Corsair XMS2 DHX PC2-6400 4GB Memory Kit Review

“These modules provided very interesting results in regards to overclocking. I expected some results to the tune of the Crucial Tracer Red being a 4GB kit with similar timings and such. I started with lower the timings to 4-4-4-12 to see if it was stable. It wasn't, not until the voltage was upped to 1.9V. At that point, the RAM was running perfectly stable with enhanced timings. I decided to see how far the RAM could go in terms of speed. Starting at the default 1.8V and timings of 5-5-5-18, anything higher than 890MHz would cause some errors. What is really interesting is that past 1.95V, these modules started erroring at speeds that were stable at lower voltages.

It turns out that these modules hate high voltages. I know of some people that volt-mod their motherboards so you need to make sure that you can deliver 1.95V or less to make these modules stable. Very interesting to say the least.”