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Whether you're breaking your own records or you're building a dream gaming rig, you can count on the performance and reliability of Mushkin's Blackline memory modules. No memory module in its class offers more performance. Designed for world-class system builds, the Mushkin Blackline is built and hand tested in the USA. The Blackline redefines Extreme gaming memory, and represents a renewal of the vows between the Gamer and the PC. Experience performance gains where it matters with Mushkin Blackline memory.
What if? Two simple words. But when combined, the possibilities are endless. At Mushkin, we've stopped simply asking, "What if the impossible was possible," and started manufacturing it. This thought is at the core of every Mushkin Innovation. And it's led our engineers to develop everything from industry leading performance gaming memory to some of the most impressive storage technologies on the market. Try our innovations yourself and explore what's possible with Mushkin products.
Not many manufacturers can say they design, assemble and test their products in the U.S.A. But Mushkin has been making its products in the U.S.A. since its inception in 1994. That means, for more than 20 years, we have been uniting all aspects of performance to engineer something you can't get from a spec sheet.
Pros: Runs great. Cool to the touch under stress testing w/ Prime95 Blend and max ram linx. Love the low voltage. Runs at 9-9-9-24 w/ 1T command rate @ 1.352v (my board doesn't have 1.35 flat for some reason lol. Plays beautifully with P67 Sandy Bridge chipsets and Windows 7 Professional x64.
Cons: the XMP profile doesn't work. If I leave absolutely everything ram related to auto and enable the xmp profile to see what it does, it runs at the rated 800mhz (dual data rate = 1600mhz) as listed but the timings appear as 9-10-10-25 w/ 1T Command Rate. Super easy fix, just disable XMP and manually set to DDR3-1600MHZ speed in UEFI or Bios and manually set timings to 9-9-9-24 1T. Super minor inconvenience that takes less than a minute to correct and you're off. Nothing worth taking an egg off for.
Overall Review: I haven't tried to overclock it much. My initial test was done by setting my ram to DDR3-1866 9-9-9-24 1T @ 1.4v and post test failed. 1.45v post passed and I booted in but crashed at about 30 minutes into Prime95 Blend. I have yet to contact Mushkin to ask what a safe max voltage will be but I am near 100% positive it can go higher, and more than likely up to 1.65v safely. Take note that with the P67 Sandy Bridge platform, extensive benchmarks suggest that any higher than DDR3 1600 Ram begins to see diminishing returns. The smallest diminishing return comes from 1866 so if you OC up to 1866 the performance will definitely be there. Any higher than 1866 and you'll begin to see extremely minimal performance increases. So this 1600 kit is perfect. My Rig: Core I7 2600K @ 4.6Ghz on 1.325v 24/7 Overclocked 8GB DDR3-1600 Mushkin (4GB x 2) - The kit in question MSI P67A-GD65 OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD EVGA GTX 570 Corsair Hydro H70