G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

Pros: Runs fact and keeps cool

Cons: Very tight fit under my coolermaster 212 Heatsink.

Pros: Great ram have had no problems just installed and forgot about it

Cons: none

Pros: nice looking ram for windowed case, very easy to overclock

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: this ram will take rediculous overclocks as long as it is kept cool

Pros: Stable, no issues, cheap when I bought it.

Cons: Ripjaws logo looks a little tacky.

Other Thoughts: Here is the JEDEC timing table as reported by CPU-Z:
685 - 9,9,9,24,33
761 - 10,10,10,27,37
838 - 11,11,11,30,41
800 (XMP) - 9,9,9,25,40,2T
1.50 V for all speeds

My motherboard defaulted to 800 (DDR3 1600)- 9,9,9,24,39,2T, been running at this speed for a year without issue.

Pros: 1600 - a great speed, and adequate for all but the most extreme applications.

Cons: Some RAM that I can never see because I don't have a window in my case is prettier?

Other Thoughts: I've used G.Skill for years with no regrets. It's great, fast, cheap RAM. DDR3 1600 with CAS 9 is sweet spot as far as price/performance.

Pros: - Works very well, no problems so far
- Got this memory on sale for $49.99
- Looks great!

Cons: - These sticks are BIG! If you have a large aftermarket heatsink, it may not fit with this memory.

Other Thoughts: - Great ram, highly recommend.

Pros: the pre mounted heatsinks was a very nice touch

Cons: none that i see

Pros: Cheap and great quality.

Cons: The only real con is the heat spreader is high off the memory so a huge cpu heat sick is a no no.

Pros: They look awesome nice with a red system.
Heat sink instead of plain pcb.

I will knock 2 ggs off for sticks only lasting a month. What a bummer, RMA hopefully goes smooth

Cons: They only worked for about a month.

Manufacturer Response:

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Dear Customer

Glad to hear you think the RAM looks awesome. This is one of our most popular kits ever, so we are certain you will be very pleased with it. The appearance, price, and performance is unrivaled by any other RAM. It is strange a module went bad, but send it in for RMA exchange and a replacement should work much better. The G.Skill RMA process is quick and hassle free, so you should receive a new module shortly. For any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us directly.

Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT

Quality and customer service are our top priorities.

Tech Support Email: ustech@gskillusa.com
RMA Dept Email: rma@gskillusa.com
G.Skill Forum: http://www.gskill.us/forum/

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Pros: No problems installing or booting. Everything was detected normally and things are a running smoothly for about 2 weeks now. Look well built and look pretty cool with the red heat dissipaters. Even comes with a cool case sticker.

Cons: None I can think of at the moment.

Other Thoughts: In order for this RAM to run at the maximum advertised clock speed, I had to go into the bios settings and manually set it to 1600mhz.

This is most likely an issue with my motherboard than the RAM since I had to do this same procedure with the other pair of RAM I purchased that had the same specs as these G.SKill.

It's just something to consider if you notice your RAM not running at the advertised clock speed.