GSKILL Ripjaws 2x4GB and 4x4GB - Sandy Bridge Kits

[youngpro]

hey guys

just received a couple kits of the latest sandy bridge gear from gskill, these kits are targeted at working specifically with sandy bridge..



sandy is a bit of a different ram clocker than we are used to with X58 and especially Lynnfield.. as we are locked to small BCLK changed there is not a huge amount of room to move up and down with our overclocking...

for example on the 2133 ratio you can go from about 1035MHz with low BCLK to about 1111MHz with 105ish BCLK, hopefully in the future we will see more BCLK options to really open up these kits... you wont see any 2400 MHz style ram clocks yet..

that being said, the bandwidth on sandy bridge is very impressive and we dont really require that huge ram frequency to get some very efficiency performance...

i found especially when running 16GB density i could of used some more BCLK, finding a combination that worked well with it was quite difficult and this at the moment is a sandy bridge limitation instead of a kit limitation.. if you look at the results from Hiwa on 1156 you can see 2200 MHz LINX with high density..

i will have some 1156 results to follow in the coming days..




The Kits

2x2GB DDR3-2133 8-9-8-24 1.65v






2x4GB DDR3-2200 9-11-9-28 1.65v








The Setup
* GIGABYTE P67A-UD7
* ANTEC 1200OC
* INTEL 2600K
* CORSAIR Force SSD 60GB




Performance

Lets jump straight into performance and see what these kits are capable of..

Looking at the 4GB 2x2GB kit first...

LINX @ 1096MHz 7-9-7-24


Everest bandwidth @ 1107MHz 7-9-7-24


LINX @ 969MHz 6-8-6-24


Everest bandwidth @ 969MHz 6-8-6-24



Now some figures on the 8GB 4x2GB kit

LINX @ 1112MHz 9-11-9-28 1T


SuperPI @ 1107MHz 9-10-9-24 1T


Everest bandwidth @ 1107MHz 9-10-9-24 1T


LINX @ 969MHz 8-9-8-24 1T




Lastly figures of 16GB 4x4GB performance

Everest @ 1050 9-11-9-24 2T


LINX @ 969 8-9-8-24 2T

[Movieman]

You Aussies. Always getting it wrong,
It's Sandy Bi*tch..
Waiting to try a couple of my Corrsair GTX2's with my 2600K and see how high it will go.
Best of luck to ya mate!

[Oliver]

Hey man , thanks for posting in.

Tasty kits huh?

KEEP PUSHING IT

[youngpro]

Sandy VAG

[Johnny87au]

Thanks youngpro, ill b testing these also in a day or two! Seems like the 2x2gb are the way to go, really nice timings imo!

[realbabilu]

the 16gb must be 2T?

[OldChap]

Sandy VAG

beach memories???

[youngpro]

yeah mate the 16GB is 2T..

hiwa has some very nice results up pushing the 16GB much better... i need to find myself one of these chips that can do 107 BCLK or more!

[Hondacity]

pro

those write speeds are crazy...

did you try aida64?

[Leeghoofd]

+1 Honda

Better switch ASAP to AIDA64 James, you are making the I7 boys cry with 35K write :p

[youngpro]

haha yeah the old everest is buggy with the write MB/s on SB

you guys know what it is i already put aida on my USB stick for further testing!

[emertX]

Noone here who tested the 2x2gb 9-11-9-27 @ 1,6V?
http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=372

[Afrokalle]

Hey nice testin pro

I got the 2x2GB 2133MHz C8 too and this memory is really impressive....
















Testing first X58 coz SB not arrived yet....

....some SB testing will follow soon....

Starting with some 32M runs coz i like playing it and wanted test my new 980X too:


DDR3-1800MHz 7-8-7-20 1T @ 1.65v:




DDR3-2000MHz 7-8-7-22 1T @ 1.75v:






DDR3-2050MHz 7-8-7-22 1T @ 1.75v:



32M crashed after loop 19 but i think nearly 2050MHz 7-8-7-22 1T is really impressive for that memory






2300MHz 8-9-8-24 1T @ 1.75v:





32M was not stable but i will try again next days....

Crazy memory from G.Skill who need Hyper

[Johnny87au]

Nice testing scores mate, Seems they clock better on X58, then again you might have a good IMC on that 980x..

[sofos1990]

Hey Afrokalle !

What chips are under the hood ?

They don't look like PSCs

[Afrokalle]

You are right, it is not PSC...

Some "old" 65nm ICs from Elpida under the hood

[Mmichel]

you are right, it is not psc...

Some "old" 65nm ics from elpida under the hood :d

bbse ??

[Don_Dan]

bbse ??

BDBG seems more likely to me.

Afrokalle, spill the beans!

[Afrokalle]

ok ok..

BBSE ICs let this kit fly

I hope "someone" will not kick my ass now

I have a kit (Samsung) with BDBG too but it's more trcd limited (2000MHz+ trcd8 impssible)

[Johnny87au]

ok ok..

BBSE ICs let this kit fly

I hope "someone" will not kick my ass now

I have a kit (Samsung) with BDBG too but it's more trcd limited (2000MHz+ trcd8 impssible)

Can you take some pics ? and thnx for the heads up

[CjBA]

What's chip used in G. Skill RijawlsX, it's the same as Corsair GTX3?
Sorry for my bad english!

[trans am]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231451
Im about to pull the plug on this kit.

[Don_Dan]

ok ok..

BBSE ICs let this kit fly

I hope "someone" will not kick my ass now

I have a kit (Samsung) with BDBG too but it's more trcd limited (2000MHz+ trcd8 impssible)

Thanks!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231451
Im about to pull the plug on this kit.

Why don't you try your PI Black first?

[trans am]

Thanks!



Why don't you try your PI Black first?

dr dan, I didnt buy yet but they seem so cheap and im curious I havent bought ram since the kingston khx 2000 7 kit and the pi black kit. I just got excited.
I havent bought anything yet. I am still contemplating if I should even go for a sandy rig.
I guess you are right I should get my sandy rig and try my pi blacks on them first.

[Don_Dan]

dr dan, I didnt buy yet but they seem so cheap and im curious I havent bought ram since the kingston khx 2000 7 kit and the pi black kit. I just got excited.
I havent bought anything yet. I am still contemplating if I should even go for a sandy rig.
I guess you are right I should get my sandy rig and try my pi blacks on them first.

I'm pretty sure your PI Black kit will do fine, it's probably using the same chips as the kit you linked to anyway.