Test System
Motherboard: MSI X79 Big Bang X-Power II
CPU: Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition @ 4.5GHz
Power Supply – ANTEC High Current Pro 1200W
Hard Drive – Kingston HyperX 240GB
Cooler – Corsair H100
Memory kits on test:
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 9-10-9-27 1866MHz
G.SKILL RipjawsZ 16GB 9-10-9-28 1866MHz
Overclocking
Below are the SPD settings of the memory kit in today's review:
Upon first boot and enabling XMP profile we found that the memory ran at 9-11-11-27 rather than the 9-11-9-27 advertised:
However, by setting the timings manually we found the kit to be perfectly stable at the correct timings of 9-11-9-27:
We did manage to lower the timings to match the two other kits on test at 9-10-9-27 however, what we really wanted to know was how much bandwidth this kit could provide:
To attain 2133MHz we had to slacken the timings off a little to 11-12-11-30 as any tighter and we encountered stability issues. Regardless, this kit will run at 2133MHz all day long with these settings so I am pleased to report this is a decent result for the Patriot Division 4 kit.
Let's see how these results translate to performance...
Motherboard: MSI X79 Big Bang X-Power II
CPU: Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition @ 4.5GHz
Power Supply – ANTEC High Current Pro 1200W
Hard Drive – Kingston HyperX 240GB
Cooler – Corsair H100
Memory kits on test:
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
Below are the SPD settings of the memory kit in today's review:
Upon first boot and enabling XMP profile we found that the memory ran at 9-11-11-27 rather than the 9-11-9-27 advertised:
However, by setting the timings manually we found the kit to be perfectly stable at the correct timings of 9-11-9-27:
We did manage to lower the timings to match the two other kits on test at 9-10-9-27 however, what we really wanted to know was how much bandwidth this kit could provide:
To attain 2133MHz we had to slacken the timings off a little to 11-12-11-30 as any tighter and we encountered stability issues. Regardless, this kit will run at 2133MHz all day long with these settings so I am pleased to report this is a decent result for the Patriot Division 4 kit.
Let's see how these results translate to performance...