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For our testing today we are using the ASUS Maximus V Formula motherboard which is currently mid review for another article on Kitguru soon.
As we would expect, the Maximus V Formula has a ‘play safe' default setting of 1,333mhz. We need to adjust this to get the most from the Kingston HyperX Predator 2,666mhz memory.
Our sample had an old bios and we updated to the latest 0804 x64 version.
We loaded the XMP memory profile, which is set to 2667mhz with 11-14-14-30-2N timings at 1.65V. No shortage of settings on the Maximus V Formula motherboard – right up to 3,200mhz via the manual settings.
A quick reboot and the memory was correctly configured at 2,666mhz – shown above.
System validation at 2,666mhz is available at this link.
almost wet myself at those results. Any ideas when its out? I bought a Corsair H100 last month, what a cooler ! love it to death.
Very impressive kit. That said, 2,666mhz memory is still a little overpriced IMO. 2,400mhz is a lot cheaper and I wouldn’t think many people could notice the difference in the real world.
im waiting on 3,200mhz kits 🙂
you can get 16GB of slightly slower memory for 2,666mhz prices. Not for me, but interesting to read. I can see it being worthwhile in the pro industry for rendering.
@ Darth Digglers. No one needs 16GB of memory for gaming or even ordinary duties. id rather put the money into speed, not quanitity.
Good memory, shame they went for such huge heatspreaders, id have bought 16GB of it for my Z77 board, but id need to check my phanteks cooler I reckon before it would work right in the slots due to spacing.