[HWbot] Sofos1990 First to Break DDR3-4600 Barrier With GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC Force LN2

[BiG StroOnZ]

 

 

We had to wait until the release of the GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC Force LN2 to see new heights in DDR3 overclocking. The in-house overclocking team formed by HiCookie and Sofos1990 demoed the motherboard at the Computex 2014 overclocking competitions and showed what it was capable of in terms of memory overclocking. First came DDR3-4500 and yesterday Sofos1990 also hit the DDR3-4600 mark. Impressive!

 

 

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That's some serious speed. His latency is 6.08ns, mind you at CAS 14. Meanwhile a DDR3 2400MHz kit at CAS 9 does 7.5ns

 

(Not sure if this is a re-post, tried searching didn't find anything)

[Guest Generallee]

Wow

[MikeTz]

Ok,so i got a question...

Why do people want faster speeds on RAM..

Nice job on his part for that overclock but I still dont see any benefit

[ericlee30]

That is freaking insane

[BiG StroOnZ]

Ok,so i got a question...

Why do people want faster speeds on RAM..

Nice job on his part for that overclock but I still dont see any benefit

 

If memory frequency never got faster we'd all still be on DDR1 

[Enderman]

Ok,so i got a question...

Why do people want faster speeds on RAM..

Nice job on his part for that overclock but I still dont see any benefit

BECAUSE MOAR SPEED = MOAR BETTER  : D

[MikeTz]

If memory frequency never got faster we'd all still be on DDR1 

Indeed but even if we had stayed on DDR1 with the same speed but the same GB's then wouldn't it be the same thing?

 

EDIT: Let me rephrase.

If he had same speed but more space wouldn't it be the same?

[BiG StroOnZ]

Indeed but even if we had stayed on DDR1 with the same speed but the same GB's then wouldn't it be the same thing?

 

No. DDR1 started at 100MHz. Imagine if we stayed at 100MHz memory. It's peak transfer rate was 1600 mb/s. Today DDR3 2133MHz has a peak transfer rate of 17066 ⅔ mb/s.

[MikeTz]

No. DDR1 started at 100MHz. Imagine if we stayed at 100MHz memory. It's peak transfer rate was 1600 mb/s. Today DDR3 2133MHz has a peak transfer rate of 17066 ⅔ mb/s.

So because the frequency has gone up it meant that we could get more GB's?

[BiG StroOnZ]

So because the frequency has gone up it meant that we could get more GB's?

 

Not just that, they could fit more GB per dim, while making it use less power and also less heat output. 

[MikeTz]

Not just that, they could fit more GB per dim, while making it use less power and also less heat output. 

Ok thanks, I didn't know that so now I see why such speeds are important ..

[Liam-McShane]

Not just that, they could fit more GB per dim, while making it use less power and also less heat output. 

 

 

So because the frequency has gone up it meant that we could get more GB's?

The frequency has nothing to do with the capacity. The capacity change is due to newer technologies and with reduced power consumption and smaller manufacturing processes 

[BiG StroOnZ]

The frequency has nothing to do with the capacity. The capacity change is due to newer technologies and with reduced power consumption and smaller manufacturing processes 

 

Correction, yes the frequency going up has nothing to do with the increase in capacity. I thought that was already understood, misread his question. Was just explaining that you could fit more GB per dim, use less power and less heat by moving from DDR1 to DDR2 to DDR3 to DDR4

[Liam-McShane]

Correction, yes the frequency going up has nothing to do with the increase in capacity. I thought that was already understood, misread his question. Was just explaining that you could fit more GB per dim, use less power and less heat by moving from DDR1 to DDR2 to DDR3 to DDR4

I thought that was what you meant i just didn't want anybody to misunderstand is all.

[BiG StroOnZ]

I thought that was what you meant i just didn't want anybody to misunderstand is all.

 

Good call. 

[matin94]

is this 1260mhz per core?

[BiG StroOnZ]

is this 1260mhz per core?

 

It appears to be 1 core 1 thread