Conclusion:
Silicon Powers 4Gb dual channel 2133 Mhz Ram kit set an impressive goal for itself. When the fastest stock settings that a motherboard will support are 1333 Mhz, This ram kit boasted a 2133 Mhz clock speed with 9 CAS latency. I am sad to report that it fell short. That being said, I was able to overclock the Ram to 1840Mhz, on an AMD system without any difficulty. The heat spreaders performed admirably as the temperature after 2 hours of run time (overclocked) was 98.6 degrees. Also the inclusion of the removable heat spreader was a very useful feature for anyone looking to squeeze them into a tight space, or use an aftermarket cooling solution. Overall I was disheartened by the high latency of the ram but the speed was certainly significantly over stock speeds capable of value ram. In fact I believe the only reason I was unable to reach the manufacturer’s listed speed of 2133 Mhz was due to a limitation of the motherboard. If your looking for the best ram to put into your top of the line performance rig, this is not the kit for you, but if your looking for a ram kit with decent overclocking capabilities, that won’t break the bank this would be worth a look.
“Also the ram is reporting in at Single Channel however it is set at dual channel in the bios.”
lol, fail much? So the memory isnt stable enough to post bios in dual channel even.
A couple of problems with the test.
1. You are not testing the CPU and motherboard. You are testing the *RAM*. Allowing the CPU to overclock in this test when trying to “push” the RAM is retarded. Come on get with it already. It’s no wonder you didn’t reach rated on the RAM.
2. I say that you probably hit an FSB limit. Not the limit of the RAM.