G Skill Trident...not impressed

[m_oreilly]

after using 4x 2gb sticks of mushkin 2133 redline frostbite for almost a year, i wanted to see what some 16 gigs of 2400 trident would bring. after trying a bunch of dram settings, i still could not even post with the ram in the system, unless i dumped it down to 2133. fair enough, i can accept my cpus apparent limitations...on to linpack xeonx 64:
with the same amount of ram in the test, i get a dismal 129k gflops per test (was 163 under mushkin ram), taking a whopping 2 minutes each run, compared to the mushkin (92 seconds) at same ram timings. i'm wondering if this is because of differences in the latest bios (flashed before testing trident, but after testing mushkin), the amount of installed ram. or is the trident not happy at 2133/cas9? when i double the test ram size, i get an awful 98 gflops, and it takes forever for a single run...back to mushkin (see if bios release changes affect outcome?), or continue to see if 2400 is possible with my cpu?

[R4E3960X]

Trident may design for Z77 chipset with Intel XMP 1.3 part. They are working very well with Ivy Bridge DP . You can atmost 2600+ OC with those kit. However for Sandy Bridge E part, its performance has been limit by IMC. Do not throw those kit away buddy. Keep it for use with Ivy Bridge E processor for optimal performance. 😛

[m_oreilly]

i do believe i will, as i just lost one of my previous sets sticks...and here i was ready to rma them...

[Zka17]

Yeap, the TridentX series were designed for the Z77/Ivy Bridge platform... and, unfortunately, you need serious tweaking to get them run on the X79 platform at the advertised price...

[m_oreilly]

Zka17 wrote:
... you need serious tweaking to get them run on the X79 platform at the advertised price...

i was more concerned with set speed than price, but that's just me 😉

[Zka17]

LOL, I did meant speed! have no idea why I wrote "price".... - getting old...

[m_oreilly]

just joshin' ya...heck, i've been having senior moments from the time i ordered that trident X...i guess when i saw the '1.65' voltage for the trident, i made an assumption that i could at least play with the timings enough to maybe get me into 2400 territory with my 3930k/x79 board. no big whoop, it's just a surprise that it is a bit more sluggish than the mushkin when at similar timings when running linx, though when running the full amount under the linpack xeon x64 test, my temps stayed locked down at 60C max, so my new (cheap) W/C setup is doing what it should.