Add some more horsepower to your system with the G.Skill 2GB (2 X 1GB) 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM dual-channel desktop memory kit. These crimson red sticks race at rate of 800 MHz and supply your system with a sizable 2-gig dose of DDR2 memory. While meeting the needs of anyone looking for more system muscle, these were manufactured with the overclocking enthusiast and tech-savvy shopper in mind. For those building extreme systems or planning revolutionary upgrades, G.Skill made this product just for you. Installation of these memory sticks is a breeze, and you’ll be all set to fly in no time.
A recipient of international awards and prestige, G.Skill thoughtfully crafted heat spreaders into these modules to deflect thermal energy away from their core. If you’re in the market for a new system, consider the enormous savings of purchasing this 2GB kit instead. You will see an extraordinary boost in your PC’s performance and bandwidth, and still have plenty of change left for stocking up on more gaming gear!
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Read This Review Before Buying/Installing! URGENT!
- Pros: Good ram, especially for the price. Very stable, ran through Memtest perfectly.
Looks nice too, lol.
- Cons: Took some troubleshooting and settings tweaks to get installed correctly.
-- MAY NOT WORK WITH SOME MOTHERBOARDS! --
See below.
- Other Thoughts: Short Version: Before buying this RAM, make sure your mobo supports RAM voltages of 1.9. Memory voltage must be set to 1.9 to run dual channel mode.
Long Version: Built the computer from scratch, stuck in the ram, wouldn't even boot to bios. Hours of troubleshooting later I know the following:
* All other components running fine.
* Each stick will run through Memtest just fine.
* Putting sticks in unpaired (non dual channel) DIMMS runs through Memtest fine.
* Putting sticks in dual channel DIMMS will cause system instability and many Memtest failures.
Eventually I found my answer in the bottom of the newegg reviews:
The memory voltage must be set to 1.9v to run in dual channel mode.
If you read this review, please mark it as 'helpful' so other people can find this review easily.
This Ram Delivers
- Pros: Recently, I purchased this ram for a little gaming computer that I built. On the e6420 processor (2.13ghz, 4mb L2 cache), I EASILY OC'd my processor to 3.2ghz @ 1.4 vcore. This ram allowed me to increase my FSB to 400 / 1600 Rated FSB. This ram is running flawlessly at a 1:1 ratio UNLINKED in my eVGA 650i motherboard. I simply increased the vdimm to 2.0 volts, manually set my timings on this ram to 5-5-5-15 @ 2T. This ram, I feel, is capable of squeezing a little more speed out of it (DDR2-900 speeds?) with some minor tweaking. What can I say that hasn't already been said? This ram has the BEST performance to price ratio that I've seen for a 2gb kit of DDR2-800. You WON'T be disappointed. The heatsinks are sufficient and disapate heat very well. On this build, I also purchased the Coolermaster Gemini 2 here on Newegg and that monster HSF towers over my ram. It does a GOOD job keeping my ram nice and cool.
- Cons: Absolutely NONE!
- Other Thoughts: I have been building custom computers for several years now and this is one of those rare occassions for us (the consumer) to really take advantage of a GOOD product and such a LOW price.. At the time of this review, I paid e i g h t y - e i g h t dollars for this ram.
| Model | F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ |
| Type | 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM |
| Capacity | 2GB (2 x 1GB) |
| Speed | DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) |
| Cas Latency | 5 |
3x Winner of Customer Choice Award - Desktop Memory
Reviewed By: XykoJester on 1/20/2007
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
