Better Price, Performance, and Value? OCZ Titanium CL3 DDR2-800 Review- Page 2/8
December 14, 2007
By
Thomas Soderstrom
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Supporting a wide range of memory speeds and even different memory technologies (DDR2 and DDR3), Gigabyte's GA-P35C-DQ6 motherboard retains the flexibility needed to use it across multiple reviews. We also brought back the Kingston HyperX DDR2-800 CAS 3 and Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 CAS 4 dual-channel kits for a performance and overclocking comparison.
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OCZ rates its 2x1GB PC2-6400 kit (OCZ2T800C32GK) at latencies of 3-4-4-15 using 2.25V, with "EVP" (Extended Voltage Protection) up to 2.30V without violating the warranty. A mere 50 millivolts separates the "recommended" and "maximum" voltage levels, and using the EPP (Enhanced Performance Profile) voltage setting of 2.40V also violates the warranty.
Standard SPD values of 3-4-4-10 at DDR2-533, 4-5-5-13 at DDR2-667, and 5-5-5-15 at DDR2-800 help to assure that the OCZ Titanium CL3 will boot at the default voltage of most motherboards, but using the "rated" settings will require manual configuration regardless of whether or not a particular board offers EPP detection.
Recommended latency values of 3-4-4-15 are also a bit quicker than the 4-4-4-12 of our Ballistix PC2-6400 comparison modules, but slower than the 3-3-3-10 of our higher-priced Kingston HyperX UL set. Since the Titanium CL3 cuts between these two extremes, and offers a mid-range price, the final value assessment could be interesting.
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