OC3D Review: OCZ Gold XTC PC2-8800 DDR2 2gb Kit

[Jim]

"Just when you thought that PC2-8500 was impressive, OCZ go and take things one step further by releasing a 2gb kit rated at 1.1ghz (PC2-8800). Lets see what these babies are capable of..."

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[Ham]

*starts to wonder if XMS does actualy have a job...*

Good to see you hard at it though:P.

[ai_01]

nice and blingin

[Jim]

Originally Posted by Ham

*starts to wonder if XMS does actualy have a job...*

Good to see you hard at it though:P.

Yeah i try to keep pointless sleeping to a minimum :sleep:

[glocktodahead]

Originally Posted by name='XMS'

Yeah i try to keep pointless sleeping to a minimum :sleep:

lol! I came home today to see 4 new reviews! Good work guys

[PV5150]

Awesome review Jim. Those OCZ sticks are certainly very classy, and DDR2-1160 on stock timings

[kimandsally]

Yet another superb review, your photo's are amazing as well as the detail you've gone into again. You certianly do it with love.

[Jim]

THanks very much kimandsally

[dave87]

Very nice, just a quick question tho, isn't 2.4v a bit much for ddr2?

Dave

[speedy]

no, 2.5 is what they are warrantied for. well those chips anyways. I haven't read the review yet....but, I believe they are using the micron chips. Those will do 2.4 all day. any higher and you'll cut down on the life expectancy of them big time. Not to mention the need for active cooling.

My Ballistix tracers were running 1014 @ 2.4 for a while and man those suckers got hot during prime.

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And yes, the D9GMH as mentioned in the review are Micron chips...I'd be willing to bet that 98% of manufacturers that use those for their memory can be overclocked to pc-8000 speeds @ 5-5-5-12 @ 2.2v