Kingston HyperX T1 8GB (2X4GB) 2400Mhz DDR3 review.

Kingston HyperX T1 8GB (2X4GB) 2400Mhz DDR3 review.


Kingston Technology is an American company and was founded in 1987, they are best known for their RAM/flash memory and SSD's.

The testing of finished products before shipping is very comprehensive to - http://www.kingston.com/us/company/testing


Packaging and contents.











Specifications.

Data sheet - http://www.kingston.com/datasheets/KHX24C11T1K2_8X.pdf

XMP TIMING PARAMETERS
• JEDEC: DDR3-1333 CL9-9-9 @1.5V
• XMP Profile #1: D3-2400 CL11-13-13 @1.65V
• XMP Profile #2: D3-2133 CL11-12-11 @1.60V

Click to expand...

Performance testing.

Test setup,

i5 [email protected]
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5TH
GTX570
Antec Kuhler 920
Intel 520 series 240GB SSD

Click to expand...

Aida64 extreme.



SuperPI.



PCMark 7.



3DMark 11.



X264 Benchmark.



Cinebench.



Mafia2 and Dirt3 built-in benchmarks.




Conclusion.

Fantastic RAM from Kingston, 100% stable at the maximum rated 2400Mhz profile.

Setting either the XMP-2133Mhz or XMP-2400Mhz profile was painless within the Gigabyte BIOS

It looks the part if you have a motherboard that has matching colour accents, the only downside is the height if using a large aftermarket cooler, if you have a water cooler or even a aftermarket air cooler thats very narrow, then this stuff is fantastic.

If you are intent on squeezing the last bit of performance from your PC then having higher rated RAM could help you to shave off those last vital seconds or add those last few points to a score.


And for maximum effect, get two sets,





This stuff deserves a solid 10/10

Awesome review man!

Have you tried OC'ing these babies over 2400Mhz ?

Illyria89 said:

Awesome review man!

Have you tried OC'ing these babies over 2400Mhz ?

Click to expand...

Thanks mate.

I haven't tried going any higher (yet).

stulid said:

Thanks mate.

I haven't tried going any higher (yet).

Click to expand...

Oh alright, well it's good to know that 3570K can handle modules above 2133Mhz as many people were opposing against this fake belief that only a 3770K can support them.

Great review! Those heatsinks are enormous! I'm really liking the design. How much height is there to the heatsink above the RAM PCB itself? Personally, the cost is a little much for my usage pattern, but I may consider the slower models in the future so knowing the heatsink height would be nice.

rastaban said:

Great review! Those heatsinks are enormous! I'm really liking the design. How much height is there to the heatsink above the RAM PCB itself? Personally, the cost is a little much for my usage pattern, but I may consider the slower models in the future so knowing the heatsink height would be nice.

Click to expand...

Hope this helps,

Wow, great review and very thorough. I like all the screenshots!

stulid said:

Hope this helps,

Click to expand...

Cool, thanks. So the overhang is 31mm. Dang that's really tall.