no sense in that as $999 is
too much money to spend on
effectively 4GiB.
Thus, this is the reason there
aren’t any 3,400MHz results.
They aren’t important either,
as this kit will operate at
3,500MHz 16-16-16-36-1T at
the reference voltage. Given
that one is able to operate
higher frequencies at tighter
timings than what CORSAIR
stipulates. It should be a clear
indication of just how well this
memory can scale. It does take
some doing and plenty of
tuning, but for the price, it’s
advisable that you extract as
much performance from the
RAM as possible. Especially
right now with some 64GiB
2800MHz kits retailing for
less than this set. I would urge
you to not only see how much
tighter you can set the timings,
(reliably!) but investigate
the highest frequency your
system is able to tolerate
without sacrificing stability.
To do anything less on such a
set would be an utter waste
of some of the best ICs on the
market.
In closing, there isn’t much
more to be said about the
memory. It is everything that
it appears to be and more. For
the price, one has every right
to expect great performance
and overclocking and that’s
exactly what
CORSAIR has delivered.
There’s no question about
it. In the lifespan of DDR4, this
price for this frequency will
eventually seem absurd to say
the least. However it is still
early days for DDR4 and this is
the fastest SKU we’ve seen to
date. Yes, there are other
competitors with
a 3,400MHz kits that retail for
a third of the price, but those
kits behave differently as
illustrated in an upcoming
review. CORSAIR set the
bar with the DOMINATOR
PLATINUM. Given that the
DDR4 world record stood via a
combination of this memory
and the X99 SOC-Champion,
it’s hard to doubt the
overclocking pedigree and as
such, one has little to no
choice but to give the OC-Hero
award and of course the
Editor’s choice award. If
there’s a faster set of memory
out there which has to its
credit any verifiable World
Record, I’ve yet to come upon
it. As this editorial was being
written, a competitor
happened to release a
3,666MHz set, which makes
that the fastest memory
money can buy. However until
we see such sets in retail and
with some form of reliable
availability, this kit alone
remains the only game in
town. The price is ridiculous
but hey, you do get what you
[ TheOverclocker ]
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