gto87

I don't know if you were asking me or GenAn about the date. I'm not even sure which one is the date but on the ram.

09250012 - this is the number on the ram kit.

Is this the number you asked Eva?

eva2000

yeah 0925 = week 25, 2009 - pretty old kits so yeah you could of got the good elpida hyper stuff

GenAn

Mine are 0945xxxx. I'm fairly certain this kit, or at least mine, doesn't use Elpida Hyper but instead BBSE. My reasons for thinking this are:

1) Revision Number
Corsair DDR3 Rev2.x signifies that the kit uses Elpida chips. However, all of the Hyper-based Dominator GT kits are Rev2.1. This kit is Rev2.2, the same as my regular Dominator 1600 C7 modules.

2) IC shape
Now that I have a kit that uses MNH-E Hypers, I compared the shapes of the ICs just by looking at them through the gaps in the heatspreaders. The chips in the GT kit do not have that distinct shape that Hypers have, the "sloped" sides. Rather, the chips just look straight/squared, again like my regular Dominators.

3) Overclocking
This kit won't clock anywhere near like Elpida Hyper can. DDR3-1600 6-7-6-18 takes 1.70v+, DDR3-2000 8-8-8 isn't possible and forget about 7-8-7.

eva2000

yeah i believe rev 2.1 = hyper and 2.2 = bbse but i could be wrong. BBSE is well capable of 1600mhz 6-7-6-x so fit into these rated specs although guess binning is involved.

So maybe you lucked out

GenAn

GenAn

eva2000

thanks for sharing, depending on price these would still be a good kit to get. Shame that not all Dominator GTs are elpida hyper. Here in Australia, the 1600 Dominator GT vs 1600C7D Dominator non-GT only has like AUD$20-40 separating them though.

GenAn

It's about the same price difference here, normally TR3X6G1600C7D is around $290 and CMG6GX3M3A1600C7 $310. BlackDragon24 and I got the non-GT kit at a really good price ($209).

Considering how much these usually cost, it would make more sense to buy something like the G.Skill Tridents IMO.