Gskill F3-2666C11D-16GTXD 2666 c11 2x8GB Perhaps more interesting than you thought
G.Skill F3-2666C11D-16GTXD Bench Review
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Insert cool intro about haswell imc being fun, and the current state of memory. :p: Nah im just playing. It really is blast, even for memory benching hipsters that were freezing mems before it was cool. :clap: Crazy to see these new chips unlock the potential that as hidden before in so many kits of ram. On to the benching.
Test Setup:
ASRock z87 m-OCF
4770k random retail
-48c SS by RunMC
Kingpin Dominator mem pot (old school ftw)
ASUS 6600 GT (again old school ftw)
G.Skill F3-2666C11D-16GTXD 2x8gb kit Trident X
Little shot of the sticker, hot off the production line (atleast the sticker is lol)
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Air validation, this is boot settings did not push in OS. Just for raw MHz. Pretty nice for 8gb sticks in dual channel. 1.7v
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And on to the cold sauce.
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Mounted up.
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Secret Taiwanese tim (cheap and greasy)
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Around -50c here, this stuff eats cold and volts for breakfast, isnt hungry for lunch and then eats a big dinner.
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Overview of the setup. Ln2 on the cpu may yield a couple more mhz but at -50c ish Id say we are 80% there atleast.
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Dom Pot, gotta love just slapping that thing on memory, no BS just weight and cold.
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Cold for 3 hours, very wet out yesterday, everything humming along.
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Results.
Get the ugly max mhz valids out of the way. It pains me to run c14 it really does. About 200mhz higher than air.
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And a little nicer looking Result C9 3250MHz
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Good for 2nd Place C9 Result, not bad for dual channel and 16GB's :up:
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And some 32m :)
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I believe there is some more potential left in these sticks. When benching I heard a couple snaps and later realized that was the heatsinks letting go. This was prior to running 32m so I will put new heatspreaders on and get a proper run done and update this thread.
Conclusion:
This is on sale for $269 on newegg, for 2x8gb and headroom to OC to 3000MHz stable on your 24.7 computer and pull it out to have some fun on the weekends on LN2 I think its right on the money.
