Testing GSkill RipjawsZ F3-19200CL9Q-16GBZMD 4x4GB [DDR3-2600+ action]

[massman]

April 3rd.

Earlier this evening, I drove to Leeghoofd's place to test a couple of BBSE sticks. They couldn't do C6-9-6 on the board I had, so had to verify and test on a different platform. Arriving in Leeghoofd's insanely large mansion, greeting his wife and dozen mistresses, replying "no thanks, I'm the driver" when the butler offered me a glass of champagne and congratulating Leeghoofd on the latest yacht he bought (it really is a beauty), I came across this nice set of GSkill RipjawsZ F3-19200CL9Q-16GBZMD ...

... unopened!

I guess you probably all know it, but outside of HWBOT, I actually am a first class bad-ass, a true gangster of the worst kind, a stock broker with no mercy. So, as no one was paying attention to this unopened and untouched box of magic, I could not resist kindly asking Leeghoofd if I could take them home with me to test out. Of course, he first said 'no', but after I threatened with potentially very loud crying, holding my breath until I would die and the longest hunger strike in human history, I was given a candy bar as well as the permission to take them home with me.

I finished the candy bar hours ago, so I guess it's time to have a look the pictures I took!

Pictures of the candy bar





... mmmm ... so delicious ...

Pictures of the memory kit

But, onto the real stuff now. Here are some pictures of the kit.



























... mmmm ... also so delicious ... must resist eating ...

Test setup

- Core i7 3930K (thx Tones)
- MSI X79A-GD65 8D (1.7b2)
- Rampage IV Extreme (0018)
- Gskill memory (see topic title)
- Windows 7
- GeForce 8400GS (epic rendering of 2D desktop wallpaper)
- Air cooling
- Ln2 cooling (later)

Tests

A. With MSI X79A-GD65 8D

- DDR3-2520 (1.72V) C9-11-11-31 SuperPI 32M: click
- DDR3-2600 (1.72V) C10-12-12-32 (162MHz BCLK) SuperPI 32M: click
- DDR3-2610 (1.73V) C10-12-12-32 SuperPI 32M: click
- DDR3-2610 (1.73V) C10-12-12-32 Y-Cruncher (15GB): click

Board has a memory MHz wall around 2610MHz. Hopefuly a new BIOS will fix that





B. With Rampage IV Extreme

- DDR3-2300 (1.77V) C8-11-11-28 SuperPI 32M: click
- DDR3-2400 (1.80V) C8-12-12-30 CPU-Z Validation: click
- DDR3-2634 (1.75V) C10-12-12-31 Y-Cruncher (15GB): click, click
- DDR3-2640 (1.81V) C9-12-12-31 CPU-Z Validation: -- will upload later --
- DDR3-2640 (1.82V) C9-12-12-31 SuperPI 32M: click
- DDR3-2644 (1.75V) C10-12-12-31 SuperPI 32M: click
- DDR3-2666 (1.73V) C10-12-12-31 CPU-Z Validation: click
- DDR3-2666 (1.73V) C10-12-12-31 SuperPI 32M: click







C. Info on IMC temperature and memory overclocking

Seems like we need to push the temperature far into the positives to get nice memory frequencies on Sandy Bridge-E. For fun, I tested the maximum frequency with LN2 and ended up with Pi-32M stable at DDR3-2666 at 70°C ...



Conclusion

This kit actually surprised me a bit. I tested some DDR3-2400 rated kits in the past and usually overclocking didn't go too well. This one seems to be capable of more than what I reached so far as the IMC of this Sandy Bridge-E CPU is not able to surpass DDR3-2640 (which is already quite nice).

I'm looking forward to test this kit on Ivy Bridge platform in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned!

(ps: also check other people's test reports and reviews to have an even better view on the capabilities of this kit)

[M.Beier]

Fix the title, it is misleading, the candy was the interesting part!

[FlanK3r]

Massman, could u please tetsing this RAM with FX (superpi, max validation etc?( Im thinking about this kit....(i know, its kit for SB-E specially, but Im thinking, will be great working with LLano and FX too)

[massman]

Massman, could u please tetsing this RAM with FX (superpi, max validation etc?( Im thinking about this kit....(i know, its kit for SB-E specially, but Im thinking, will be great working with LLano and FX too)

If I find the time this week, I will test on Bulldozer as well

[Leeghoofd]

I still want them back and you owe me a chocolade bar

[massman]

Some preliminary AMD results

- DDR3-2608 (1.77V) C10-12-12-34 SuperPI 32M: click
- DDR3-2608 (1.77V) C10-12-12-34 Aida64: click
- DDR3-2710 (1.77V) C10-12-12-30 CPU-Z Validation: click

[bynext]

What about using 16gb ????
I'm thinking about how does this kit perform on ln2 ?????

thanks for share.

[Leeghoofd]

Don't even think off it Massman to put these on LN2 before I did the review...




...Me goes off to fetch the Movieman Sledgehammer

[massman]

Playing around a bit more. Found a pretty crazy Sandy Bridge CPU which can do 128BCLK air easily. CPU-Z has issues detecting BCLK correctly, so memory divider is wrong. It should be 1:8.

[massman]

Pretty good Sandy I'd say. Pushed it a little further: 131.6MHz BCLK

[RPGWiZaRD]

I guess I'm the only oddball which would like to see G.Skill releasing 2x4GB kits for their faster kits for more "reasonable" pricing of RAM and the fact I don't need as much as 16GB yet, I'm still on 4GB, 8GB will last me for at least couple of years without any issues.

[hiwa]

Nice sb CPU

[Leeghoofd]

More testing tomorrow day two, stay tuned of we can do something with the other Sainday cPu

[FlanK3r]

omg...this SB-E is beast! 2808 MHz 10-12-12 is awesome

[Leeghoofd]

This is NOT SB-E :p

[Hondacity]

maybe its amd lol

[Don_Dan]

I call hax.

[Leeghoofd]

Simon says : People who listen to the name Daniel are not allowed to call it a hoax :p

[hiwa]

This is NOT SB-E :p

really? btw nice BD chip

[FlanK3r]

or it is mask for "Ajvi Bridj"?


btw, BD has really good IMC, under LN2 maybe will be not problem 3600+ MHz with it

[massman]

No, seriously, it's the most awesome SB chip.

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

No, seriously, it's the most awesome SB chip.

lol that sandy is covered in special sauce if you are not trollolling.

[AVulgarPicture]

CPU page on CPU-z or it didnt happen! :P

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Hmm, I have a Corsair Vengeance kit with the same speed/timings but it doesn't seem as strong as this long-lost G.Skill product

[Shiranui Gen-An]

These sticks aren't as extinct as I thought: http://www.ebay.com/itm/390580328344

I have a kit on the way. I don't think my SB-E chips are as strong as Massman's but I'll test them anyway, along with my 2800+ capable 3570k.