Kingston HyperX Memory Review Discussion

[James D]

Been a while, but I came across this article and the test methods are quite definitive.

AnandTech - Sandy Bridge Memory Scaling: Choosing the Best DDR3

This is what I have just wrote there:

On each speed type (1333, 1600, 1866 etc.) you used only slightly different timings! For example for speed 1333 Mhz you had:
1) 7-7-7-18
2) 8-8-8-18
3) 9-9-9-18
In this case of course you won't get much different results! Don't you know that changing CL and other timings you can change tRAS timings which is the minimum number of clock cycles needed to access a certain row of data in RAM between the data request and the precharge command.
OF COURSE you won't get big difference if you didn't change tRAS! If you lower all other timings then most likely you can decrease tRAS which also will increase performance.

Please rebench all these with slightly different all types of timings. It means a lot for results.

[Teslacoil]

any word if these are ivy bridge compatible?

[James D]

any ddr3 is ivy bridge compatible. and i assume 1600 ram will work fully on any ivy. but you better buy cheaper corsair vengeance 1600 ram. it has no uselss metal shields.