| Memory Speed / Bus Speed |
Linked / Unlinked |
Timings |
Int Buff'd |
Float Buff'd |
| 1150MHz / 1066MHz |
Unlinked |
5-5-5-18 |
5449MB/s |
5498MB/s |
| 1150MHz / 1150MHz |
Linked (1:1) |
5-5-5-18 |
5904MB/s |
5852MB/s |
| 1150MHz / 1333MHz |
Unlinked |
5-5-5-18 |
6679MB/s |
6590MB/s |
| 1150MHz / 1600MHz |
Unlinked |
5-5-5-18 |
7750MB/s |
7809MB/s |
| 1250MHz / 1066MHz |
Unlinked |
5-5-5-18 |
5512MB/s |
5507MB/s |
| 1250MHz / 1250MHz |
Linked (1:1) |
5-5-5-18 |
6477MB/s |
6531MB/s |
| 1250MHz / 1333MHz |
Unlinked |
5-5-5-18 |
6984MB/s |
6912MB/s |
| 1250MHz / 1600MHz |
Unlinked |
5-5-5-18 |
7914MB/s |
8018MB/s |
Anything above 1250MHz I
had to loosen the timings up so much that the performance
was lower, 1250MHz is the speed I decided was the max overclock, based on performance.

| Speed |
Linked / Unlinked |
Timings |
Read |
Write |
Copy |
Latency |
| 1150MHz / 1066MHz |
Unlinked |
5-5-5-18 |
7163MB/s |
4869MB/s |
5437MB/s |
57.2ns |
| 1150MHz / 1150MHz |
Linked (1:1) |
5-5-5-18 |
7773MB/s |
5119MB/s |
5670MB/s |
59.8ns |
| 1150MHz / 1333MHz |
Unlinked |
5-5-5-18 |
8824MB/s |
5935MB/s |
6531MB/s |
54.5ns |
| 1150MHz / 1600MHz |
Unlinked |
5-5-5-18 |
10495MB/s |
6984MB/s |
7374MB/s |
49.8ns |
| 1250MHz / 1066MHz |
Unlinked |
5-5-5-18 |
7174MB/s |
4923MB/s |
5448MB/s |
56.9ns |
| 1250MHz / 1250MHz |
Linked (1:1) |
5-5-5-18 |
8390MB/s |
5648MB/s |
6135MB/s |
53.5ns |
| 1250MHz / 1333MHz |
Unlinked |
5-5-5-18 |
8965MB/s |
6125MB/s |
6756MB/s |
53.2ns |
| 1250MHz / 1600MHz |
Unlinked |
5-5-5-18 |
10703MB/s |
7108MB/s |
7679MB/s |
48.3ns |
Everest tests the memory in a bunch of different ways.
That's one of the reasons I like to use it. Overall, the
memory performed very well. Now there's just one more
thing to test. How well does the water block cool the
memory?
|
Cooling |
Speed |
Idle |
Load |
|
air |
1150MHz |
28°C |
34°C |
|
air |
1250MHz |
28°C |
34°C |
|
water |
1150MHz |
25°C |
28°C |
|
water |
1250MHz |
25°C |
28°C |
As you can see,
water cooling obviously helped with the heat. The
memory really didn't get that hot on air, but every little
bit of cooling helps.

Conclusion
OCZ has been among the top enthusiast memory manufacturers for
a long time. With innovations like this, they are
likely to stay at the top for a very long time to come. OCZ has paired the right memory chips with the right PCB and
put on the best cooling. With a combination like that,
you are bound to get some top performing memory.
You'll definitely impress your pals at the next LAN party by
sporting water-cooled memory. To get this 2GB kit, you're going to
have to shell out $235.99. With the rapidly falling
memory prices, it may be hard to justify this kind of money
for DDR2 memory, but it's very fast and very cool. Club Overclocker
Recommended.
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Innovation: |
10 out of 10 |
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Performance: |
9.0 out of
10 |
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Quality: |
9.0 out of
10 |
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Stability: |
9.0 out of 10 |
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Overclocking: |
9.0 out of 10 |
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Software/Drivers Pack: |
N/A |
|
Value: |
8.0 out of 10 |
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Overall Rating
9.0 |
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Project Skill
Level (10 being most difficult) |
5 out of
10 |
