- Low Price
- Excellent Performance and Overclocking
- Lifetime Warranty
- Untested Memory Modules
- Two 512MB PC3200 Matched Memory Modules for Dual Channel Performance
- 2.5-4-4-8 SPD Latencies
- Lifetime Warranty
- 2.6 Volts Operation
- Lifetime Warranty
6/1/05 – OCZ Technology is one of the new companies that has targeted the enthusiast with high quality memory modules designed for overclocking. These performance memories such as the Gold VX carry a fairly high price tag because the modules have been tested for their rated speeds. The Value VX series uses the same memory chips as the Gold VX, but do not have the heatspreader or testing.
The Value VX series has a label that states the memory timings for the chips are 2.5-3-3-7 while their website claims 2.5-4-4-8. Both of these differed from the SPD timings of 2.5-3-3-8, so it would be nice to see OCZ clear up what the latencies really are. The VX in the name means Voltage Extreme as these memory chips can handle a lot of voltage, but the Value series defaults to 2.6v operation.
Testing of the modules was done on the DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-DR with AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice processor and the SiSoft Sandra memory bandwidth benchmark. In testing at the default it scored 5546 for Int Buffered and 6472 for Float Buffered. The memory modules were able to perform at 2-2-2-5 timings at the 2.6v without any problem and showed a slight increase in performance.
During overclocking the modules did extremely well. The modules were able to run stable at the 2-2-2-5 latencies and 3.0v at a surprisingly 470MHz, a 17% increase in clock speed. Sandra scores jumped to 6777 and 6695, a 22% increase in memory bandwidth compared to the SPD settings.
