First test of GSkill 16GB kit (F3-17000CL9Q-16GBXLD)

Kit and content of box

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First set of results

I received this kit a few weeks before I was allowed to bin Sandy Bridge CPUs at Tones. Now, I have a CPU that can do ~ 108MHz BCLK on air, so I will have to retest the kit to see if it goes any higher than on the previous chip (max 5.4GHz). Also will try a benchmark that makes full use of all 16GB.

Tests will be continued after MOA!

Test setup:

- Core i7 2600k
- Asus P8P67 Deluxe
- MSI P67A-GD65
- Antec Truepower Quattro 1KW
- WD Raptor

Results:

This kit doesn't really scale that well with voltage. More than 1.75V makes the scaling go down quite rapidly. Also, CL9-11 isn't easy to push much further than the stock rated speed; with CL10 everything goes a lot more smoother, but then again ... CL10 looks so dirty :).

- DDR3-2133 CL9-10-9
- DDR3-2146 CL9-10-9

- DDR3-2133 CL9-11-9
- DDR3-2144 CL9-11-9
- DDR3-2199 CL9-11-9

- DDR3-2234 CL10-12-10
- DDR3-2252 CL10-12-10

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wOOOOOt Massman goes stability testing !! Well done Gskill !!

Is the OC potential IMC limited PJ ?

Yes, it's possible. I'm trying to set up the 5.7G setup now (which can do much higher BCLK) to see if that's the issue.

Hmm, why not test on P55 to find max?

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Originally Posted by M.Beier

Hmm, why not test on P55 to find max?

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reserved for 01 testing i guess :rotf:

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Originally Posted by M.Beier

Hmm, why not test on P55 to find max?

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LOL!

(Lack Of Lynnfield)

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Originally Posted by SoF

reserved for 01 testing i guess :rotf:

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After seeing your performance at CeBIT, I'm pretty sure I can beat your Sandy Bridge with my P55 :D

Serious Overclocking Failure.

Ok. Why would they put blue LED's on the fans when the chips are red :)

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Originally Posted by massman

After seeing your performance at CeBIT, I'm pretty sure I can beat your Sandy Bridge with my P55 :D

Serious Overclocking Failure.

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You have seen any performance of me during cebit?! :rofl:
Oh and how the heck you decoded my secret fully nick :eek: Ah I see it was runnymc downgrading my title :D

to get a bit on topic: well it maybe belongs into bandwidth, but I don't blame you for not beeing able to put it into the right section :D 16 GB at thoose speeds look really damn nice - timings might be not that sexy but still we have 16GB here and a plattform that likes high ram-mhz more than 6-9-6 933 so it shouldn't be bad for the performance. Me likes (the RAM not YOU :p ) !

Nice set of ram , thanks for sharing MM :up:

I can't post it in the bandwidth section. For a valid thread in that subforum, I should have added a bandwidth test.

:p:

Even though this is not remotely interesting for 24/7 users and makes the huge timings make this stuff look oh so dirty, I still kinda like this screenshot :D

http://hwbot.org/blog/wp-content//lol1.png

Oh right. I do use a special force to mount my CPU cooler for this: gravity.