Testing
In the past I ran the full battery of benchmarks when testing memory. Keep in mind that memory speed is only a part of the overall system, and overclocking memory alone only marginally affects most benchmark numbers, if at all. I have often said that benchmarks do not tell the entire story, and I feel that it could even be counter-productive when someone sees that overclocking the memory only increased a game by .2 FPS. So for the past few months I have only been running memory-specific benchmarks when testing memory.
I ran the tests at the advertised clock of DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24, and again at my overclock of DDR3-1656 9-9-9-28.
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The black finish on the heatspreader is a nice touch.
The black finish on the heatspreader is a nice touch.
the design of these memory modules is quite good and were overclockable. Pretty good for price tag of about ~$150
the design of these memory modules is quite good and were overclockable. Pretty good for price tag of about ~$150
the design of these memory modules is quite good and were overclockable. Pretty good for price tag of about ~$150
The honeycomb style heatspreaders do have a look however I do not think they are as effective as most people think.
The honeycomb style heatspreaders do have a look however I do not think they are as effective as most people think.
They are compact heatspreaders, so they are less effective than per se, heatspreaders that extend really high. These are good for use with large cpu heat sinks.
They are compact heatspreaders, so they are less effective than per se, heatspreaders that extend really high. These are good for use with large cpu heat sinks.
The honeycomb style heatspreaders do have a look however I do not think they are as effective as most people think.
They are compact heatspreaders, so they are less effective than per se, heatspreaders that extend really high. These are good for use with large cpu heat sinks.