G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9Q-32GXM

Pros: Work as advertised. No problems whatsoever. This is the second set of memory from this company and both are working great on my two machines.

Cons: None at this time.

Pros: High capacity, low latency RAM.

Cons: Blue heat-sinks don't match my red MoBo.

Other Thoughts: My ASUS Formula V recognized these without issue.

Pros: Memory set right up, without any hassle

Cons: none

Pros: 32GB of RAM! It's decently fast @ 1600Mhz, and works flawlessly with my 2500K CPU and ASRock Z68 Extreme 4 motherboard.

Cons: Almost too much ram! Seriously I hardly ever use more than 10GB. And that's running Windows 7 64bit and a virtual hard drive serving as a Firefox cache.

Pros: Price. It went up $60 since the purchase o_o
Glad I bought it when I did!
7.8 on WEI

Cons: Although advertized as 1600 its recognized as 1333
Changing the settings in bios did not work.
Always been a big fan of G.Skill, but the speed advertisement on these is misleading... I could have just bought the 1333
One egg off for that

Other Thoughts: AMD FX-8350
Asus Sabertooth R2
H50

Manufacturer Response:

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Dear Customer

Thank you for your G.Skill purchase and review. Glad to hear you got a great price on the RAM. DRAM prices fluctuates on a daily basis, so it is normal to see a large difference in price. Each G.Skill memory kit is guaranteed for the rated specifications, so if you have issues reaching DDR3-1600 CL9, please feel free to contact us directly. The G.Skill technical support team will be glad to show you how to achieve those values with your system (if supported). With your motherboard and CPU, this memory kit will be a great fit. Below, you will find a step by step guide to stabilize DDR3-1600. Once you input the proper settings, your computer will be fast and stable. With 32GB of DDR3-1600, your computer will be capable of anything you put it to. 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.

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AMD CPU + G.Skill DDR3-1600|

Pros: ASRock Fatal1ty Pro recognized it immediately, bumped up my win7 score to 7.9 (highest), noticeable difference in performance from the previous 16G 1333 Mushkins that were in there before. Even with regular shipping, NewEgg delivered them in about 3 days. I do intensive graphics design and web development and I frequently have several virtual machines operating simultaneously. This ram handled the load like a champ.

Cons: It would have been nice if they installed themselves. Just kidding. I have to write something here.

Other Thoughts: As another reviewer stated, the cooling fins (which do look cool) are high even if they are within standards. Not a con, but something to consider if you are working in a tight case. I had to rotate my CPU cooler because the cooling fins of the Ram were touching the fins of the CPU cooler (it is a big CPU cooler, though). Again, not a con, and I would *highly* recommend this to anyone who needs this kind of power.

Pros: Fast, overclockable, stable memory. You can't ask for a better set memory, for the price.

Cons: Nothing at this time

Other Thoughts: The price on this memory has changed dramaticlly since I bought it at the end of last year. That's good for me bad for the rest that bought it later

Pros: Newegg shipped this almost next day! It works great in my GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD5H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/ motherboard with the i7 3770 CPU. Windows 8 Pro rates it at 8.0, I put it through its paces as well, editing home Blu-ray in Nero and burning them while watching a video and had Guild Wars 2 running, also had a few websites open, trying to see if there is a limit. So far everything seems to work normally so the limit has not been found yet.

Cons: None

Pros: - Fast and stable.
- Enabling XMP in BIOS clocks to 1600Mhz speed and adjusts timings accordingly.
- If XMP is not an option (and your board is running this kit at 1333Mhz) entering the timings manually literally takes all of a minute.
- Noticeable performance increase in several memory hungry applications. (If you're a video/graphics editor, you'll wish you'd ordered sooner!)
- Room to overclock if this wasn't fast enough!
- I hate leaving 'non-technical' pros, but this kit does look pretty cool. Not only in design but their choice of blue really pops off the motherboard.

Cons: - This is not a con of the memory, but if you're using Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows Vista Home Premium PAY ATTENTION HERE!
Micrsoft has set a limitation of 16GB to the maximum available memory supported in these versions. While this kit will work, Windows will report 32GB installed with 16GB available.
You have 2 choices here:
1. Buy a 16GB kit instead and save a little $$$
2. Upgrade to the Professional or Ultimate versions. As of 03/2013 the Anytime Upgrade option for Home Premium to Professional for Windows 7 is ~$90.
- Not all motherboards will run this memory at 1600Mhz out of the box. If you need assistance in manually setting the timings, check the the G.Skill forums.

Other Thoughts: I'll try and keep this review short and to the point.
At the risk of sounding like a fan, which is not my intent, this is my 4th memory kit from G.Skill. 4 kits over 7 years with 0 problems. There are very few vendors who put out competitively priced memory that consistently receive high ratings from their customers.
Look at the reviews for yourself. Not only do they respond to customers who are dissatisfied or having problems (And note they don't respond with the same generic "we're sorry... contact support" company standard copy/paste used by most other vendors.), but they also respond to the positive reviews as well. They take the time to communicate with each individual customer.
The reason I say this is so you understand you really can't go wrong with this kit vs any others you may be considering right now and I'm very confident in that statement.

With that said, 32GB might be a little more then I personally need today and perhaps a few of you as well. But it's nice to know a year or two or five from now that a memory upgrade won't be on my/your list of concerns.

Pros: 32GB
Reasonably fast RAM.
Good price.

Cons: A little power hungry.
Runs a little hot.

Other Thoughts: Great performance for the price, no problems running the RAM at all.
The built in heatsinks are more than adequate to dissipate the heat, but these do seem to draw more power than my old RAM.