December 20, 2011

G.SKILL RipjawsZ 16GB (4x4GB) CL9 1866MHz DDR3 Memory Kit Review

The memory kit is packed in a blister pack with the RipjawsZ product title upper most. Below the title are the words 'designed for Intel LGA 2011 processors and X79 platforms. While there is no notification of the memory specification on the front of the inlay card, the specifications can be clearly seen on the memory modules themselves. G.SKILL have also included a metallic case sticker with the product.
This Memory Kit from G.Skill has 9-10-9-28 timings. G.SKILL RipjawsZ 16GB kit is running at 1866MHz at a stock voltage of 1.5v. Since the memory modules use Micron D9 chips they have a little more bandwidth to offer for sure. With 2000MHz now freely available from some manufacturers, including G.SKILL, this kit should past this limit easily.
The memory surpassed the 2GHz mark although the timings had to be slackened off a little (10-11-10-32) to to achieve this. The memory voltage also had to be increased to 1.6v which should still be low enough not to damage the integrated memory chips.
Overall then, not a bad showing from G.SKILL. Unfortunately lowering the timings from CAS 9 to 8 resulted in a none boot scenario even with 1.7v being pushed through the memory modules which was a shame but the modules aforded a 14.3% increase which is not to be scoffed at at this level of frequency.
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