G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-16GAR

Pros: – Low profile, never liked crazy tall heat spreaders anyway
– Priced lower than other 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 memory
– It's been working without a hiccup for 6 months now, I expect it to last a very long time *knock on wood*
– G.Skill is the only brand memory I use ever since I switched over from overpriced C*****r memory.

Cons: None, so far so good.

Pros: + High density modules
+ Lifetime warranty
+ Low profiles heatsinks allow for use in SFF systems and under large heatsinks
+ Cheaper than many of the other 1600MHz 16GB kits

Cons: None for the moment

Other Thoughts: Bought two dual channel kits making a total of 32Gb of ram in my HP Envy H8-1534 with AMD FX 6200 (OC to 4.3Ghz) and XFX 7850 1Gb video card. I do a lot of video editing and since with the new ram my time has decreased at least 50% compared to the factory 10Gb of ram. I have not tired to over-clock the new ram. Motherboard instantly recognized all four sticks on dual channel and it has been working fast and flawlessly since install.

The only negative I have so far: Shipping was slow but delivery was made in the four day window. The product was only six hours away from my location. DHL is not very fast and had issues from the past. But this is not worth taking a egg off because it was delivered in the time frame even though standard USPS would have been there in two days instead of four days. Lastly, the envelope was ripped on the bottom (one inch). No damage to the product but it could have fallen out if the hole got bigger. I would recommend taping all of the edges.

Overall 5 egg experience, first time buyer and will do business again!

Pros: GREAT Desktop Memory

Cons: NONE

Pros: Works great in my Hackintosh.

Cons: None.

Pros: plugged it in, turned it on, timed itself and applied the correct voltage automatically, passed the memory test in windows help and support, runs 24/7 with no bsod, two 8GB sticks

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: installed this kit on an ASRock H77M board with a i7-3770S, WEI scores 7.9 for processor and memory on Windows 8 OS

Pros: * Super Fast 16GB of Memory
* Enabled XMP and got all I was rated for
* Thin and Low Profile


What more could you want?

Cons: Not a darn thing!

Other Thoughts: Gotta love g.skill, been buying their RAM for years now!

Pros: Price. Actually looks better than in the picture. Whats not to like! Lots of memory for a small price. G.Skill Customer Service hangs around Newegg to insure people people are happy with what they buy. That alone is why I went with G.Skill.

Cons: It has not figured out how to make me coffee in the morning.

Pros: -Thin Heatspreaders allow for more airflow in the case
-Fast
-runs cool
-all four sticks work
-it's using the correct voltage without me doing a thing!

Cons: Not really a Con, but the RAM sicks didn't want to go all the way down at first.

Also Not a con, but I wish that it was Possible to get 1 16 GB stick.

around $70 for 2 sticks of Ram isn't great but it's better than paying through the nose.

Other Thoughts: -The heat spreaders didn't match the blue theme of my rig, but the color is a nice metallic red.

Some people say that you have to follow some QVL list for the RAM and Mobo and suggest that if your mobo is not on the list, not to use certain parts/ it's not recommended. This is not always the case, and other people suggest that the QVL list sometimes does no apply and it's not the "must follow" list of the computer world..

My mobo is an ASRock 990FX Extreme4 was not on the QVL list and it accepted the RAM with no issues. I also had NO issues with the voltage. Not Sure if the mobo auto adjusted it or what, but it's using the proper settings.

And Before anyone asks, I dropped four of these sticks into my build, making a grand total of 32 GB of RAM. All Four sticks are in good working order.

Pros: Good, solid, reliable memory.
Low Profile to make sure it fits underneath your CPU Heatsink, but sill has great specs.
Set my Motherboard to use the XMP settings and away we went, no troubles at all

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Haven't tried OC'ing the RAM yet.
Fit easily below with my Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (probably didn't even need the Low Profile to fit under this cooler on my Motherboard, but same price & specs as the Ripjaws, so better safe than sorry!)


System:
Core i5-3570k
MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt Motherboard
MSI R7870 HAWK
16GB GSkill Ares DDR3-1600 RAM
120GB Corsair Neutron SSD (OS & selected applications)
1TB Seagate HD (storage)
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO cooler
NZXT Phantom

Pros: It works

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Have not, and prob. will not, try overclock