Corsair Dominator 4GB DDR3 1600Mhz C7 Memory Kit Review

Test Bench for Corsair Dominator 4GB PC3-12800

Our test bench is running a Sandy Bridge i5 2500k CPU at stock 3.3GHz with a fresh install of Windows 7 Professional SP1 running the latest Windows Updates and drivers. Due to a problem with our nVidia GTX 570 I had to break out an old GTX 275 running the latest nVidia 275.33 drivers.

The ASUS P8P67 motherboard has the latest 1608 bios, up to date peripheral drivers, and it was configured with turbo boost disabled and manually fixed memory speeds for each test. There is a single SATA II WD 7200 RPM 500 GB drive, LG ODD, and OCZ 700 watt PSU and the stock Intel cooler.

We have a 24 Dell monitor to test games at both 800×600 and the native 1920×1200 resolution.

Intel Sandy Bridge Test Bench
Processor	Intel Core i5 2500K	Live Pricing
Motherboard	Asus P8P67 B3 Rev 3	Live Pricing
Memory	Corsair Dominator 4GB 1600MHz	Live Pricing
Hard Drive	WD Caviar Black 500 GB	Live Pricing
Video Card	Nvidia GTX 275
CPU cooler	Intel Stock
Chassis	None – Custom Open Bench
Power Supply	OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W	Live Pricing
Monitor	Dell Ultra Sharp U2410 24″ LCD	Live Pricing