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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 quick 2000mhz cl6-9-6-24 at 1.65volt the PI series should have some extra headroom with slackened timings but little with its current offerings. 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 the timings were slackened process repeated. The maximum frequency reached was a very respectable 1104.4mhz (2209.2mhz ddr). To reach this frequency timings had to be slackened to a more modest 7-10-7-27 . No matter how loose the timings and how much extra voltage was added the modules refused to run stable at anything higher. This was possibly the limit of the board rather than the modules themselves. Considering the PI series kit is rated to run at 2000mhz this extra 209.2mhz (approximately a 10% overclock) was a welcome addition but not entirely a mind blowing achievement.
As you can see from the above results, the extra 10% made a difference but not all that much. The extra stress the modules were subject to and the slackened timings have not really done much justice for these modules. Out of the box they are some of the fastest modules money can buy with rated specifications similar to that of kits costs near £300. It is unclear how much these modules are at this time as finding anywhere within the UK that stocks them has proven difficult however a few online vendor have them listed between £179 and £200 making these an absolute steal when compared to Corsairs Dominator GTs that cost substantially more for little if any gains.
