OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev. 2

The OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev. 2 was a Gold Editor's Choice in the recent 2-2-2 memory roundup. The speed and bandwidth of this OCZ memory based on the latest Samsung TCCD chips was very impressive in our benchmarking. Platinum Rev.2 reached DDR557 on the Intel platform, one of the fastest TCCD memories that we have tested on the Intel test bed.

Manufacturers have used well-known names from their BH5 product days for their latest PC3200 2-2-2 memory, and OCZ has done the same, calling their latest 2-2-2 PC3200 Platinum Rev. 2.



Test DIMMs were a matched pair of 512MB PC3200 Platinum Rev. 2 with platinum-colored heatspreaders.

OCZ PC3200 Platinum Revision 2 Specifications


 OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev2 Memory Specifications
Number of DIMMs & Banks 2 DS
DIMM Size
Total Memory
512 MB
1 GB
Rated Timings 2-2-2 at DDR400
SPD (Auto) Timings 2-2-2-6
Rated Voltage 2.75V

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  • Zebo - Friday, October 1, 2004 - link

    http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=328636
  • mkruer - Friday, October 1, 2004 - link

    If you get the chance, can you please test with 2GB of PC3200? I’m sure most would love to see what type of performance hit there will be with the larger modules vs. the smaller ones. Looking at the benches so far, it looks like even buying the cheap 1GB PC3200 modules will have negligible impact on the performance as long as the times are kept relatively low (under 3cls.) And one more big IF you could test 4x512 PC3200 with lower clock timings (2-2-2-5) vs 2x1024 PC 3200 with timings of (3-3-3-8) I’m sure that for the average user they would rather blow $400 for 2GB of slow memory then $400 for 1GB of fast memory.
  • Zebo - Friday, October 1, 2004 - link

    spensive!:(

    p/p is horrendous for this stuff. It's too bad you don't include micron/crucial 8t in there which can also clock to 260 for half the price.
  • Kishkumen - Friday, October 1, 2004 - link

    I've loved all of these recent memory articles. For a while now, the current state of memory in general has been the fuzziest for me. Now I'm starting to get a clearer picture of where things are at and which direction to go. I'm still nursing along my old P4 Northwood, but the A64 plunge is imminent. Nice to see that memory development is keeping up at a strong pace what with 600 MHz speeds now a strong reality.
  • RaistlinZ - Friday, October 1, 2004 - link

    Thank you for the great article! From your tests it looks like the OCZ 3200 Rev.2 is the best of the best. It performed near the top in every test and edged out the Crucial Ballistix at the highest speeds.

    I guess my choice for a memory upgrade is clear now. :)
  • klah - Friday, October 1, 2004 - link

    Seems you cut something off at the end of page 9

    "We have asked AMD to provide some insight into why we are "...
  • skiboysteve - Friday, October 1, 2004 - link

    excellent article, ill keep this in mind when I upgrade... im still pluggin on a TbredB @ 2.2 w/ a modded 9500nonpro

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