Computer Power User Magazine
From December, 2003 issue of CPU Magazine: "Our highest-voltage settings showed OCZ as the only vendor able to crack 6000 in our Sandra tests, and it came only one point from hitting 5900 in 3DMark03. The choice of a gold heatspreader seems appropriate for this chart-topping champion."

TweakTown
While the Corsair seemed to take the lead at DDR500 speeds, as soon as we started overclocking the OCZ memory it really pulled away and for good reason it received our newest award, the TweakTown Performance Award.

Tom's Hardware
The best thing about the 1000-MHz FSB and extra chip speed is the excellent system stability - the three memory module offerings we tested gave us absolutely no problems throughout the tests. The modules with the most credit are definitely OCZ Technologies', as they can be run at the highest speeds.

Viperlair
This is yet another strong showing on the part of OCZ. The OCZ EL DDR PC4000 Gold Dual Channel Kit certainly ranks right up there as one of the fastest memory kits we've had the opportunity to test. It performs well, overclocks like mad, and has some sweet looking heatspreaders as well.

3DGameMan
The OCZ EL DDR PC-4000 Dual Channel Gold Memory is blistering fast. Its default speed is 250MHz or 500MHz DDR but it can reach much higher speeds. I was able to overclock it beyond 260MHz which is excellent resulting in fantastic performance. Overclockers will love tweaking their system with this memory. Watch the Video to find out more...

Tweakup (Denmark)

OC Prices
The performance of the OCZ PC4000 Gold simply speaks for itself. 3.3V is enough to deep fry most ordinary pedestrian DDR, but the 4000 just takes it in stride. There's not another stick of ram out there that can get this close to 600mhz. Not one. If you've got an 865PE or 875P motherboard that allows for Vdimm adjustments up to at least 2.9V (an Abit or Epox) you'll definitely want to pick up some PC4000 Gold to get the most out of your system. Highly recommended.

Club Overclocker
PC4000 memory is very new, but these very overclockable P4 "C" processors can use every bit of bus speed you can throw at them. Therefore, no P4 "C" system is complete without DDR4000. From what I've seen so far, the only company out there who is delivering true PC4000 is OCZ. However, I'm sure in a few weeks or months, other companies will perfect their so called PC4000 and OCZ will actually have some competition. Regardless, OCZ's PC4000 Gold stands alone and will be the highest rated DDR ever tested at Club Overclocker!

Madshrimps
If your platform is the Epox 4PCA3+ and your goal is overclocking at the highest FSB attainable, then the OCZ does pull ahead.

ComputerBase (Germany)
"In the complete tests, the OCZ PC-4000 Gold is on the same level as DDR550 modules from Corsair. The modules performed well in testing and earn our 'Achievement Hammer.'"

Dark Tweaker

XtremeTek
In terms of performance, the OCZ EL DDR PC-4000 Dual Channel Gold is great. It is definitely the fastest RAM we have tested. It ran rock solid at its advertised speed at its advertised voltage. This OCZ RAM can all run at lower speeds and very quick timings as well.

System Cooling
What can we say about this OCZ memory, except that it performed flawlessly. It matched the more-expensive and much higher rated Corsair XMS4400 all the way through the testing, falling only 3 Mhz short at the extreme high end of the spectrum, and did this with no more than 2.8v of juice. In short, this stuff rocks. Its performance ensures that OCZ PC4000 EL Gold lands near the very top of the performance memory heap, and earns it the Systemcooling.com Seal of Excellence.

OCModshop
"In this review, OCModShop is testing OCZ?s Gold Edition PC4000EL DDR Dual channel kit. This 1GB of total memory consists of two 512MB modules and is specifically paired to use a dual channel motherboard. The OCZ PC4000EL DDR is rated to run at 250MHz while maintaing fast timings of 2.5-4-4-7 at 2.8V. Unofficially, this memory can easily run at 265MHz. The DIMMs are absolutely beautiful and have a quality look. The copper heat spreaders are gold plated and buffed to a mirror finish with a light golden color. Not only does this help protect the module from physical damage, but it looks really shiny, and we all like shiny things! The spreaders also add to the product?s weight, weighing in at 74 grams (a normal DIMM weighs an average of 40g)."