G.SKILL F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ PC2-8000 mini-review (1020MHz w/ 1.9Vdimm)

[irev210]

Similar to Denny, i am throwing up a quick review of the retail g.skill kit I picked up at newegg a few days ago.


Overall, I am really impressed at the price/performance of the kit. At $189.99, it is priced the same as 667 or 800MHz kits, but is guaranteed to run at 1000 5-5-5-15.

Anywho, I was able to hit a max of 1020MHz with 1.9Vdimm on a P5K Deluxe, which isnt half bad. The memory does not respond at all to voltage. ~1.9-2.1Vdimm all yielded the exact same overclock.

On to the pics!
























Definitely stable as a rock at 1020, but take it up a hair more and all stability is lost.


Anyway to sum up this kit:

PROS:

Inexpensive (relatively speaking)
Low Voltage
Look good
1000+MHz out of the box, guaranteed


CONS:

Little overclocking headroom
Hates voltage

[EnJoY]

Nice little write up, any testing with other timings? I should have my set from G.Skill early this week.

[irev210]

nah, im testing ballistix lanparty stuff, vs 8000 and 8500

[EnJoY]

nah, im testing ballistix lanparty stuff, vs 8000 and 8500

Oooo...

[Rone]

Anywho, I was able to hit a max of 1020MHz with 1.9Vdimm on a P5K Deluxe, which isnt half bad. The memory does not respond at all to voltage. ~1.9-2.1Vdimm all yielded the exact same overclock.

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Definitely stable as a rock at 1020, but take it up a hair more and all stability is lost.

I wouldn't expect much more of the Powerchip ICs. Still a nice achievement for a 2x2GB kit.

[Rattle]

can you see how high they go at 2.1v

also can you see how tight the timings can go at 800mhz and 2.1v

[-n7-]

can you see how high they go at 2.1v

also can you see how tight the timings can go at 800mhz and 2.1v

Read?

The memory does not respond at all to voltage. ~1.9-2.1Vdimm all yielded the exact same overclock.
Little overclocking headroom
Hates voltage

Thanx for this irev210...looks like a decent cheaper kit.

Just not in stock @ NCIX yet, & $40 more in Canada

[Breathless]

Do you think that 4 of those G.Skill's could do 1000?

Here is what I am thinking. I want to have the capability for 4X2GB at DDR21000. I was thinking of getting two of the G.skill kits and hope that they would go to 1000. I have an Asus Crosshair Mobo.

Yet, I had already purchased the Geil DDR800 Esoteria 2X2GB kit from newegg. The G.Skill does not respond to voltage, so if it doesn't get to 1000, you are pretty much screwed. However the Geil allows up to 2.5 volts pumping through it so there could possibly be more headroom to get to 1000 if and when I decide to get another of the Geil 2X2GB kits.

What do you guys think? Keep the Geil for now and hope that later on If I buy another kit I could get to 1000 or get 2 of the G.Skill 2X2GB (for a total of 8GB) and see if I could get 1000?

[Rattle]

Read?




Thanx for this irev210...looks like a decent cheaper kit.

Just not in stock @ NCIX yet, & $40 more in Canada

read what ? this review has virtually no info....

these are the same sticks no?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=160738

[Reefa_Madness]

nah, im testing ballistix lanparty stuff, vs 8000 and 8500

Sorry for the off-topic, but since you mentioned it...

So how is that coming along?

Real curious to see how those NE LanFest compare to the rest of the Ballistix lineup.

Do you have a thread started for that yet? Looked, but didn't see one.

[irev210]

read what ? this review has virtually no info....

these are the same sticks no?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=160738

yes, same sticks


The most important information is the max I was able to hit, along with showing what IC's were used.


sorry you didnt like the info of the max o/c

[Rattle]

its not that i didnt like it I just didnt think you were done.

ddr2 1000 with 4gb is nice regardless

[msimax]

@Breathless

i would like to see how these perform too

[irev210]

its not that i didnt like it I just didnt think you were done.

ddr2 1000 with 4gb is nice regardless

I will give it a whirl with XP pro

I dont see how people do reviews with vista yet. Ill get to work now

[GSKILL TECH]

irev210

what value did you use for trfc?


nice review

[Breathless]

@Breathless

i would like to see how these perform too

I will let you know. I have purchased both kits:

The G.Skill 2X2GB X 2 (for a total of 8GB) and the Geil Esoteria 2X2GB.

I am going to test both and report back.


@ Geil Skill guy right above me.... Do you think that I would be able to get DDR2 1000 out of 4 of these sticks at the same time in my Asus Crosshair?

[kakaroto]

irev210

what value did you use for trfc?


nice review

On the P5B Deluxe no TrFc options in the BIOS will work. When I set SPD auto then the system will take tRFC = 51. Lower then that e.g. 48 is Freeze.
So basically now setting the latencies manually in BIOS is nogo on the P5B deluxe.

[Breathless]

Hey guys. I told you I would report back.

I currently have the 8GB's of the Gskill kits at 500MHZ easily with my 6400 @ 3500MHZ. I will post a mini review soon.

[irev210]

irev210

what value did you use for trfc?


nice review

Sorry for delay, I sold that kit in a system.

I am ordering a few more sets and will test


Thanks again for providing with some excellent 2*2GB kits!