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Kingston Genesis 4GB DDR3 2133MHz Review

Introduction and Technical Specifications

Published: 14th March 2011 | Source: Kingston | Price: £80.39 | Author: Bryan Waters

Introduction

What was once a part of your system that you only cared about pure storage of, has rapidly become something of vital importance.

The difference between 4GB and 8GB is much less than the difference between a 2000MHz or greater kit, and one that's still down in the 1600, or even worse 1333, MHz bracket.

Similarly to how DirectX solved a swathe of compatibility issues between varying hardware types, so the XMP profiles forced manufacturers to focus their energies upon creating consistent timings and fairly universal specifications. By and large memory now comes at 9-9-9-27, with only the expensive or slow models giving tighter timings, and the anything worse than 9-9-9-27 giving pause for thought.

This does lead to the inevitible question of; "How different can one memory kit be from another?". After all, a dual channel kit is exactly that, surely?

Today, thanks to the Kingston Genesis 2133MHz Hyper-X X2 Grey Series we shall find out if there is a need to buy new memory for your LGA1155 board, or if your old P55-based kit will still cut the mustard.

Technical Specifications

Taking the specifications from the excellent Kingston website we see that the Genesis is on a par with many other available modules.

Let's have a quick look before we get down to brass tacks.

Most Recent Comments

14-03-2011, 05:50:50

tinytomlogan

With the adjustment to the P67 platform Kingston have followed suit and brought a LGA1155 specific kit to the table. Does it stack up against it's predecessor?



Continue ReadingQuote

14-03-2011, 06:11:29

UkGouki

damn that some impressive scores i cannot wait till i can afford a new system...Quote

14-03-2011, 07:27:01

dugdiamond

(in a Borat voice) "i like"Quote

14-03-2011, 07:55:51

Zeals

Awesomely fast, affordable and looks great. Finally some unpainted heatsinks. These along with some of their more traditional blue heatsinks on a MSI board will be awesome xDQuote

14-03-2011, 11:54:49

Aurus_OC

Amazingly affordable kit of memory there! Looks to be an absolutely kicking product. Well done Kingston! Quote

14-03-2011, 11:57:38

marsey99

the set my mate got are doing 2200mhz @ 9-10-9-26-1t 100% stable and are hit and miss @2000 cas8 but the gains all come from the mhz with them latency didnt gain much in benchmarks.

the one thing (other than the balls out performance) that struck me about them was the look, the etched hyper x on the gun metal grey is such a nich look that they just ooze so much understated class its untrue. i can only imagine how hard it was to get some nice pics of them, they go from a matt grey to shining like a diamond within a couple of degree.

i havent seen ram look as good as this since corsair first released the dominator range.Quote

14-03-2011, 12:08:25

tinytomlogan

2200MHZ? its not on SB then?Quote

14-03-2011, 12:38:13

marsey99

yea, with a 26k in a p8 67 pro, 103.something x 51 but 104 and it gets flakey.

if it was on a better set up im pretty sure they would go over 2200 on loose timings.Quote

14-03-2011, 13:29:59

tinytomlogan

Quote:

Originally Posted by marsey99 yea, with a 26k in a p8 67 pro, 103.something x 51 but 104 and it gets flakey. if it was on a better set up im pretty sure they would go over 2200 on loose timings.

We dont bother touching the BCLK as most advise not too tbh. so little in it just not worth bothering with. Most chips get iffy at or around 104/105.

Just not worth the hassle imho.Quote

14-03-2011, 14:08:42

mArTyN

Glad I bought some then (awaiting delivery) Quote

14-03-2011, 14:14:59

SnW

10 10 10 that's the Kingston i know about Quote

14-03-2011, 18:37:38

Bungral

But isn't that the beauty of overclocking that you keep talking about with regards to the 1366 platform?

How can the tweaking be worth it on one platform but not the other?

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Originally Posted by tinytomlogan We dont bother touching the BCLK as most advise not too tbh. so little in it just not worth bothering with. Most chips get iffy at or around 104/105. Just not worth the hassle imho.

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15-03-2011, 07:23:18

MichaelH

Woah. 2133 MHz and £80 ? WIN.Quote

15-03-2011, 10:56:18

tinytomlogan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bungral But isn't that the beauty of overclocking that you keep talking about with regards to the 1566 platform? How can the tweaking be worth it on one platform but not the other?

1156 = 200+ bclk from a 133 stock.

1155 = 110 if you are luck from a 100 stock. BCLK is pretty pointless on 1155 and was designed to be that way too.Quote

15-03-2011, 12:03:49

marsey99

with this ram as an eg, the best i got out of a set was 2200 on 1155 but if it was on 1156 or 1366 im pretty sure i could of got more out of them.

the only thing i could do after 2200 on 1155 was jump to 2400 which is a big step but on the other 2 platforms i could go up in much smaller steps making sure i could get the max out of them.

i know which platform i would of rather used to see how high the ram would go.Quote

15-03-2011, 16:48:22

hig_gins

Will these badboys fit with on noctua nh d14 on a gigabyte p67 ud7 board in a phantom?Quote

15-03-2011, 17:03:21

tinytomlogan

Quote:

Originally Posted by hig_gins Will these badboys fit with on noctua nh d14 on a gigabyte p67 ud7 board in a phantom?

daft question as they are so small tbh. but yeah they will.Quote

17-03-2011, 07:20:22

Mojo1990

Quote:

Originally Posted by mArTyN Glad I bought some then (awaiting delivery)

Where did you purchase them from? Do Kingston also provide 8GB Kits? And also is it possible to put heat sinks (those fin like things) on top?

Thanks, will defo be purchasing these bad boys Quote

17-03-2011, 09:00:45

Pat123

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mojo1990 Where did you purchase them from? Do Kingston also provide 8GB Kits? And also is it possible to put heat sinks (those fin like things) on top? Thanks, will defo be purchasing these bad boys

Yeh i'd also like to know where these are available in the UK, if at all Quote

17-03-2011, 10:11:14

tinytomlogan

Aria have the 1600's afaikQuote

17-03-2011, 11:31:39

marsey99

aria had these last I was looking as its where my mate got his 2 weeks back but as they are so good and this cheap I bet they are moving like hot cakes.Quote

18-03-2011, 23:44:21

Mojo1990

Just a quick question.

Would the 4GB kit at 2133 MHz be sufficient in terms of gaming usage? Or would you have to purchase the 8GB Kit?

Thanks in advance.

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I am thinking of purchaing these this week to go with the Gigabyte UD7 mobo that I have ordered but I am stuck between these and the yellow/gold Crucial Ballistix!!

My link

Which one do you think will perform better? They both look sweet Quote

22-03-2011, 21:18:01

Luger718

are these compatible with ASUS p8p67 boards? im planning on getting the 1600Mhz kitQuote

31-03-2011, 21:53:54

Mojo1990

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luger718 are these compatible with ASUS p8p67 boards? im planning on getting the 1600Mhz kit

As far as I know these Dual Kit Memory from Kingston support the new Sandybridge technology from Intel. So they are ideal for P67 motherboards from any brand including Asus, Gigabyte, EVGA, MSI and so on...Quote

31-03-2011, 22:14:10

Tortuga

I like when people ask if ram is compatible with SBQuote

01-04-2011, 17:27:51

Luger718

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tortuga I like when people ask if ram is compatible with SB

whys that?Quote

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