G.Skill F2 6400CL5D 2GBNQ - testing

[ahmad]

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=21164

I can't find much info on these kits, so I decided I'll share my results.

This time around I decided to not spend money on high end parts until I was comfortable enough with this. My last 3 or 4 expensive kits were all OCZ, so I decided to try stuff I have never tried before. I got this stuff on sale for about $220 CDN which is about $190 USD. Is it worth the money? Lets find out.

Setup:

E6300
Gigabyte DS3 (F10 bios)
G.Skill F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ
OCZ 520W

Sticks are rated 400Mhz 5-5-5-15 @ 1.8v.

Starting with the basics: 400MHz 4-4-4-13 @ 1.9v


Not bad. 100% stable too.


Something more interesting: 450MHz 4-4-4-13 @ 2.1v


DDR900 and appears to be very stable. Can't say 100%, but it looks good. Here is another run, maybe this one is bugged?



This one is for fun: 460MHz 4-4-4-13 @ 2.1v


Unstable. I got a shot at 465MHz but windows rebooted when I opened paint.


This is another suicide shot, but at 470MHz 4-5-4-13 @ 2.1v


My highest 100% stable FSB appears to be this for now (6x multi - 464MHz):


Is it worth it? I have no idea, you tell me . As far as performance goes, I think from 400Mhz 5-5-5-15 to 470MHz 4-5-4-13 is not a bad deal. My 24/7 will most likely be 450MHz 4-4-4-13.

Perhaps someone here can figure out what kind of ICs these have from the information I have given? It would be nice to know.

Also check out: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=134982 - much better results and someone said PROMOS.


Random notes:

• tRAS appears to make a huge difference when it comes to max FSB. When set to 12 I get no post with any timings. Maybe its a DS3 thing, but it looked like it was tied in with the sb.
• More than 2.1v resulted in nothing.
• MCH voltage was at 1.3v.. 1.2v was only sufficient up to 440MHz.
• I had to keep PCI-E freq at 104MHz for 430MHz+ and 105MHz for 450MHz+. This one has got to be a DS3 issue.
• CAS5 allowed for a much lower FSB than CAS4. I could boot upto 485MHz on CAS4, CAS5 is no where near that.
• I would test more, but vdroop is much too great for now.