| G.SKILL Ripjaws-Z 16GB DDR3-1600 Memory |  |
| Reviews - Featured Reviews: Memory | ||||||||
| Written by David Ramsey | ||||||||
| Wednesday, 11 January 2012 | ||||||||
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Closer Look: G.SKILL RipjawsThe G.Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL9Q-16GBZL memory kit is delivered in a plain brown cardboard box. Each DIMM is packaged in a separate foam sleeve.
Although the aluminum heat spreaders are not particularly tall, at 41mm they're still about 8-9 mm taller than low-profile memory such as the Corsair Vengeance LP or Kingston HyperX Genesis. If your X79 system is air-cooled, you'll want to make sure the cooler can clear these DIMMs.
The red aluminum heat spreader is a bold, eye-catching design that would show off well in a windowed case.
The label shows the XMP profile settings of 9-9-9-24 at 1.5v. Unlike other memory modules I've tested recently, these settings are clearly labeled as "XMP".
Join me as I explain my test methodology in the next section.
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Comments
I have it in 2133 and 1600 speeds and do not see any real world difference between them.
So the compatibility and low price that GSKill brings to the table have me sold.
"The label shows the XMP profile settings of 9-9-9-234"
Typo I think.
Great review. I used G-Skil 1600 for the first time in my most recent personal build, and they just worked. They drew no attention to themselves which is really all I ask of RAM. I got the black ones and they look pretty sweet, but they're even taller than the quad kit units.
I'm thinking maybe of going Gigabyte for my mobo. If I use G.SKILL DDR3-1600MHz on it, will it automatically give me the same 1.32 vcore value, as well? Must run pretty hot on 1.32v core voltage at idle. (I'm assuming that's the 24/7 voltage.)