G.SKILL RipJaws X 8GB DDR3 1600MHz memory kit review

G.SKILL is one of few companies nowadays that continues to focus mainly on flash device manufacturing such as Memory modules and SSDs. It was founded back in 1989 by a group of hardware enthusiasts and now G.SKILL is leading memory manufacturer in Taiwan. Companies main targets — finest quality products and great attention to requirements of its customers.

Together with the presentation of new Sandy Bridge platform in January 2011, Taiwan memory manufacturer has released a set of DDR3 memory kits of “Ripjaws X” series designed specifically for this platform. According to G.SKILL each kit is hand-tested on this platform to guarantee its 100% workability at declared specifications.

The company was kind enough to provide one of such kits for our lab. Received Memory modules operate at 1600Mhz CL9-9-9-24 with only 1.5 Volts. But the interesting part is that it is an 8 GB kit (2х4 GB).

G.SKILL Ripjaws X 1600MHz DDR3 CL9 8 GB memory modules use Hynix chips and 6-layer black PCB. The kit is available at a retail price of $49.99 in majority of USA computer stores. Let’s move into more details about this kit.