Kingston HyperX 4GB 2000 MHz CL9 DDR3: 2480MHz SPi 32M action on FULL AIR!

Hello everybody. That's my first thread in Xtreme Bandwidth section and I sincerely hope you enjoy it! Approximately 10 days ago, I got a Kingston HyperX 4GB 2000 MHz CL9 DDR3 KHX2000C9D3T1K2/4GX sample from my boss, so that I review it for www.hwbox.gr ;) Here in Greece it retails at 168€. From what I can see though, it's way cheaper in newegg, only $150 damn' :yepp:

Scaling with low tRCD values is really crappy, but who cares, after all it's not made for such low latencies. Plus it's a budget kit! System used:

Core i5 750 for 6-9-6 and 7-9-7 tests, Core i7 860 for higher latencies (both CPUs were on air cooling)
GeIL EVO Cyclone Ram cooler
ASUS Maximus III Formula - BIOS 1501 (superb motherboard :up:)
Gigabyte 8800GT 512MB DDR3
Western Digital 74GB Raptor
Xilence 750W PSU
Windows 7 64bit Retail


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First for some MemTest 4x800MB 300% testing, not only at standard ram frequencies that we all use (1600, 1800 and 2000MHz), but also at significantly higher freqs.

1600MHz 6-7-6-18-88 1T @ 1.68V MemTest Stable
http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehost...4808e2d174.jpg

1800MHz 6-8-6-18-88 1T @ 1.68V MemTest Stable
http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehost...4808e51738.jpg

2000MHz 7-9-6-21-88 1T @ 1.68V MemTest Stable
http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehost...4808e759c1.jpg

1926MHz 6-9-6-21-88 1T @ 1.7V MemTest Stable
http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehost...4808e9a781.jpg

2296MHz 9-10-9-27-88 1T @ 1.7V MemTest Stable
http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehost...4808ebed79.jpg



Now for some SPi 32M runs that took me aback I might say and of course the 2480MHz run!

2034MHz 6-9-6-21-88 1T @ 1.8V
http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehost...4808ee2a39.jpg

2190MHz 7-9-7-21-126 1T @ 1.75V (I forgot to set tRFC at 88)
http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehost...4808f1697a.jpg

2480MHz 9-15-9-31-200 2T @ 1.81V (will rerun that next week at lower tRCD and tRFC values ;))
http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehost...4808f3e9c3.jpg

And a random SPi 2M run done at 2100MHz 6-9-6-21-88 1T @ 1.825V
http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehost...4808f66bf5.jpg


Here is the YouTube video for 2480MHz SPi 32M run :up: (horrible quality :()

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuOpambnOWg





Feel free to visit the review here: http://www.hwbox.gr/reviews/8663-kin...gx-review.html
It's in Greek, but there are many more photos, tests and charts that do not need translation :cool:

Awesome kit, clocks really well! I'm really happy to see this now, as I will receive my tripple channel version of that kit on the 5th: KHX2000C9D3T1K3/6GX

Let's hope mine clocks just as well! :yepp: (if not better :p:)

Glad you like it, though you shouldn't compare triple channel kits with dual channel ones, there is a huge difference between these two as far as overclocking is concerned ;)

Wish you all the best! :up:

good stuff... interesting on the low trp there...
im curious if its original elpida or PSC made elpida... i guess its the latter... very good considering that then...
psc tends to clock slightly worse than the original elpida stuff but they have very stable yields as in all chips do the same clocks more or less... if this is PSC made then this is impressive...

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Originally Posted by saaya

good stuff... interesting on the low trp there...
im curious if its original elpida or PSC made elpida... i guess its the latter... very good considering that then...
psc tends to clock slightly worse than the original elpida stuff but they have very stable yields as in all chips do the same clocks more or less... if this is PSC made then this is impressive...

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For me, the most exciting stuff was MemTest 300% at 1600, 1800 and 2000MHz! Didn't expect such tight timings there to be honest :yepp:

Sam told me that due to the fact these mems scale quite nicely with higher tRCD values, they have to be equipped with PSC (rebranded Elpida).

I have to try MemTest at 2400MHz+ and some WinRAR benches as well ;)

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Originally Posted by George_o/c

Sam told me that due to the fact these mems scale quite nicely with higher tRCD values, they have to be equipped with PSC (rebranded Elpida).

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True, those high tRCD kits should be PSC or Elpida by PSC, whatever you want to call it. :)

In fact I have to say that this is one of the best "first threads" I've ever seen in this section. Keep it up! :up:

Review might be finished since Sunday, but my tests never come to and end :D So, how about these?

2454MHz 9-12-9-31-127 2T @ 1.76V MemTest Stable
http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehost...6477205470.jpg

MaxxMEM2/Everest/WinRAR @ 2400MHz 9-10-7-26-72 1T
http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehost...647725f0d4.jpg


;)

If you guys want me to run anything in particular, feel free to elaborate :up:

If you have an AMD rig available, feel free to try them on Thuban/Deneb as well. Intel numbers look really nice!:)

Nice review George. Keep up the good work man :D

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Originally Posted by knopflerbruce

If you have an AMD rig available, feel free to try them on Thuban/Deneb as well. Intel numbers look really nice!:)

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You AMD maniac :p:

Thanks guys! :)

I'll see what I can do about that AMD rig Knut. First up I gotta get my SingleStage, cold that IMC and find their REAL limit :yepp: :up: