Memory is no big mystery. It is spec'd to run at a certain frequency, at certain timings, on certain chipsets, with a specified amount of voltage. There isn't a whole lot to it as far as manufacturer specifications. What IC's are powering a set of modules, however, is a different story entirely. Here is a list of the specifications you will find at the
OCZ web site.
As mentioned in the opening, this is the top rated kit of the Blade series; or any OCZ series for that matter. Specified to run at DDR3-2000 (1000MHz) at timings of 7-8-7-20 on the i7 X58 platform with 1.65v, the OCZ Blade OCZ3B2000LV6GK are right up there with everyone else sporting top binned Elpida Hyper J1108BASE -MNH-E.
In August of 08, Elpida announced this fantastically spec'd DDR3 IC that had us all drooling at the possibilities. We were also so very skeptical with the announcement of these too good to be true 1250MHz modules. The 20-20-19 timings jokes were cracked and to be honest, there wasn't much fan fare at the time Elpida announced. Well, the jokes are not being cracked anymore. These IC's are capable of ultra low voltage operation at 1.2v as well as JEDEC standard 1.5v. The biggest difference between these IC's and others to date is the fact that they use copper interconnects as opposed to aluminum. It was an obvious progression of DRAM, but not one that anyone had done before.
Needless to say, factory spec'd parts at 1000MHz with timings of 7-8-7-20 and only 1.65v is not something any other IC can claim right now, so OCZ can't even change the IC's on these and not tell anyone. Elpida is the performance king at the moment, unfortunately they are also the king of cost. Here are some prices I could find for this kit at the time of posting...
Obviously we aren't dealing with a mainstream product here. These prices are as high as the top DDR2 back in its time when it was king of the sand hill and Elpida Hyper shows no sign of falling. Equally spec'd kits from Corsair and others are priced similar...except the Kingston kits, but we won't open that can of worms, perhaps I just did? Either way, these are a premium product at a premium price. Hopefully prices will come down at some point but I don't have my hopes up for that to happen any time soon.