Kingstons latest offering: DDR500!

[pastorjay]

Take a look here:

Kingston DDR500 (http://legitreviews.com/)

PJ

[eva2000]

guess pc4000 competition has begun :)

[pastorjay]

By all means! Let the games begin!!!

[eva2000]

kingston pc3700 and pc4000 have 3-4-4-8 timings as well but at 2.65v .. very interesting :)

[Chuck232]

Well, same as Corsair... And we know that the Corsair didn't really do as well as the OCZ PC3700 Gold...

But 2.65V is interesting... Maybe at 2.75-2.95 like the OCZ is rated, it coulod do CAS2.5 at least?

Also, the MSRP isn't all that high, which is good. But then again, all the HyperX were fairly cheap.

[LastRide]

The spec on OCZ Gold is 2/3/3/7 2.7 vdimm.I don't like those timings on the kingston 3/4/4/8 even if its 2.65 vdimm.Thats considerable compared to OCZ Gold.

[Chuck232]

Well, the good news is that the KHX PC4000's price is comparable to the OCZ Gold PC3700, so let's hope that means that at DDR466 it can do lower timings...:confused:

[eva2000]

Originally posted by LastRide
The spec on OCZ Gold is 2/3/3/7 2.7 vdimm.I don't like those timings on the kingston 3/4/4/8 even if its 2.65 vdimm.Thats considerable compared to OCZ Gold. yeah kingston pc3700 doesn't look nice but pc4000 release means warrantable for 250 at 3-4-4-8.. there's no guarantee for ocz pc3700 gold at 250mhz stable at 2.65v

[LastRide]

We need to see how far the Kingstom 3700 & 4000 overclocks.It will be tough to hit 500 DDR on 2.65V with the OCZ,but its 3700 ram,not 4000 like the Kingston is.I will try mine and see if it can do it at 2.65V 500DDR.You posted on the new OCZ 4200 so it will be interesting once more reviews come out on the two.


Originally posted by eva2000
yeah kingston pc3700 doesn't look nice but pc4000 release means warrantable for 250 at 3-4-4-8.. there's no guarantee for ocz pc3700 gold at 250mhz stable at 2.65v

[LastRide]

I am in windows surfing at 2.65V DDR 500 3/4/4/8.Not sure how stable it is.The timings are not a problem but the low Vdimm might.I would have to test with memtest86 to make sure which I will later.

[eva2000]

Originally posted by LastRide
We need to see how far the Kingstom 3700 & 4000 overclocks.It will be tough to hit 500 DDR on 2.65V with the OCZ,but its 3700 ram,not 4000 like the Kingston is.I will try mine and see if it can do it at 2.65V 500DDR.You posted on the new OCZ 4200 so it will be interesting once more reviews come out on the two. my ocz pc3700 gold from http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=254

233mhz 2-3-3-6 at 2.85v = 1175 passes, 4 errors on 1003,1046th pass 9:18:10

233mhz 2-3-3-7 at 2.85v = PASSED 12hrs stopped after..

250mhz 2.5-3-3-7 at 2.85v = curently testing
(memtest = 3086MB/s)

250mhz 2.5-4-3-8 at 2.85v = currently testing
(memtest = 2929MB/s)

255mhz 2.5-3-3-8 at 2.85v = frooze in test #6, first pass
(memtest = 3148MB/s)

255mhz 2.5-4-4-8 at 2.85v = frooze in test #6, first pass
(memtest = 2917MB/s)

so no way 250mhz at 2.65v

[Chuck232]

Hm... well at least it's doable. I'm sure the early Kingston will have problems running at that speed with that vDIMM... Most new "ground-breaking" RAM does. At least at first.

[ThugsRook]

let the price drops for lower ram begin! :deviltail

[Chuck232]

Eva, try as LR did. Use the same settings as the KHX4000 and see if the Gold are as good.

[eva2000]

Originally posted by Chuck232
Eva, try as LR did. Use the same settings as the KHX4000 and see if the Gold are as good. have to wait until i'm on my 2.4C as my 2.8C due to lack of vcore is limited to 245FSB

[pastorjay]

Well, I set mine at those timings, and my Gold will NOT do 3-4-4-8 at 2.65... boots into windows and then reboots...



Originally posted by Chuck232
Eva, try as LR did. Use the same settings as the KHX4000 and see if the Gold are as good.

[LastRide]

Just ran 5 loops of memtest86 with no errors 3/4/4/8 2.65 vdimm DDR 500.:wave:

[pastorjay]

Originally posted by LastRide
Just ran 5 loops of memtest86 with no errors 3/4/4/8 2.65 vdimm DDR 500.:wave:

Nice!!!:rock:

[eva2000]

Originally posted by LastRide
Just ran 5 loops of memtest86 with no errors 3/4/4/8 2.65 vdimm DDR 500.:wave: same board as pastorjay, IC7 ?

[pastorjay]

I have the "G" version

[Chuck232]

Well, all memory is not created equal.. Even the same type.

[eva2000]

Originally posted by pastorjay
I have the "G" version whoops.. here the IC7-G undervolts vdimm a bit more than IC7

[pastorjay]

Well, I will hopefully be doing the vdimm mod thi weekend...

[LastRide]

I have the IC7 (non G).I realize not all ram is equal.I just tried it to see if my ram would do it.

[eva2000]

Originally posted by LastRide
I have the IC7 (non G).I realize not all ram is equal.I just tried it to see if my ram would do it. yay i'm happy good to know what to expect of an IC7 board :)

[Chuck232]

Also an advantage of the KHX4000 is that they come in both 256MB and 512MB modules. So if you need 1GB, there's no need to get 4x256MB.