 1.65 was applied. Overclocking memory with today's boards isn't quite as versatile as it used to be due to Sandybridge platform changes.
The memory speed was accessible via the pop down frequency panel in the bios as seen in the image above left. We tried to tighten RAS to CAS Latency timings to 9 and then 10, but the system wouldn't boot, even with extra voltage.
System Validation is available here.
Even with extra voltage we couldn't get the generalised timings tighter, although we did get the Command Rate to 1T. We managed to overclock the memory to 2230mhz via FSB overclocking, but it made little, if any difference to the results. We are therefore concentrating the review on the default ‘2133mhz' profile settings in the bios, and by manually adjusting the command rate to 1T.
Test System:
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4,388mhz
Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Cooler: Thermaltake Frio OCK
Chassis: Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Power Supply: ADATA 1200W
Graphics: AMD HD6850
Hard Drives: Intel 128GB SSD (Boot), Samsung 2TB (storage), Crucial 128GB SSD.
Comparison memory:
No Brand DDR3 1333mhz 4GB 9-9-9-24
No brand DDR3 1600mhz 4GB 9-9-9-24
Software:
SiSoft Sandra
Adobe Photoshop CS5 64 bit
3D Studio Max 2011
Aida 64 Extreme Edition
MaxMemm
£50? thats a mad price for 2133mhz memory
The red heatspreader is wicked looking. Dont need memory right now, but this is a great deal. is their 8GB kit under £100 then going on this?
Just ordered some, thats a mega deal.
Wow, they must be losing money at that. the USA price is under $80.
Yeah, cant get a much better deal than this. not sure why its so cheap not like they didnt include a decent headspreader.
4GB is being perseved as the ‘minimum’ now. wonder if all the focus is going on higher density chips.
Excellent. not the usual £50 1333mhz sub standard knock off.
Dont need memory myself, but ill send this out to my friends in works
Too good to miss, ordered some for a new system. always wanted to try memory faster than 1600mhz. ill probably not notice the difference, but at this price its a bonus.
Well i wasn’t expecting to see £50 of 4GB memory at this speed in 2011. Very very nice indeed. wouldn’t normally consider gskill but at this price, worth a shot.