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G.Skill founded in 1989 by computer hardware enthusiasts and has since grown into a leading memory & solid state drive manufacturer, based in Taipei, Taiwan. The company's top priority is quality. All of the products undergo a series of the most rigorous tests and strict quality control processes. In addition to a committed, qualified IC testing house to examine the products, all G.Skill products are 100% tested to ensure the highest yield, reliability and quality.
It has been some time since Neoseeker has received a G.Skill product and looking back over past reviews, it appears the last memory kit sent to use from the company was way back in 2007. A lot has happened in that time, as consumer grade memory has transitioned over from exclusively being dual-channel DDR2 to the DDR3 memory modules that are found in dual, triple and even quad-channel configurations nowadays.
The G.Skill kit of memory we are putting under the microscope today is part of the G.Skill Ripjaws-Z series, and is exclusively designed for the Intel x79 platform. The Ripjaw-Z series includes some of the fastest memory available, including extreme performance kits such as their high-end DDR3 2500MHz Ripjaw-Z modules. While we didn’t receive the 2500MHz kit, G.Skill did send us a quad-channel kit of 1866MHz memory that has a CAS-9 latency and only requires 1.5 volts.
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Specifications: G.Skill Ripjaws-Z DDR3-1866 Quad Channel Memory Kit |
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System |
DesktopEEDSEED |
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Sytem Type |
DDR3 |
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M/B Chipset |
Intel x79 |
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CAS Latency |
9-10-9-28-2N |
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Capacity |
16GB (4GB x4) |
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Speed |
DDR3-1866 (PC3 14900)EDSPEED |
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Test Voltage |
1.5 Volts |
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Height |
40mm/1.8 inch |
| Unbuffed | Non-ECC |
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Type |
240-pin DIMM |
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Warranty |
Lifetime |
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Features |
Intel XMP (Extreme Memory Profile) Certified |
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The same works for SB-E. Instead of buying a quad-channel kit you can use matching dual channel kits and they will be set to quad-channel mode when being used with SB-E.
One question though: why isn't the built-in Winrar benchmark being used? It's memory-bound, it's easier to bench something that way and it's something more "comparable" in contrast to a custom file based benchmark.