Kingston HyperX 4GB 2000 MHz CL9 DDR3: 2480MHz SPi 32M action on FULL AIR!

[George_o/c]

Hello everybody. That's my first thread in Xtreme Bandwidth section and I sincerely hope you enjoy it! Approximately 10 days ago, I got a Kingston HyperX 4GB 2000 MHz CL9 DDR3 KHX2000C9D3T1K2/4GX sample from my boss, so that I review it for www.hwbox.gr Here in Greece it retails at 168€. From what I can see though, it's way cheaper in newegg, only $150 damn'

Scaling with low tRCD values is really crappy, but who cares, after all it's not made for such low latencies. Plus it's a budget kit! System used:

Core i5 750 for 6-9-6 and 7-9-7 tests, Core i7 860 for higher latencies (both CPUs were on air cooling)
GeIL EVO Cyclone Ram cooler
ASUS Maximus III Formula - BIOS 1501 (superb motherboard )
Gigabyte 8800GT 512MB DDR3
Western Digital 74GB Raptor
Xilence 750W PSU
Windows 7 64bit Retail







First for some MemTest 4x800MB 300% testing, not only at standard ram frequencies that we all use (1600, 1800 and 2000MHz), but also at significantly higher freqs.

1600MHz 6-7-6-18-88 1T @ 1.68V MemTest Stable


1800MHz 6-8-6-18-88 1T @ 1.68V MemTest Stable


2000MHz 7-9-6-21-88 1T @ 1.68V MemTest Stable


1926MHz 6-9-6-21-88 1T @ 1.7V MemTest Stable


2296MHz 9-10-9-27-88 1T @ 1.7V MemTest Stable




Now for some SPi 32M runs that took me aback I might say and of course the 2480MHz run!

2034MHz 6-9-6-21-88 1T @ 1.8V


2190MHz 7-9-7-21-126 1T @ 1.75V (I forgot to set tRFC at 88)


2480MHz 9-15-9-31-200 2T @ 1.81V (will rerun that next week at lower tRCD and tRFC values )


And a random SPi 2M run done at 2100MHz 6-9-6-21-88 1T @ 1.825V



Here is the YouTube video for 2480MHz SPi 32M run (horrible quality )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuOpambnOWg





Feel free to visit the review here: http://www.hwbox.gr/reviews/8663-kin...gx-review.html
It's in Greek, but there are many more photos, tests and charts that do not need translation