I remember something like the OCZ name a few years ago and couldn't remember it this is the same company selling RAM at higher speeds with overclocked chips underneath heat spreaders without telling consumers. I grabbed one anyway and was disappointed upon visual inspection.
Uses chips made by USI with OCZ labeled timings at 3-4-4-8. OCZ website rates voltage at 2.6v. Chips were taller than the PCB and actually overhung. I'm sure it's cost cutting and will also help fitting the RAM in tighter areas. RAM came packaged with a cheap paper label with the words, "Ultra High Performance." Looked like it came from an old color lazer printer and the instructions sheet looked like it was printed on super recycled toilet paper, but who cares. . . right? It's $100. Let's see how this puppy performs.
Threw it into two different systems and compared against a PDP (Patriot), I picked up a few weeks ago for $19 more. The results:
Dell Dimension 8300 (Intel 875)
DELL OEM RAM (uses Mosel chips)
Memtest - 2372
Sandra 04 - 4378/4387
PDP RAM (uses Samsung chips)
Memtest - 2424
Sandra 04 - 4562/4567
OCZ RAM (uses USI chips)
Memtest - 2274
Sandra 04 - 4509/4499
ABIT AN7 (Nvidia nForce2)
OEM RAM 2.5v timings 2.5-3-2
Memtest - 1479
Sandra 04 - 3030/2842
PDP RAM 2.5v timings 3-3-3
Memtest - 1449
Sandra 04 - 3035/2838
OCZ RAM 2.65v timings 2-2-3
Memtest - 1460
Sandra 04 - 3089/2919
The SPD timings are slow, but if you can adjust the timings these sticks do well. They ran at 3-3-3 @ 2.5v and bumping the voltage to 2.65v got me 2-2-3. Additional voltage all the way to 2.95v didn't help and I didn't overclock via FSB, I don't intend to. I'm not too sure how long this RAM will last. It's pretty budget, but they are better than the unknown RAM on ebay or pricewatch. My system is on 80 hrs a week and with a lifetime warranty and a super budget price of $100 these are great deal for the majority of people and even better for systems where you can adjust timings and voltage.