G.SKILL Ripjaws

price, usability, reliability, design

97% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

– Sleek design ; – XMP 2.0 ready ; – One of the higher frequency kits you can buy ; – Good performance ; – Decent overclocking headroom

– None that I found

Here we have another great memory kit from G.SKILL! When I think of memory, especially high-performance memory G.SKILL is typically at the top of my list. They actually have some of the fastest DDR4 available right now and this kit is no exception to...

Stock Performance ; Tight Timings ; Overclocking ; Good Looking ; Multiple Colors ; Low Voltage ; Pricing

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G.Skills Ripjaws 4 modules performed well in the comparison testing exceeding the performance of the comparison modules in almost every test at the XMP 2.0 rated speeds and timings. That in and of itself, is a reason to get a set of modules with...

– Attractive design ; – Only 8GB dual channel 2133 MHz kit available ; – Silence II cooler included ; – X.M.P. Profile

– Heatspreaders might cause some clearance issues

8GB dual channel memory kits that run at 2133 MHz are few and far between, looking online at my favorite retailer this is the ONLY 8GB dual channel kit available! That puts G.Skill in a unique position being one of the only manufacturer’s to offer this...

– Low profile heatspreaders ; – Looks Stylish ; – Performs well

– Couldn’t get to go far with overclocking

Far cheaper than competing DDR4-2666 kits, with similar performance ; Highly tunable for further latency reduction

More “fast enough” than fast ; All settings above DDR4-2133 require XMP ; Costs more than same-brand DDR4-3200 C16

The further we get from last year’s H370/B360 chipset launch, the more inadequate its DDR4-2666 limit appears. Fortunately, G.Skill’s Ripjaws V allows board buyers who got stuck with this low data rate to pay only a very small penalty for their prior...

XMP timings at motherboard-default 1.20V ; Supports manual timing reduction at 1.35V ; Good overall performance ; Nice price

No secondary XMP (such as DDR4-2400) ; Highest non-XMP data rate is DDR4-2133

G.Skill’s Ripjaws V F4-2666C15D-16GVR may be outgunned by its competitor’s legacy kits, but as supplies of those dwindle, this one could become the best DDR4-2666 choice.

Decent sound quality, overall.

Frame design needs improvement.

Unique look, clear plastic ear-cups look great.

Sound quality is not great.