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2008-02-14

OCZ's top speed DDR3 Kit, the 1800MHz Platinum Series, was reviewed by renowned hardware site Driver Heaven, and these modules proved to be the overclockers they were made to be! At stock timings the hardware gurus at Driver Heaven were able to push this memory to a blistering 2010MHz, beating out the competition in the roundup to speed away with a "Heavenly Hardware Gold Award."

"Despite their already high operating speed both sets of memory pleasantly surprised us with their ability to overclock.Our first test was to see how high the products would overclock with their advertised timings and the result was 2010MHz for OCZ. Each was completely stable through hours of testing with the above speeds."

"The next test was to see how tight we could get the memory timings whilst sticking to the standard DDR3 speed of 1333MHZ. The results for this test also slightly favoured the OCZ modules. With timings of 5-5-4-12 they compared favourably to the Kingston on 5-5-5-12."

"OCZ use Micron Z9 chips for their DDR3-1800 and both are designed to use timings of 8-8-8-24 so in each of our tests the two products perform at a similar level. The OCZ warranty does cover their sticks for use at higher voltages, making them slightly more desirable for extreme overclocking. It was actually in regards to overclocking where it was possible to separate the brands a little. It was the OCZ modules which had a slight edge when tightening timings or increasing the clocks."

"OCZ DDR3-1800 can match any of the more expensive modules on the market. Firstly we are able to run at 1866MHz and beyond, then there is the option to use 7-7-7-20 at DDR3-1800 and finally we can use tighter timings at DDR3-1333 than most native 1333MHz sticks."

Full Article: www.DriverHeaven.net



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