greeting all,

Purchased this pair of ram few days back, bought it outta curiosity as I never tried Aeneon ram before. Didn't put high hope since it's rated CL 11 @ 1600MHz, very loose to be honest.


Here are some shots on the ram:

On 1st glance, the black heat spreader is quite a looker to me, not bad for a pair of value ram.


From here, we can clearly see the heat spreader doesn't make proper contact with the chips.


Upper part of the heat spreader doesn't really provide sufficient space for ventilation (which is good when we start pushing the ram). Area of improvement for Winova perhaps... Hmmmm...



Okie, enough of talking I guess, I will let the screen shots do the talking. Below are the details of my poor test bed:

AMD X3 445 3.1GHz @ X4 B45
Asus M4A88TD-V EVO /USB3
Asus 5770 CuCore @ X-Fire
Seasonic X850


First test, 1600 @ 7-7-7-21-28 with 1.56v, not bad considering the stock timing is @ 11-11-11-30-41 with 1.5v...




2nd test, 1800 @ 8-8-8-24-32, still with 1.56v... quite decent if u ask me...




Eventhou bein able to do 1800 @ 8-8-8-24-32 can be considered as pretty OK, but i felt that these sticks have something more to offer, hence, timing was tightened a 'lil... Here's 1800 @ 7-8-7-22-29 with 1.65v. Voltage is no longer low enough for low voltage setup but still OK to my book.




Final attempt, 1900 @ 7-8-7-22-29 with 1.755v. I was kinda surprised this is doable coz i remember back then (when i was using Geil Ultra 2133 CL9, Team Dark LV 1600 CL7 & 2000 CL9 > all using Elpida BBSE chip from what i read) I hit the wall at 1840MHz with same timing.




For those who would like to run their stick with rather high frequency at moderate voltage, these sticks can do 1900 @ 8-9-8 with 1.59v.


*pardon my lazyness for not completing the whole 1 hour test, i was kinda exhausted already...


I firmly believe they sticks can offer better mileage under Thuban or Intel platforms, but unfortunately, a poor Propus is what I have for the moment.

Some might ask what chips are being used on these modules, I cant really pin point exact name but judging from the capability, they behave quite close to Elpida BBSE which already EOL. One thing for sure they're from Elpida (since the chip manufacturer is Elpida).

Here are some thoughts on these decent sticks:

Pro:

1. Affordable price
2. Decent mileage
3. Low voltage & decent timing on stock frequency

Con:

1. Heatspreader not making proper contact
2. Design of heatspreader can be better
3. Voltage needed for high frequency w/ rather tight timing is slightly high

Last but not least, thanks for reading.


*As a token of appreciation to bro momokabuto, those who're keen to get d ram can visit his thread HERE

This post has been edited by ah_khoo: Mar 21 2011, 09:04 PM

these sticks are sellin @ $7x per pair here, slightly higher than kvr 1333 cl9 @ $27~30 per stick.

lol... i was inspired, but d 1st time i saw someone did this was few years back, d grand guru of oc - sir bwan...

not yet find d courage to pry off d heatspreader...

actually i was offered money back guarantee bro, that's why i dared to take d risk...

lol... ur bein modest bro, when it comes to tweakin & oc, ur way better than me... see d superpi, there're alot i need to learn from u...

again, i was bein lucky only...

d more u play w/ it, d faster u'll get familiar bro. usually i just set main timing, d rest i just leave 'em to auto.

memtestin ram b4 goin to windows environment is a good practice to prevent windows bein screwed. some mite call it old skool but useful to those kiasi ppl like me.

This post has been edited by ah_khoo: Mar 13 2011, 10:54 PM

bro, it's kinda hard to show as i have a locked chip. be chips have more combo to show diff ram freq @ almost same cpu clock & imc freq. possible to throw me any be chip?

well, u need more luck i guess, they say mandi bunga can buang suey...
my practice is about 5 rounds of test #5 for quickie, bout 20 rounds for prime stable setup. voltage wise it really depends on chip... i5 should be able to clock ram decently... can't really comment much is i'm a intel idiot...

for sticks w/ elpida chip, trfc must be loosen to at leat 160ns or higher...

there's a bro sellin winova ram in gs, try to search for d thread usin winova... all d best bro...

no, propus/deneb/regor max out around 1.9k, which is normal due to architecture imo. if u want higher, thuban is d only way...

i gotta thank u for that bro, else this ram will go unnoticed, it deserves better. u should thank sir louis, he's d one unlocked d potential of d ram... 2.2k is no joke considerin d price & on amd platform...

thx for d info bro... yup, i managed to see d ram by pryin of one side of d heatspreader, d chips used are winova relabeled.

not worth it imo sir... better source for a chip w/ better imc, thou ya current chip's imc is ledi very2 impressive... 2.2k @ cas 8 is no joke...

i wont consider 1.75v is dangerous for amd. if u think it's high, most ddr3 in earlier days are rated @ 1.8v (mind u, that's only 1600MHz). but for i platforms, yeah, 1.75v mite be a 'lil too high...

sir louis did all d hard works, mine barely considered good...

tested 2 * 4GB for a day, 1600 @ 7-7-7 w/ 1.62v, 1800 @ 8-8-8 w/ 1.65v if i'm not mistaken... pretty sweet for 8gb setup...

read post #29 by sir louis bro...

great job there bro... 2k @ 7-8-7 w/ 1.66v is sweet!!!

my latest attempt w/ thuban...

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Atta...post&id=2228759

This post has been edited by ah_khoo: May 23 2011, 11:02 AM