eva2000

First time checking out a 2x2GB DDR2 kit of memory and the first contender to reach my hands is a 4GB G.Skill F2-8000CL5D 4GBPQ 5-5-5-15 dual channel kit fresh off the production lines according to serial number = 740 = week 40, 2007. Thanks G.Skill for supplying the kit

Product url http://gskill.com/en/f2-8000cl5d-pq.html

Specification:

• Capacity 4GB (2GB x 2)
• Speed 1000MHz DDR2 (PC2-8000)
• CAS Latency CL 5-5-5-15
• Test Voltage 2.0~2.1 Volts
• PCB 6 Layers PCB
• Registered/Unbuffered Unbuffered
• Error Checking Non-ECC
• Type 240-pin DIMM
• Warranty Lifetime

Poor lighting forced me to use flash on my camera

From irev210's review photo here it seems to be non-Micron based ICs.

Will be using E6850 on DFI LP UT P35-T2R motherboard to test this memory out - 4GB memtest86+ v1.70 will takes ages

eva2000

Some quick tests of Prime95 v25.4 and a barrage of Everest, Sandra 2008 XII and Super Pi benchmarks all done at 2.1v vdimm.

System

• Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 ES - L723A347 G0
• Scythe Infinity with modded mount + 120x25mm Spire 96cfm fan
• Transpiper heatsink NOT installed
• DFI LP UT P35-T2R 9/13 bios
• 128MB Gainward FX5200 PCI
• 2x2GB G.Skill F2-8000CL5D 4GBPQ 5-5-5-15 2.0-2.1v rated DDR2 kit
• 80GB Hitachi 7K80 SATA
• LiteON CD-RW
• 700W OCZ GameXStream
• WinXP Pro SP2

CAS5 - Prime95 v25.4

All subtimings on AUTO except tRFC which needed loosening to 48

@stock 500Mhz 5-5-5-15 at 2.10v



@510Mhz 5-5-5-15 at 2.10v



@520Mhz 5-5-515 at 2.10v

Seems to be close to max at 2.10v memory voltage so far with AUTO set subtimings and manually set tRFC 48 value.





Super Pi - single & dual 32M







Everest Ultimate 4.10.1052 beta


Sandra 2008 XII - Buffered & Unbuffered





CPUZ Validation



Not bad for <US$190 4GB kit with non-micron ICs. More tests including CAS4 to come soon

leeghoofd

I kindda like mine too Sir Eva, I was looking initially at the Mushkin set, though these are way cheaper and perform great on my P5K DLX at 1000mhz at 2 volts... when the Striker returns from RMA or the Maximus will arrive at the shop i can pump them in there...and test...

eva2000

Yeah definitely nice for budget end indeed... ideally suited for Vista 64bit folks...

leeghoofd

Make that WinXP 64 users George , it really feels pretty smooth bundled with an OC'ed quad...

kimandsally

What would be the plus and minus of using 4gb on XP and Vista 32bit?

I'm in a dilema need some new ram I can get 9200 2GB kit or this 4gb G Skill for the same money.

eva2000

Take a read of http://i4memory.com/f50/info-windows-maximum-supported-memory-size-1327/#post67182 and [info] Windows maximum supported memory size

moloko

Nicely done as always George

I've got some Patriot, OCZ and Corsair 2x2GB kits lined up for a possible review but I'm trying to hunt down kits using D9HNL ICs as I am really curious what the 2GB D9 modules are capable of in comparison with their 1GB brethren.

Any idea of what ICs are used on these G.Skills? ProMOS perhaps? That'd be my guess from my experience with some ProMOS 2x1GB kit earlier in the year.

Looking forward to further testing mate