Discussion thread for Mushkin Ascent 2x2GB DDR3 PC3-12800 Review

[werty316]

Mmm, mmm, thats one tasty looking 4GB ram kit

[Eldonko]

Nice job Jody. Did you test much on P5E3? Im curious about the difference in clocks between the two boards.

[3oh6]

Originally Posted by zlojack

Is it really that much of a noticeable difference with the DDR3 speeds other than for benchmarks?

**puts on invisible suit so no one see me say this** no **takes off invisible suit**...

when Nehleham drops and triple channel DDR3 is being fed to a capable memory controller, that tune will change...god i hope it changes.

Originally Posted by Eldonko

Nice job Jody. Did you test much on P5E3? Im curious about the difference in clocks between the two boards.

thanks Zac but no i haven't. i simply wanted to test the XMP profiles and that is it. i don't have enough hair left to work with that boards anymore. the sample i got just doesn't cut it, i fought with 900MHz at 7-7-7 for any kind of stability and after a few hours just gave up. that board doesn't get any more of my time. such a shame because so many guys have such great examples of it and i am stuck with a dog. goes to show how well some X48s are

[zlojack]

Originally Posted by 3oh6

when Nehleham drops and triple channel DDR3 is being fed to a capable memory controller, that tune will change...god i hope it changes.

That's what I was thinking too. Really until we see Nehalem, the current tech doesn't really take advantage of what DDR3 has to offer.

We hope.....

[Apollo4g]

Great review! Ahhhh the sight of Ascents :)

[3oh6]

thanks man, and yeah, it never gets old looking over at them.

i am going to try and get some dual 32M overclocking done on the 790i (OC Report styles) with them if i can this weekend. the only problem is my 790i might be dieing which would kind of suck but, that seems to be my luck with motherboards lately.

[bgreer]

How do these fair against the G.Skill PI's that were reviewed a little while ago, i am considering both for a new build. Also, where are these ascents available (if they even are yet), i haven't been able to find a retailer.

[Companion_Cube]

Direct from Mushkin?
Ascent XP3-12800 DDR3 - Mushkin Enhanced

[MushkinGreg]

Originally Posted by bgreer

where are these ascents available (if they even are yet), i haven't been able to find a retailer.

Ncix should have some soon.

[Supergrover]

Originally Posted by 3oh6

remember, this is at about -30C which isn't very cold but at the same time, it is still sub-zero and one of the E8400s i have is a freak. it runs 4GHz on air completely prime stable at 1.21v. under the phase at 5.2GHz it only needs about 1.53v for full 3D stability...and like i said, it can bench at that frequency/voltage all day from 32M SPi ~3DMark Vantage and everything in-between. i'll try to put together a thread here next time i do some benching.

Sweeeeet Chip