Additional Overclocking
Despite the fact that we were able to overclock Sector 7 to 1850 MHz, we were not quite satisfied with the result. We therefore pulled out a different test system for the testing of the RAM. Using the new system we were successful to overclock it an additional 70 MHz to a total of 1920MHz. Special thanks goes to Chris for donating his system for testing. The main difference between the two systems that affects the RAM is the motherboard which is capable of higher speeds.
Testing Platform
- In Win Ironclad Case
- Intel Core i7-920
- MSI Big Bang XPOWER
- Patriot 256GB Torqx SSD
- Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Drive
- Palit Radeon 4870 X2
- Ultra X4 1050 Watt Power Supply
- Windows 7 x64
CPUz
Below are screenshots detailing the new overclocked settings for the overclock setup. The processor was overclocked to 2.721 GHz as can be seen in the left image and the DRAM frequency was overclocked to 960MHz * 2 (1920MHz). Same timing as the original settings were used.
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| CPUz – CPU @ 1920 MHz | CPUz – Memory @1920 MHz |
PCMark Vantage
The overall score of the system was 11889 which was mainly due to the graphics card. However, focusing on the components, specifically the Memories Suite the performance of the RAM produced a lower score. This indicates that further overclocking might completely compromise the stability of the RAM.
