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PQI Turbo 4GB DDR3-1600 kit - Immortality Edition
Test Rig:
We Installed the PQI Turbo Immortality Edition 4GB DDR3-1600 kit into a computer with the following components:
- Thermaltake Kandalf LCS case
- ASUS Striker II NSE motherboard
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
- Western Digital 80GB SATA HDD
- ATI Radeon HD 3870
- Tagan BZ900 900W PSU
Installation:
Installation of the RAM was quite easy. Like any other RAM, simply unlock the DIMMs, orient the RAM properly, and push the stick into the DIMM slot until the sides lock it in place. The FSB for this motherboard was 1066, so the RAM started out at 1066MHz. This is unacceptable, so we went into the BIOS, unlinked the RAM, and set it to 1375MHz. The actual operating frequency was 1371.8MHz.We did this first so we could compare it to the Kingston DDR3-1375 kit we tested earlier. We will test it at 1600MHz afterwards.
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Preliminary Testing @ 1375MHz:
CPU-Z:
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CPU-Z Memory @ 1375MHz |
CPU-Z SPD @ 1375MHz |
CPU-Z was run on the RAM to establish a baseline of data. We see from the image on the left that the RAM is running at 685.9MHz, so 685.9 x 2 = 1371.8MHz. We also see that our timings are 9-10-10-25. This does not correspond to our 9-9-9-27 as seen on the previous page, but we're running this 1600MHz rated RAM at 1375MHz. The top section of the Memory picture shows us we have 4GB of DDR3 RAM in dual channel. Moving on to the picture on our right, we can see the approximated timings with relation to speed. The highest it shows is 667Mhz, which is strange since we're running our PQI Turbo Immortality Edition 4GB DDR3-1600 kit higher than that already.
Real Time Pricing: