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Packaging and
Installation
Most of the memory
kits we see come
in the standard plastic bubble packaging. Nothing
fancy, but it serves its purpose and you get to see those
fancy heat spreaders.
The OCZ PC3-10666 features platinum heat
spreaders. OCZ's XTC (Xtreme Thermal Convection) allow
greater airflow over the memory chips and hopefully keep
them cool.
OCZ also has a new logo on their DDR3 modules.
Testing and
Overclocking
I chose the Asus P5K3 Deluxe which has an
Intel P35 chipset, for testing. This is going to mean that
adjusting the memory speed is going to require adjusting the
FSB. A variety of FSB speeds will be used ranging from
400MHz to 500MHz. Here is a basic rundown of the test system:
| Hardware |
Model |
| Motherboard: |
Asus P5K3 Deluxe Wi-Fi Edition |
| CPU |
Intel
C2D E6600 |
| Video Card |
eVGA 8800GTS 320 |
| Storage |
Seagate 400GB SATA |
| Optical |
Lite-On 16X DVD+/-RW with
Lightscribe |
| Memory |
OCZ PC3-10666 Platinum |
| Cooling |
Corsair Nautilus 500 Water cooling
kit |
According to OCZ's website, it's safe to run the memory at
1.95v, so that is what I used for overclocking. Please
be careful when adjusting the voltage. If you're not
sure, don't increase it beyond the factory specs.
Results
OCZ's DDR3 has some headroom and I was pretty happy with the
results. We were able to increase the speed
from 667MHz (1333DDR) to 900MHz (1800DDR), almost 500MHz
over default. We were also able to tighten the timings
at default from 7-7-7 to 6-6-6. Let's see how this
effected the benchmarks.
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