Mushkin PC10666 Low Voltage RAM Review
Introduction
We recently reviewed the Mushkin Redline DDR3 kit and found that not only was it a thing of beauty and performed well at stock settings, but it also was an overclocking beast. The Ridgeback heatsink being both low-profile to fit under our test Noctua NH-D14 cooler and also high-performing with the RAM cool even highly overclocked.
This got us to thinking. If their high-performance RAM is exceptional, then maybe their low voltage RAM will be good too. After all we’ve seen a few low voltage kits pass through our doors and all of them were surprising in their level of performance and ability to overclock.
Mushkin have a very low latency, low voltage 6GB kit available so we just had to see how it faired.
Technical Specifications
As you can see with an operating voltage of only 1.5v there is a cut down in speed when using the primary XMP profile with the RAM being rated as [email protected]
Low latency timings and some voltage headroom should at least see us able to push onwards a bit, but how far?
| Model: | 998955 |
| Type: | DDR3 |
| Pins: | 204 |
| Voltage: | 1.5V |
| Speed Spec: | PC3-10666 |
| Frequency: | 1333MHz |
| Kit Quantity: | Triple Kit |
| Module Density: | 2GB |
| Module Config: | 256×64 |
| Ranks: | 2 |
| tCL: | 7 |
| tRCD: | 7 |
| tRP: | 7 |
| tRAS: | 20 |
| Registered: | Unbuffered |
| Heatsink: | Ridgeback |
Onwards to have a look at the RAM itself.
