april 12 2010 review by alienbabeltech

Compared To:

This memory kit was not compared to other kits, instead it was compared to its own over- and underclocked settings.

Underclocking:

The idea was to get the timings as tight as possible. @1066 MHz the timings could be set to 6-6-5-15. @stock speed timings of 8-8-7-21 were possible which is less than the 'stock timing' of 9-9-9-27.

Overclocking:

The reviewer reached a max overclock @1720 MHz (increase of 20%), which cannot be considered very high, but could be OK for the CPU overclock. The voltage was @1.7V, the ECS A785GM-AD3 is not a good overclocker and the reviewer wasn't able to raise the voltage above 1.92V.

Conclusion:

This kit can handle lower timings than advertised @stock speed, still running stable. With a more advanced mainboard the results might have been (a lot?) higher. The price is not very competative because similar kits can be obtained for less.

Benchmarks:

PCMark Vantage, Everest 5.30, Sisoft Sandra, LameXP Audio Encoding, Half Life 2 Lost Coast.

Test Setup:

CPU: Phenom II X2 550 CPU -- Mainboard: ECS A785GM-AD3 -- SSD: Patriot TorqX M28 256GB -- Air Cooling: Xigmatek Dark Knight S1283 -- OS: W7 Ultimate 64 bit.

nobember 5 2009 review by overclockersclub

Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz 4GB Non-ECC CL9 9-9-9-27 KHX1600C9D3K2-4G Kit of 2

The package there contains a pamphlet with info on the limited life-time warranty and installation instructions. The design is low profile, which is good in case of large air-coolers etc.

Compared to:

Corsair DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 DHX 4GB 9-9-9-24 and OCZ DDR3 4GB 1600MHz Spec Ops Urban Elite 8-8-8-24.

Overclocking:

A stable overclock of 1744MHz was reched with a small adjustment to the timings and the voltage @2.0v.

Conclusion:

The stability with this kit was a problem, the voltage had to be set to the max of 1.9v to get the 9-9-9-27 timings. The memory voltage is in between 1.7 to 1.9 volts. The timings are not very tight which could lead to a drop in performance. You'll get A lifetime warranty, and a good performance at a competitive price point.

Benchmarks:

PCMark Vantage, SISoft Sandra 2009, Windows Task Manager, Left 4 Dead.

Test Setup:

Processor: Phenom II X4 955 -- Mainboard: Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4H -- Graphics Card: Nvidia GTX 260-216 -- PSU: Zalman 750 watt HDD: Seagate 750GB 7200.12 OS: Vista x64.