The Ripjaws classic has returned! This time, the G.SKILL RipjawsX Series is raising the bar for computing experience and performance expectations across the board. Equipped with XMP profiles and dual-channel capable, your Intel and AMD systems will easily tear through all your games and programs!
Chosen By Overclockers
Enthusiasts' choice can't be wrong. Building on the world-class performance and overclockability, G.SKILL RipjawsX series memory has been voted as the Best Memory Series by the community of the overclockers in 2011! If you need a high performance and high quality kit to complete your enthusiast PC, look no further.
The "Customer Choice Award" Winner
Built for the best quality, G.SKILL RipjawsX series memory has been the most frequent winner of Newegg's "Customer Choice Award," against all Desktop Memory products at Newegg.com. Backed up by thousands of the highest ratings of customer reviews, RipjawsX series memory is absolutely the best quality product you can trust.
Optimal Compatibility and Superior Quality
Unparalleled DDR3 memory solution, the RipjawsX Series is the memory of choice. Specifically designed to complement dual-channel capable systems and optimized for the widest compatibility with Intel and AMD platforms, each RipjawsX memory kit is put through numerous compatibility and stress tests. As a result of our strict quality control, RipjawsX offers the highest quality, fastest speed, lowest timing, and firmest stability.
Stylish Heat Spreader Design - Keep It Cool
Sporting a sleek and stylish heat spreader, heat dissipation is maximized by increasing surface area for cool air to pass over while your system is gaming or computing. The hollow teeth-like heat spreader fins is made from aluminum and designed to allow maximize air flow for maximum cooling efficiency.
Intel XMP Support
All G.SKILL DDR3 memory come with the latest Intel XMP standard developed for Intel platform. It provides PC enthusiasts an entirely trouble free overclocking experience to boost their Intel systems for extreme levels of performance, while retaining system stability.
Lifetime Warranty
All G.SKILL memory products come with a lifetime warranty and the G.SKILL technical team is always ready to provide consumers with complete technical support via online forums, telephone and email.
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Specification
Series
RipjawsX
Memory Type
DDR3
Capacity
16GB (8GB x 2)
Multi-Channel Kit
Dual Channel Kit
Tested Speed
1866MHz
Tested Latency
9-10-9-28-2N
Tested Voltage
1.50V
Registered/Unbuffered
Unbuffered
Error Checking
Non-ECC
SPD Speed
1333MHz
SPD Voltage
1.50V
Fan lncluded
No
Features
Intel XMP (Extreme Memory Profile) Ready
Height
1.58in. (40mm)
Warranty
Lifetime
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Model
Brand
G.SKILL
Series
Ripjaws X Series
Model
F3-1866C9D-16GXM
Details
Capacity
16GB (2 x 8GB)
Speed
DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)
CAS Latency
9
Timing
9-10-9-28
Voltage
1.50V
ECC
No
Buffered/Registered
Unbuffered
Multi-channel Kit
Dual Channel Kit
Color
Blue
Features
Chosen By Overclockers Enthusiasts' choice can't be wrong. Building on the world-class performance and overclockability, G.SKILL RipjawsX series memory has been voted as the Best Memory Series by the community of the overclockers in 2011! If you need a high performance and high quality kit to complete your enthusiast PC, look no further.
The "Customer Choice Award" Winner Built for the best quality, G.SKILL RipjawsX series memory has been the most frequent winner of Newegg's "Customer Choice Award", against all Desktop Memory products at Newegg.com. Backed up by thousands of the highest rating of customer reviews, RipjawsX series memory is absolutely the best quality product you can trust.
Optimal Compatibility and Superior Quality Unparalleled DDR3 memory solution, the RipjawsX Series is the memory of choice. Specifically designed to complement dual-channel capable systems and optimized for the widest compatibility with Intel and AMD platforms, each RipjawsX memory kit is put through numerous compatibility and stress tests. As a result of our strict quality control, RipjawsX offers the highest quality, fastest speed, lowest timing, and firmest stability.
Stylish Heat Spreader Design, Keep It Cool Sporting a sleek and stylish heat spreader, heat dissipation is maximized by increasing surface area for cool air to pass over while your system is gaming or computing. The hollow teeth-like heat spreader fins is made from aluminum and designed to allow maximize air flow for maximum cooling efficiency.
Intel XMP Support All G.SKILL DDR3 memory come with the latest Intel XMP standard developed for Intel platform. It provides PC enthusiasts an entirely trouble free overclocking experience to boost their Intel systems for extreme levels of performance, while retaining system stability.
Pros: Overclocks to 1866 right away using either XMP 1 or 2. Tops the memory benchmarks with CAS latency of 9. It has XMP 1.3. Stable b/c it passed Windows 8 memory diagnostic on first test. Windows 8 scores this RAM with 8.0
Cons: Default SPD is 1333, not 1600. Not low profile with the heat sinks.
Overall Review: I got this RAM on sale with a promo code for $75. Don't use Memtest86 to test, b/c it will give you false positives due to high density RAM in 7 series chipset.
Pros: Everything:
Easy setup with XMP, goes right to 1866
Runs very cool and very stable
Cons: None
Overall Review: After reading reviews I got a set of these and am very happy I did. Like everyone else who posted a comment I'm very happy with these, except for the one person complaining about incompatibility with their board, that's your m/b manufacturers fault, and really it's your fault. There are hundreds of different SKU's for memory and hundreds of different motherboards. If you want to play with this stuff you have to do your homework and make sure what you buy is going to work with what you have and not knock a specific manufacturer because you didn't. That's usually why I'll take a small sample of 1 or 2 egg reviews and 80% of the time you can tell its human error in the first sentence. No one hid any information from you. I see so much of this and it skews review percentages and makes it easier for someone like me to overlook a good product. I won't even knock an egg off if I get a defective product, what's so abnormal about that. You buy enough parts % wise something is not going to work right, second time exchanging a product, then the eggs start coming up. Stop blaming the part and "man up". Sorry to be blunt but almost every product I look at it's like the mfg listed in their specs "Will work with any and every possible component configuration in existence!" Yeah!, that's one I've never seen.
Pros: Worked great as DDR3-1333 on first boot (lower that the rated DDR3-1866, but this is expected). Enabled "overclocking" via the motherboard BIOS, and selected the XMP profile for DDR3-1866; tested with memtest86+ through 4 passes and everything has been fine ever since.
Cons: Cannot say anything bad about memory that works....
Overall Review: Bought to use with an AMD FX-8320e CPU and ASUS M5A99FX Pro R2.0 motherboard. I have used G.Skill in the past, and have good luck both with modules working as shipped, and getting replacements for the occasional dud module. I set aside 8 GB to use as a tmpfs ramdisk on Linux, and compile kernels and other software directly on the RAM as a disk -- no problem. 'Nuff said.
Pros: Runs at 1866 with no issues. Either set up with XMP or Just manually go through the bios to change timings, voltage, and speed to the advertised settings. No overclocking needed if your CPU, and Motherboard support 1866. I figure many people are not investigating, and that's why there are bad reviews
Cons: None so far
Overall Review: It defaults to 1333 but I think that's a good thing. There are still CPUs that only support up to 1333. Some people may be purchasing this memory but need to overclock it. 1333 will let them have a stable setting to work from. Please do your research.
Pros: Blue.
They work.
Also, blue.
They match my ASUS M5A99FX MoBo and the LED fan in the back of my Rosewill HIMARS (totally blue). This is also totally accidental, but awesome anyhow.
Did I mention blue?
Cons: Probably look elsewhere if you don't want blue RAM. But then, who doesn't? Blue is awesome.
Pros: 16GB of DDR1866 via two DIMMs for less than seventy bucks (when I bought them on sale).
Cons: None really.
Overall Review: Have this running on a new build I did with a 990FX Sabertooth R2.0 coupled with a FX-8350 Vishera. Memory defaults to 1333 so you have to enabled the XMP Profile via AI Overclock Tuner (Asus) in the bios. After doing so the system has been rock solid.
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Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
Verified Owner
RETURN12/2/2012 2:39:57 PM
Pros: caught on sale, looks nice
Cons: 1 stick failed memtest+. Hey, I need both to work.
pulls vacuum to be the one to find the bad sticks for this vendor.
Overall Review: One stick fails at both default and labelled timings, default voltages. Failsed default loose timings and tighter timings, in about 4 minutes consistently, in different ramslots, at 15% of a single test cycle in memtest+. Which means the only testing one stick out of two received before shipping was with a pencil. It fits a slot, and it fits a blister pack, therefore it was ready to ship.
I wonder how many buyers test new ram. I re-tested my old Vengeance and Ripjaws, no issues. I have the answer how many factory workers test ram before it gets shipped in 2012. I need something else to give my geek friend for christmas, thanks G.Skill.
Manufacturer Response:
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Dear Customer
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. Please send the memory in for RMA and a replacement should work better. All G.Skill memory kits are backed by a lifetime warranty. At any time a module does not work properly, we can have it replaced without question. The G.Skill RMA process is quick and hassle free so you should receive new modules in a timely manner. Your patience and cooperation is greatly appreciated during this time. 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/
Pros: Great capacity/performance for the money
Heat spreaders are well built and securely attached to the PCB
Heat spreaders look great but are still a sane size and shape
No compatibility issues with all the large Noctua CPU coolers (in my experience)
This the third set (2x8GB) I have purchased and have had no issues at all with any of them.
XMP profiles worked perfectly 'out of the box' with my AMD FX4350, FX8320 and FX8350 systems.
Cons: None
Overall Review: Depending on your system these may default to 1333 instead of 1866. THIS IS NORMAL. Just use the XMP profiles or set your timings manually in your EFI/BIOS and they'll run just fine at 1866 (or maybe even more...)
The Ripjaws classic has returned! This time, the G.SKILL RipjawsX Series is raising the bar for computing experience and performance expectations across the board. Equipped with XMP profiles and dual-channel capable, your Intel and AMD systems will easily tear through all your games and programs!
All G.SKILL DDR3 memory come with the latest Intel XMP standard developed for Intel platform. It provides PC enthusiasts an entirely trouble free overclocking experience to boost their Intel systems for extreme levels of performance, while retaining system stability.
All G.SKILL memory products come with a lifetime warranty and the G.SKILL technical team is always ready to provide consumers with complete technical support via online forums, telephone and email.
Eggxpert Review
Pros: Overclocks to 1866 right away using either XMP 1 or 2. Tops the memory benchmarks with CAS latency of 9. It has XMP 1.3. Stable b/c it passed Windows 8 memory diagnostic on first test. Windows 8 scores this RAM with 8.0
Cons: Default SPD is 1333, not 1600. Not low profile with the heat sinks.
Overall Review: I got this RAM on sale with a promo code for $75. Don't use Memtest86 to test, b/c it will give you false positives due to high density RAM in 7 series chipset.