DDR3-2133

[Pelu]

Anyone here have this memory and can tell us how great they are? lol... I still stuck on DDR2-800

 

[chizow]

Corsair DDR3-2133 Memory Review at AT

Hot off the presses here at AT.

 

[Yellowbeard]

I have not read the AT review yet but, keep in mind you need a CPU that OCs to 533FSB to get this memory to 2133 on Intel platforms. You can use UNLINKED mode on Nvidia chipsets but, due to the way the UNLINKED algorithyms work, you will still need to hit a VERY high FSB to get 2133 on an Nvidia platform.

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: Yellowbeard
I have not read the AT review yet but, keep in mind you need a CPU that OCs to 533FSB to get this memory to 2133 on Intel platforms. You can use UNLINKED mode on Nvidia chipsets but, due to the way the UNLINKED algorithyms work, you will still need to hit a VERY high FSB to get 2133 on an Nvidia platform.

Getting a CPU to run 533MHz shouldn't be an issue as you can just drop the multi on any Core 2, finding a board that can handle it is a different story. That leaves maybe P45 and X48 and maybe 790i boards as the only options.

 

[Yellowbeard]

Originally posted by: chizow
Getting a CPU to run 533MHz shouldn't be an issue as you can just drop the multi on any Core 2,

Dropping the multi??? What fun is that

 

[geok1ng]

I am less than impressed by the way AT reviewed the 2000+ DDR3 kits.

After the great AT article on C2D memory config options http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3208&p=9

it become almost canonical that any "optimized" setup has to use a memory timing listed on the 12,5 ns - 400 FSB list and for DDR3 the options are 5:3 divider DDR3 1333 CAS 5 and 2:1 DDR3 1600 CAS 6 both with a tRD of 5.

The article claims that reaching 2133Mhz on DDR3 is an herculean task at the current mobo generation and DO NOT published results for the settings that would actually justify the purchase of these memory sticks: the ability to run DDR3 1600+ speeds at CAS 6! Is a DDR3 mobo capable of operation at a tRD of 5 at these speeds?

I am looking forward for a review that shows us a comparative between a E8600 running 10x400 / DDR3 1600 CAS 6 againts an E8600 10x400 DDR2 1200 CAS 5, considering that the P5Q Deluxe is the DDR2 fan-mobo of the moment. How did will it fare against the DDR3 P5Q3 offer?

 

[Yellowbeard]

This part really made me wonder about their MOBO choice for the review:

When we first learned that Corsair was sending us this $515 kit for testing, we had just finished pushing the ASUS P5E3 Premium to its limits and found it to be a fantastic board for overclocking 1GB memory modules well in excess of 2000MHz. In order to obtain these results we used 2X1GB modules from Cell Shock that are based upon Micron's D9JNL part. These particular modules scaled all the way to 2160MHz at CAS 8 on the ASUS board, although it has to be said it took a decent amount of work getting there. Very impressive of course, but it's also no real secret that few of us really run our PCs with such a setup, simply because the voltages and time required to reach such lofty speeds is more than excessive for 24/7 operation.

So, instead of that, they chose the masochistic approach of a brand new MOBO with admittedly bugged BIOS':

Shortly after the Corsair kit arrived in the labs, DFI shipped us their new LANParty UT X48 T3R motherboard. It uses DDR3 and is armed to the rafters with overclocking options - we thought we'd found the perfect partner. In truth, we could not have been more wrong at the time. The BIOS was still very much alpha level and had more quirks, knots, and idiosyncrasies than we care to list. We found ourselves receiving a new BIOS every few days just to get modules (any modules, much less these) to either boot or get the board to even resemble an overclocking board.