G.Skill RipjawsX 8GB F3-17000CL9D-8GBXM Memory Kit

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Today, we're looking at the G.Skill Ripjaws X series memory, an Intel XMP compatible memory that runs at 2133MHz. Keep reading to find out how it performs!


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[PP Mguire]

Oh cool review, as I was actually looking at getting this very set. I would say a 1000 increase in 3dmarks for 11 is quite a bit just based on a RAM upgrade.

[ShannonR]

Oh cool review, as I was actually looking at getting this very set. I would say a 1000 increase in 3dmarks for 11 is quite a bit just based on a RAM upgrade.

I will be honest I was quite surprised as well but being that I was running SLI 580's I am guessing they needed alot of bandwidth to feed em

[PP Mguire]

I wouldn't doubt, but still usually RAM doesn't play much of a role in synthetic benchmarks. Maybe Futuremark did something right with this one for a change.

[ShannonR]

I wouldn't doubt, but still usually RAM doesn't play much of a role in synthetic benchmarks. Maybe Futuremark did something right with this one for a change.

Yeah 3D11 they went away from trying to similate peopel which has been pretty awful in the past to just scenery, but then again the bench is a bit more boring as well so its a give/take.

but 3d11 as a whole seems to respond more to memory frequency vs previous benches..

but still doesnt scale on multi cpu boards as well

BTW thanks for reading the review!

[PP Mguire]

I always read all the reviews here on my free time. I know you guys so I know the reviews are legit.

[ShannonR]

I always read all the reviews here on my free time. I know you guys so I know the reviews are legit.

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We do the best we can, This kit isnt bad especially for the price! there are some kits with a lil better timings which if your benchmarking then look at those.... for gaming these ones will do fine.

[PP Mguire]

Nothing a little tweaking can't handle

It sucks that almost all Ripjaw sticks are 2t. Still for 99 bucks at Newegg these are a steal for an 8GB kit.

[ShannonR]

Nothing a little tweaking can't handle

It sucks that almost all Ripjaw sticks are 2t. Still for 99 bucks at Newegg these are a steal for an 8GB kit.

when you get a chance test 1t vs 2t.... its not the dramatic affect it had on DDR2

[PP Mguire]

when you get a chance test 1t vs 2t.... its not the dramatic affect it had on DDR2

Yea, I think it's more principle than anything. I currently have my sticks at 2t for a clock of 2150. The faster RAM helped my CPU clock out and the 2t made it happen. What's sad is even overclocked my sticks have better timings than this RAM.

Were you able to tweak the timing at all? I'm sure overclocking is out of the question with a SB setup, but timings can help too I suppose.

[ShannonR]

Yea, I think it's more principle than anything. I currently have my sticks at 2t for a clock of 2150. The faster RAM helped my CPU clock out and the 2t made it happen. What's sad is even overclocked my sticks have better timings than this RAM.

Were you able to tweak the timing at all? I'm sure overclocking is out of the question with a SB setup, but timings can help too I suppose.

I will try some tweaking on it, but honestly most people dont venture into timing adjustment as data can get corrupt really fast so I try to represent it the way most people would use them..

(this coming from the guy who runs every SB board he has reviewed so far at 4.8GHz :P)

[peti1212]

You know PP and Shannon, you guys brought a good point up. I wonder know how much performance difference I would see with three GTX 580s in SLI if I would upgrade from 1600MHz to 2133MHz... but then again, I can't wait for SB-E and 2400MHz Quad-Channel memory! :P That should be super awesome! As long as my knowledge is correct on those memory specs that I have seen somewhere.

[PP Mguire]

I believe it will still be 2133 at quad or even lower. I personally don't think SB-E will be what everyone thinks it will be. Don't get me wrong, it will still pwn like no other, but I think it just wont be aimed towards the elitist's like we think.

You are running 1600 still? tsk tsk. And yea, I think you will see a big difference in a lot of areas by upping the RAM.

[peti1212]

Well at this point we can only go off of what we can find online. This is what I was talking about: http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/win...w-222013.shtml

[PP Mguire]

That's even better than the Dominator GT set that was release in 32GB 1866 flavor. Still, I think anyone who needs that much leeway should probably build a proper workstation, but then again that is kind of what I was getting at with SB-E in my last post. I really don't think this platform is aimed towards gamers and enthusiasts. I believe Intel is leaving that for Z68/P67 and AMD.