Test System
Memory kits on test:
Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB 9-11-9-27 1866MHz
G.SKILL ARES 16GB 9-11-10-28 2133MHz
Patriot Division 4 Viper Extreme 16GB 9-11-9-27 1866MHz
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 9-10-9-27 1866MHz
G.SKILL RipjawsZ 16GB 9-10-9-28 1866MHz
Overclocking
Above are the SPD settings of the memory kit in today's review.
The Kingston HyperX Beast comes with 2 X.M.P profiles which can be set to the following frequencies and latencies:
Profile 1
Profile 2
Unsurprisingly, we did not manage to push the kit any further than those settings found in profile 1 despite increasing the voltage slightly to 1.7v. The good news though is that there are 2 profiles from which to choose which means that if your PC is unstable with the higher frequency of 2400MHz @ 1.65v, perhaps due to a weaker internal memory controller on the CPU then you can always use the 2nd profile of 2133MHz @1.5v. With this in mind we will be testing both profiles in our suite of benchmarks.
Motherboard MSI X79 Big Bang X-Power II
CPU Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition @ 3.3GHz
Power Supply ANTEC High Current Pro 1200W
Hard Drive Kingston HyperX 240GB
Cooler XSPC Raystorm 750 RS360
CPU Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition @ 3.3GHz
Power Supply ANTEC High Current Pro 1200W
Hard Drive Kingston HyperX 240GB
Cooler XSPC Raystorm 750 RS360
Memory kits on test:
Kingston HyperX Beast 32GB 11-13-13 2400MHz
Kingston HyperX Beast 32GB 11-13-13 2133MHz
Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB 9-11-9-27 1866MHz
G.SKILL ARES 16GB 9-11-10-28 2133MHz
Patriot Division 4 Viper Extreme 16GB 9-11-9-27 1866MHz
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 9-10-9-27 1866MHz
G.SKILL RipjawsZ 16GB 9-10-9-28 1866MHz
Overclocking
Above are the SPD settings of the memory kit in today's review.
The Kingston HyperX Beast comes with 2 X.M.P profiles which can be set to the following frequencies and latencies:
Profile 1
Profile 2
Unsurprisingly, we did not manage to push the kit any further than those settings found in profile 1 despite increasing the voltage slightly to 1.7v. The good news though is that there are 2 profiles from which to choose which means that if your PC is unstable with the higher frequency of 2400MHz @ 1.65v, perhaps due to a weaker internal memory controller on the CPU then you can always use the 2nd profile of 2133MHz @1.5v. With this in mind we will be testing both profiles in our suite of benchmarks.
