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Overclocking
Overclocking memory is never really an easy task. Rarely can you get any real benefit out of a kit by overclocking it as the speed increases are usually minimal with only a few extra percent within reach. Rated to run at a ridiculously low 1.35volt the ECO series should have some extra headroom. With this is mind the reviewer set about increasing the operational frequency in one Mhz steps until the system failed to post. When this happened a little extra voltage was provided to the modules and the process repeated. The maximum frequency reached was a colossus 1003MHZ(2006mhz ddr). To reach this frequency timings had to be slackened to a more modest 10-9-9-27 and the operational voltage increased to 1.60volts. No matter how loose the timings and how much extra voltage was added the modules refused to run stable at anything higher. Considering the ECO kit is rated to run at 1600mhz this extra 406MHZ(approximately a 25% overclock) was a very welcome addition to an already brilliant kit.
Above are the results the memory obtained after the OC. As you can see it is very close to that of the more expensive 2000mhz rated kit making this an overclockers dream!
Conclusion
With an approximate cost of £90 inclusive of VAT from https://www.aria.co.uk/ the G.Skill ECO 1600MHZ cl8 low voltage kit is something of a steal. Costing similar to many other 1600mhz kits on the market with inferior latencies the ECO kit really does shine. As the ECO kit is considerably cheaper than faster kits yet has only a small hit on performance there should only really be one low voltage ddr3 dual channel kit to consider and this is it. It’s not often that a company releases a gem such as this so before long you should expect to see other manufacturers jumping the gun and producing similar kits hopefully to just as a high standard as this.
Pros
- Cost
- Out of the box performance
- Overclocking ability
- Aesthetics
Cons
- Inadequate Packaging
OverclockersTech are pleased to announce that the G.Skill ECO low voltage dual channel memory kit has been awarded a GOLD award.
OverclockersTech would also like to thank ARIA PC TECHNOLOGY for today’s review sample.
