{"id":57160,"date":"2013-08-12T15:44:34","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T13:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=57160"},"modified":"2013-08-12T15:54:09","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T13:54:09","slug":"ram-overclocking-world-record-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/57160-ram-overclocking-world-record-set","title":{"rendered":"RAM overclocking world record set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>G.Skill is one of the world&#8217;s most talked about memory brands at the moment, with the company actively pursuing world records with overclockers to gain more support among enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve been in the headlines recently with an astounding overclock on a Intel Haswell processor and Z87-based motherboard, thanks to a steady flow of LN2 (Liquid Nitrogen) and overclocker James &#8220;YoungPro&#8221; Trevaskis from TEAM.AU.<\/p>\n<p>Using a Core i7-4770K engineering sample down-clocked to 1.8GHz and a single module of G.Skill&#8217;s TridentX DDR3-3000 memory, the team was able to overclock the motherboard&#8217;s BLCK multiplier to 150MHz and ring up the memory at a staggering 2,200MHz in the BIOS.<\/p>\n<p>At an effective frequency of 4,400MHz, its one of the fastest modules ever recorded.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-57160 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/57160-ram-overclocking-world-record-set\/attachment\/tx1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/TX1-96x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/57160-ram-overclocking-world-record-set\/attachment\/teamau'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/teamau-96x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/57160-ram-overclocking-world-record-set\/attachment\/cpuz'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/cpuz-96x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/57160-ram-overclocking-world-record-set\/attachment\/hwbot1st'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hwbot1st-96x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The memory was overclocked to 2,200MHz with 13-31-31-45 CL13 timings. While the numbers are certainly impressive, the loose timings combined with the under-clocked processor would result in a system that&#8217;s not fast by any measure, nor would it be feasible to run 24\/7.<\/p>\n<p>The standard settings on the TridentX module are DDR3-1500 with 12-14-14-35 CL12 timings, which is already at the very limit of what most regular, air-cooled Haswell builds will be capable of.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of its actual real-world performance, the figures are certainly impressive and gained TEAM.AU and G.Skill a top spot in the global rankings and first place for highest DDR3 SDRAM frequency. The validated overclock also has set a world record.<\/p>\n<h6>Source: <a title=\"G.SKILL TridentX \u2013 DDR3 4400MHz Reached! Reclaims World\u2019s Fastest DDR3 Title Once Again!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gskill.com\/en\/press\/\" target=\"_blank\">G.Skill Press Room<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More Hardware news:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/57116-amd-confirms-local-price-cut-for-the-radeon-hd7990.html\">Radeon HD7990 SA price cut confirmed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/57056-amd-never-settle-forever-game-bundle-coming-soon.html\">AMD Never Settle Forever game bundle coming soon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/56996-asus-unveils-rog-tytan-g70-gaming-desktop.html\">Asus unveils ROG Tytan G70 gaming desktop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G.Skill and TEAM.AU post an astounding memory overclock on a DDR3 module, showing how far Haswell can go<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":57162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[9692,5899,10969,9808,21,1727,10971,10968,6205,10970,2201],"class_list":["post-57160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-core-i7-4770k","tag-g-skill","tag-g-skill-tridentx","tag-gaming-memory","tag-headline","tag-intel","tag-james-youngpro-trevaskis","tag-memory-overclocking","tag-overclocking","tag-team-au","tag-world-record"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/208"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57176,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57160\/revisions\/57176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}