G.SKill Ripjaws X 8GB DDR3 PC3-17000 - Reviews

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9.2.2014

After having worked for Kingston Technology for 8 years, and having used Crucial (the commercial outlet of Micron Technology, one of the world's largest memory chip manufacturers, so you're essentially buying straight from the manufacturer) as the only other memory brand, I was a bit hesitant to try G.Skill memory.Choosing the right memory for your PC is not an easy job, with an ever increasing amount of brands, models and specifications to choose from.I have spent god knows how many hours reading reviews, forum posts, blogs etc. and it appears that enthusiasts tend to go primarily for OCZ, Corsair, Kingston, Crucial and G.Skill, with there not being an awful lot of difference between these brands,other than personal preference and a few, often minute, variations in specs.In some cases the advice given on which brand and/or model to buy boils down to "they're all great, just go for whichever is the cheapest".I ended up buying this particular set of G.Skill memory based on the following factors:- the timings: I have not found the timings offered by these modules on any other brand- it is exactly the same memory used and recommended by one reviewer in an AMD Trinity (Piledriver architecture) based system. My CPU is an AMD Kaveri processor (A10-7850K), based on the Steamroller architecture which is a direct continuation of the Piledriver architecture.- the seemingly excellent customer service offered by G.Skill, judging by the various posts I came across- the overall reputation of G.Skill memory- excellent price compared to similar (but not identical!) spec modules from Crucial, Corsair and Kingston- still stable at much tighter timings than the ones officially supportedWhile no doubt I would have had a good experience with the other, aforementioned brands, so far I don't regret my decision to 'defect' to G.Skill!One important thing to point out is that while this memory is sold as 2133 MHz memory, there technically is no such thing as 2133 MHz memory. Now this is not a con! Memory modules are manufactured to only two JEDEC DDR3 specifications: 1333MHz and 1600MHz. Any memory sold as higher speed than these two specs is memory that is guaranteed, by the manufacturer, to be overclockable to the advertised speeds, at the advertised timings.In order to guarantee compatibility with all motherboards, these higher speeds modules are manufactured to and will default to one of the JEDEC specs, In the case of this set of G.Skill modules, this means that when you place them in your motherboard, the BIOS will recognise and report them at 1600 MHz. In order to get these up and running at 2133 MHz, depending on your BIOS, you either simply enable the XMP profile, which is preset by G.Skill to 2133 MHz CL9-11-10-28, or you enter the values manually.Once I did this, the memory ran at the speed I paid for, and my system, while already fast, feels snappier than when it was running at the factory setting of 1600 MHz.

20.1.2012

This is: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL9D-8GBXM* DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000)* Timing 9-11-10-28 1T* Cas Latency: 9* Voltage: 1.65V* Multi-channel Kit: Dual Channel Kit, unbuffered* Intel XMP Ready* Model #: F3-17000CL9D-8GBXMI bought them to my Asus P8P67(rev B3)Deluxe mobo and fixed them in the blue DIMM slots configuration. Without any failures, they are working in the XMP profile mode @2133MHz and with my cpu i7-2600K @4.5GHz o/c.But first, you have to enter to your bios setup program and check mem module timing settings whether your mobo correctly reads XMP profile from the hardcoded SPD timings table, generally saing,

17.3.2015

Fantastic Memory! There isn't much I can add to this review or thread as it may appear.I will tell you something though! I have a Gigabyte F2a88xn-wifi mini-itx motherboard and one of those new fangled super duper AMD A10 7850K cpu's and I was using some old outdated 1833mhz Crucial Tactical 8GB Kit Ballistix memory (it's actually old 1300mhz and I had it overclocked - believe it or not to 2133mhz without too many issues. However, clearly to me, there is indeed a huge difference between my old Crucial memory running at 2133mhz and this G.Skill Ripjaw memory at 2133mhz. I have both Far Cry 3 and 4 installed and WOW, what a difference in performance.

27.4.2016

Both sticks working at full speed, delivery time = somewhat slow.Testing & bought for a friend.In order to set these G.skills up & running on AMD boards,The "D.O.C.P" bios setting acts as XMP, so I just stuck it on the 2133/cl9 "Profile 2" setting (both profiles run fine but G-skill memory is programmed to run default at 2T!) and it works fine with my 'non-overclockable' A10-5700 (meant to only work with 1866 sticks/speed!)APU now runs at 114mhz, which keeps it roughly 40% of its stated 'Turbo' overclock limit.Novabench result = Ram speed running at impressive "7787 MB/s"Further info for others >Q:Why is my memory kit only operating at 1333MHz or 1600MHz?A:If on an Intel platform,

2.5.2015

This is the best Memory I have had. I have been using it for 2 years and have had no issues. The bios in my computer detected the timing and voltage settings with the push of a button. This will be the second pair I have bought to give me a total of 16 GB. I am using it on an ASUS A88X-PRO FM2+ motherboard with no problems.

1.1.2014

nice looking, fast and hopefully reliable memory.... the only reason it looses a star is it clames to be 2133mhz mem when its not with the setup i have brought.... But not sure if its the mem or the MB to blame, the MB book says i need to fill all 4 slots to be able to ramp it up to 2133Mhz with this mem...

29.4.2016

Can't believe the price hasn't changed much in 4 years! Originally bought 1 set of these but decided that 8GB of RAM wasn't enough to future proof my system so I got another set of these! Getting 2133 MHz and a CL9 is still relatively hard to find even in 2016. GSkill all the way!

20.7.2014

Simply superb. I did my research and chose G.Skill Ripjaw and I am glad I did. Everything is running as smooth as can be.If I need more ram ( though I'm sure 8gb will be plenty for now ) I will be getting more of this. It is top draw high quality ram.

19.9.2020

Purchased to upgrade my ~7-year old PC RAM from 24GB to 32GB. Worked well and runs at ~1066 MHz (2133/2) using XMP profile 1.Shipping time is longer than Prime but delivered within promised time, so no issues.

17.1.2017

I know from experience that GSkill makes great RAM. This is no exception. However, one of my sticks was damaged and I promptly returned this product. But even still I have used them before and had no complaints.

19.11.2016

I had a these same pair of sticks for 5 years now and they are rock solid. Never had issues with them. Bought another set to upgrade to 16Gb. Awesome fast RAM. Nothing else much to say. Fast shipping by the way.

22.2.2014

It defaults to 1600MHz CL11 in my motherboard (ASRock z87 Extreme 4) but changing the settings manually lets it work at full speed and the difference is noticeable. Nice memory.