Discussion thread for Corsair Dominator 2x1GB DDR3 PC3-14400 Review

[3oh6]

Originally Posted by sswilson

Just so folks who aren't thinking about the clocks you're posting get the full picture..... CPU-Z's reported dram speed is half of what folks normally use right? (Hence DDR2 800 displays as 400).

So your memory is actually running at DDR3 2000+?

yup, so the CPU-Z validation right at the top is 1100MHz = DDR3-2200. the 1M run at 1086MHz is DDR3-2172, and so on and so forth. yes, this kit absolutely screams on this motherboard for benching, and even for full stability, DDR3-2090 is still very very impressive.

[Wankerfx]

NVM, that was your max ram frequency I was looking at, not CPU frequency.

[3oh6]

Originally Posted by Wankerfx

@Jody, is your chip cold-bugged? You have a decent amount of voltage going through that chip for a "small" overclock. (In comparison to others)

nope, no cold bug but the voltage needed for 5GHz on this single stage isn't that much...more than some but less than a lot. i have had many E8400s that wouldn't even get up to 5GHz benchable with this setup.

keep in mind that the temps are only -20C or so, not Dry Ice or LN2 temps of -60C and colder. 1.7v for benching all day at 5GHz on a basic single stage is pretty average from what i have seen. the system at this frequency and voltage is by no means un-stable. we are talking about 30 hours straight benching without a lot of breaks and lots of testing GPU clocks and 3D tweaks so plenty of back to back to back to back runs and what not. i was quite pleased with the CPU throughout this session.

with that said, i might have found a much better CPU today...the only problem is that the EVGA 790i tops out around 570FSB benchable with P1/P2 enabled. with them disabled it really slows the system down. so i am looking at a max of 5050MHz~5150MHz with this setup regardless of cooling on the CPU until i get higher multi CPUs or some more cooling and voltage to the north bridge...if that will even help.

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Originally Posted by Wankerfx

NVM, that was your max ram frequency I was looking at, not CPU frequency.

oops, i took too long

[MAC]

I notice you keep saying "only" 2.1X volts. Well you might want to be careful, because 2.10V seems to be a dangerous threshold to cross. DDR3 seems to be very sensitive to voltage, and many users are reporting IC degradation (ie: loss of overclocking potential) within days, sometime even hours.


Having said that, I'm sure you are well aware of all of this, so keep on reaching for the Sky

[3oh6]

Originally Posted by MAC

Having said that, I'm sure you are well aware of all of this, so keep on reaching for the Sky

you bet i am...but keep in mind. in the benchmarking world, 2.1v for DDR3 is like 2.5v for DDR2...safe enough for benchmarking but with a risk of dying, but far from what lots of guys are running through their sticks.