Best ram for AMD platform

[Ph0bLif3]

I just managed to run 8Gb Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz @ 2000Mhz with timings 8.8.8.24.2T on ASUS Crosshair IV Formula + Phenom II 1090T. Image is below.



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But did 8Gb 2000Mhz give any performance boost on Phenom II 1090T @ 4Ghz? It was stable but no performance boost at all. As I mentioned a couple of posts back on this thread, I think the CPU needs to be in the 4.2Ghz+ region to even benefit from such high memory frequency. I will provide images of benchmarks and stats below of my current 24/7 OC. Same as in my sig.



And some more below. Notice CINEBENCH. See how I placed myself at top. I think this is because the new 6 core 1090T fully uses my 2x 4870x2 in CrossfireX without any bottleneck.



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By the way...I will tell you all a little story while I was overclocking Phenom II 1090T. At first I tried it out with my old MSI 790FX-GD70 mobo and everything was going fine until it just shut down. I could no longer start computer at all. Something shorted out. Luckily I did have one spare 790FX-GD70 mobo as a reserve but even that one broke down on me @ 4.1Ghz with 1.48v. My reserve was a completely new one and never used. So I pulled out my mobo and started examine it more closely. I unscrewed the heatsinks on both of the mobo's and saw that on both boards the NB had been burnt. I came to the conclusion that the 790FX-GD70 did not have enough "Phase Power" to handle the CPU at 4.1Ghz with a HexaCore. With regular Phenom II 965 C3 there used be no problem with like 1.55v at 4-4.2Ghz. It simply overloaded and became too much. The new 1090T is rated 125w TDP but I think it is only max temperature that is still same @ 62C and not the voltage. Otherwise I can't explain my 1090T OC @ 4Ghz with 1.36v on Crosshair IV Formula. 4Ghz with 965 C3 used to be for me at 1.45v. It would seem like max volt with Thuban is only 1.4v as to Denebs 1.5v. Just telling everyone this so you'll be careful if you are running 790FX-GD70 with updated bios and using Phenom II 1090T that "if" you go over 4Ghz+ and 1.4v+ it might break the board. Depends on what type of cooling you have also ofcourse but on AIR or like H50 only and not custom loop, then it is not enough. Atleast not on GD70.




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Ph0bLif3