Corsair TwinX1024-4000 PRO: Improving DDR500 Performance
by Wesley Fink on September 15, 2003 10:36 PM EST- Posted in
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Performance Test Configuration
The Memory testbed is the same used in Searching for the Memory Holy Grail — Part 2 and Mushkin & Adata: 2 for the Fast-Timings Lane. All test conditions were as close as possible as those in our earlier memory reviews.
| INTEL 875P Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz (800MHz FSB) |
| RAM: | 2 x 512MB Corsair TwinX4000 PRO (DS) 2 x 512MB Mushkin Level II PC3500 (DS) 2 x 256Mb Adata DDR450 (SS) 2 x 512MB Adata PC4000 (DS) 2 x 512MB Corsair PC4000 (DS) 2 x 512MB Geil PC4000 (DS) 4 x 256MB Kingston PC4000 (SS) 2 x 256MB Kingston PC4000 (SS) 2 x 512MB OCZ PC4000 (DS) 4 x 256MB OCZ PC3700 GOLD (DS) |
| Hard Drives | 2 Western Digital Raptor Serial ATA 36.7GB 10,000 rpm drives in an Intel ICH5R RAID configuration |
| PCI/AGP Speed | Fixed at 33/66 |
| Bus Master Drivers: | 875P Intel INF Update v5.00.1012, SATA RAID drivers installed, but IAA not installed |
| Video Card(s): | ATI 9800 PRO 128MB, 128MB aperture, 1024x768x32 |
| Video Drivers: | ATI Catalyst 3.6 |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Motherboards: | Asus P4C800-E (875) with 1.010 Release BIOS |
Corsair is very clear that their PC4000 PRO is aimed at the Intel 875/865 user. They consider the better memory for an Athlon user to be their new PC3200 PRO. For that reason, performance on an Athlon nForce2 Ultra 400 was not tested.
Corsair TwinX1024-4000PRO Specifications
| Corsair TwinX1024-4000PRO Memory Specifications | |
| Number of Dimms & Banks: | 2 DS |
| Dimm Size | 512 Mb |
| Total Memory | 1 GB |
| Rated Timings | 3-4-4-8 |
| Rated Voltage | 2.75V Test Voltage, Maximum Voltage Not Specified |
Test Settings
The following settings were tested with Corsair TwinX1024-4000PRO:- 800FSB/DDR400 — the highest stock speed supported on 875/865 motherboards.
- 1000FSB/DDR500 — the specified rating of the memory modules we were testing.
- Highest Stable Overclock — the highest settings we could achieve with the memory being tested.
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Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
I wonder at which Performance Mode you have run the OC conditions (500 and 539 FSB)?PAT disabled, Fast or Turbo?
Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - link
dakost - Sunday, October 5, 2003 - link
These reviews should include the Twinmos Twister PC4000. This is reported to be able to do 2-2-3-6 at ddr400 at 2.75V and 2.5-3-3-6 (the only memory i have seen at 3-3 as ddr500) at ddr500 at 2.85V with the highest oc's at ddr530 at 2.5-3-3-8 at 2.85V.Anonymous User - Friday, September 19, 2003 - link
BH-5's are EOL this month...DragonReborn - Thursday, September 18, 2003 - link
I'm a little on the fence here. I have a watercooled setup with an IS7/2.4c combo and I was wondering what the best 2x 512 sticks of ram would be without killing the bank. I want to do some OC'ing so I was thinking of getting the Geil 4000 plat or Buffalo 3700 (BH-5 chips). Any reason to get another kind or not to get one of the ones I mentioned?? Thanks!Anonymous User - Thursday, September 18, 2003 - link
Man....all these comments seems pretty self promoting from ocz and geil... let the readers decide and choose.
Anonymous User - Thursday, September 18, 2003 - link
yes, but it is Geil platinium used in the test, that doesn't use WLCSP. and still the Golden Dragon series is good althernative for reducing the heat inside the case. And don't forget that Geil's Golden series last the first ddr500 modules back in March http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/memory/display/200303... though they didn't get available recently.Anonymous User - Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - link
But Geil's memory OCed pretty nicely here - at least the sample Wes had did.Anonymous User - Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - link
WLCSP is intended as a thermal solution and to date hasn't shown much promise in the enthusiast sector as it doesn't OC as well as TSOP's.Elite9 - Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - link
Why is nobody but Geil using WLCSP packaging on their DIMMS? I've seen it in notebooks, but it seems to be a great option for high-speed DRAM.