OC Report :: Crucial Ballistix 2x1GB PC3-12800 CL8

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thanks man...when before approves a memory review you can accept that you have done a good job

the secret "kung-foo chopstick dry ice cooling tweak" caught on film...


the fun never stops with DDR3. so far i have progressed with this kit from crazy sub 4GHz runs on air to phase change powered PB 32M times and finally the ultimate 65nm C2D goal for any 32M SPi bencher...sub 10min, and only on dry ice with an ALU pot:

Sub 10min - Sub 4850MHz 32M SPi:
4846.8MHz SPi 32M = 9m 59.625s
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this has been a hard fought goal of mine for some time with the cooling i have and without this Ballistix DDR3 kit, it would still be a pipe dream without access to LN2 and some CU. but the fun didn't end at sub 10min...this E6850 and the Ballistix decided they still had some fight in them:

PB 32M SPi:
4975.9MHz SPi 32M = 9m 44.734s
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the short 2 hour bench session ended with that last run and i honestly think there were a few more MHz to be had with this setup on that relatively simple cooling...i still can't believe how cool this chip runs allowing 32M with 1.824v vCORE.

before the 32M runs though, i did some warming up with 1M...not normally my thing but at these frequencies i knew sub 10 second was a possibility. again, 1M isn't really my game so the times may not be as impressive but a nice milestone none the less. and i just looked on HWBot and there is a whole group of 9.94 times and this one is the lowest frequency by almost 40MHz so it is still pretty efficient...wait until the 1M guys get their hands on good DDR3 setups though.

PB 1M SPi:
5047.2MHz / 934.7MHz SPi 1M = 9.94s
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the best 9.9X 1M time i could manage was 5018.7 MHz so it wasn't worth posting the screenshot. i will save that for when i get sub 10sec at sub 5000MHz

next up...an F1 and LN2 if i have to hijack an Air Liquide truck myself