Super Talent Project X 2GB DDR3 2000 9-9-9-28

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Super Talent recently offered me a chance to play with the newest addition to their Project X lineup of DDR3 and I thought you guys may be interested in the results from this sub-$300 set of memory. Let's first start off with the official specs on the kit:



http://www.supertalent.com/datasheet...UX2GP_spec.pdf










*A few notes regarding testing:

- I used my 790 board since it was what Super Talent had done their testing with. This presented a few of HUGE problems:
1. OS boot corruption occurred EVERY time I tried to boot with the memory set higher than 2050. That's why you'll notice the highest memory speed benchable was 1025. It didn't matter what CL, or voltage, or what FSB. As soon as I set >2050 memory from BIOS, my file system corrupts. I had to re-install windows 6 times before I figured this out.
2. CL6 testing resulted in another type of corruption in windows. Anything beyond ~1600 CL6 caused the OS to lock me out of accessing my HDD. Every time I tried to save anything to my HDD or even browse it, my computer would BSOD. I ended up having to run my picture program from a flash drive in order to save the screenshots.
3. The lack of a Clockgen for the 790i made it a chore to do memory testing with the board. Therefore, I would have loved to have more give more results, but after a week and a half of constant booting and re-booting, I thought I'd just post what I have at the moment. If you want, I have some other results, let me know

-Testing was done with minimal voltage adjustments for sake of saving time. The 32m's were not tweaked for times whatsoever (short of LSC on) so nobody say anything about the horrible SuperPi times .

-The kit is rated @ 1.7-1.9Vdimm so, naturally, I'll show results STARTING @ 1.9V .


Test Setup:
CPU: Intel (Yes, I know...but AMD has nothing running on DDR3 - at least publicly- yet ) E8400
Motherboard: Asus Striker II Extreme, BIOS 0507
Memory: Super Talent Project X W2000UX2GP
Video: EVGA 8800 Ultra
Cooling: Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme
PSU: Corsair HX1000

Secondary memory settings were as follows (for ALL runs):
P1 = Enable
P2 = Enable
tRRD = 5
tRC = 4
tWR = Auto
tWTR = Auto
tFAW = Auto
tRD = Auto
tRTP = Auto
tRFC = 72
tREF = Auto

Default




1.9V

CL7


CL8


CL9



2.0V

CL6


CL7


CL8



2.1V

CL7



Just for fun @ 1.9V



I'll try to get some benching done with x48 later.....I want to get as far away from my S2E as possible for awhile