Until recently, those looking for the best memory performance out of their Athlon64 systems were best served with 2 or 4 sticks of 512mb of memory, rather than 2 sticks of 1GB memory because of slow timings and poor overclocking performance of large DIMMs. Today I have on the bench OCZ’s PC4000EB 2x1GB dual channel kit, which promises much improved performance. Does it deliver? Read on.
The PC4000EB 2x1GB dual channel kit features the usual platinum heatspreaders, and thanks to OCZ’s “enhanced bandwith” technology, it is rated at tight (for PC4000) 3-3-2-8 timings, and requires just 2.6V. Unlike some OCZ power-hogs from a few years ago, this particular kit is very voltage efficient. I was able to reach the maximum possible speed with just 2.7V. Good news for those out there that don’t have DFI motherboards.
OCZ’s lifetime warranty comes standard, and it allows for up to 2.9V, which is more than plenty for this particular kit. Now, on to the testing.
