OCZ FlexXLC Edition PC2-9200 (1150mhz) 2GB DDR2 Kit
Test Setup & Overclocking
Published: 4th July 2007 | Source: OCZ | Price: |
To ensure that all reviews on Overclock3D are fair, consistent and unbiased, a standard set of hardware and software is used whenever possible during the comparative testing of two or more products. The configuration and software used in this review can be seen below:
| OCZ FlexXLC PC2-9200 | Kingston HyperX PC2-9600* | |
| Processor | Intel Core2Duo E4300 | |
| Motherboard | Asus P5K Deluxe | |
| Graphics Card | XpertVision ATI X1950Pro PCI-E 512mb (Stock) | |
| Hard Disk | Hitachi Deskstar 80GB 7K80 SATA2 7200RPM 8mb | |
| CPU Cooling | Stock Intel Aluminium Cooler | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP (SP2) 32bit - Latest Patches | |
| Memory Frequency* | 575mhz (DDR2-1150) | |
| Memory Latency* | 5-5-5-18 | |
* The timings and frequency (mhz) of the Kingston HyperX PC2-9600 kit have been adjusted to match that of the OCZ FlexXLC PC2-9200 kit in order to produce more comparable results.
• Sisoft Sandra XI SP2 (CPU, Memory & HDD tests)
• Everest Memory Benchmarks
• SuperPI Mod v1.4 (1m and 16m)
• Quake 4
• Counter-Strike:Source
• F.E.A.R
• 3DMark05
• 3DMark06
Overclocking
With both kits set to 5-5-5-18 timings and a voltage of 2.35v, I set out to find the maximum stable overclock. After a little tweaking and several hours of ORTHOS and 32m SuperPI stability testing, the following results were acheived from the OCZ and Kingston DDR2 kits:
Despite the OCZ FlexXLC being the lower rated of the 2 memory kits tested (PC2-9200 vs PC2-9600), it managed by far the most impressive overclock. With a 15% increase over it's stock speed, the FlexXLC topped out at DDR2-1320 giving it the bragging rights of being the highest overclocking kit we've ever tested here at Overclock3D.
Reducing the speed of the OCZ FlexXLC down to DDR2-800 allowed the memory timings to be tightened all the way down to an extremely impressive 3-3-3-6. This puts the FlexXLC in direct competition with the Kingston HyperX PC2-9600 kit that previously held the record for obtaining the lowest latencies of any DDR2 kit on Overclock3D.
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Nice job jimbo. Good set too.
Sexy RAM 
Nice, surprized about the price, thought it`d be a bit more. $236 @ NewEgg.
I won`t admit to seeing a pic of these b4 and thinking the water things were somekind of screw-down efforts >.<
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I won`t admit to seeing a pic of these b4 and thinking the water things were somekind of screw-down efforts >.<
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Water cooled RAM and you never tested it under water :eh:
Now I'm left wondering what they could have done. Nice sticks though.
Now I'm left wondering what they could have done. Nice sticks though.
That's a nice o/c you managed there. 
I don't think I've seen a good comparison between passive/air/water cooling the RAM so it would have been interesting to see if there was much of an o/c difference.
I don't think I've seen a good comparison between passive/air/water cooling the RAM so it would have been interesting to see if there was much of an o/c difference.Quote:
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That's a nice o/c you managed there.
I don't think I've seen a good comparison between passive/air/water cooling the RAM so it would have been interesting to see if there was much of an o/c difference. |
ooo i've got 4gb of these in my new rig I didn't realise they were this good I think I will do a bit of playing as I have them water cooled too.
What if u had a tubing, with a tap, just looping the memory, filled with something like mineral oil ?
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