1 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:13,400 with its Factory tuning and data center DNA an Intel 730 series SSD is an 2 00:00:11,559 --> 00:00:18,039 amazing choice for gamers and performance enthusiasts so the last time 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:23,199 I covered anything from gskill was back in December 4 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:25,279 2012 when they sent their rip jaw Z quad 5 00:00:23,199 --> 00:00:30,039 Channel kit over to me for some RAM disc testing at the time I did a very casual 6 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:34,840 unboxing in a chair in my living room with my son and my cat in my lap uh 7 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:39,879 accompanying me and I didn't really make much of a fuss about the product cuz to 8 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:43,120 me I was just like it's R this time I 9 00:00:39,879 --> 00:00:46,760 feel like I owe them a bit more Fanfare 10 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:49,600 because that 32 gig kit or those 32 G 11 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:54,359 kits they sent two of them of 1866 RAM has been some of the most Rock Solid 12 00:00:52,039 --> 00:00:58,239 memory either slick or I have ever encountered compared to other high 13 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:03,039 capacity kits that we have around the office it is a dream to work with and we 14 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:08,240 use it on every test bench mainstream Intel Enthusiast Intel and even AMD the 15 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:13,520 problem is that the stuff we have is from back when 1866 RAM was the bees 16 00:01:10,799 --> 00:01:18,360 knes it's a year and a half old skew and with the way high-speed memory prices 17 00:01:15,159 --> 00:01:21,439 have changed since then DDR3 2133 and 18 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:22,640 2400 MHz kits are much more accessible 19 00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:28,079 and we're starting to get a lot of requests from viewers to use higher speed memory in our testing it's just 20 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:33,840 that we hate using all the other stuff so I reached out to gskill about getting 21 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:38,560 eight sticks of their DDR3 22 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:41,200 2400 MHz RAM I chose their 64 gig kit 23 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:44,719 because the way that sticks get jumbled around between test benches it's the 24 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:48,600 only way that we'll really know that each of them is hand validated to 25 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:54,799 operate correctly with each other across all the benches and as an extra bonus we 26 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:56,799 happen to have an x79 Deluxe assus board 27 00:01:54,799 --> 00:02:01,439 which is one of the only boards that this kit is validated to work in with 28 00:01:59,079 --> 00:02:06,320 all eight dims at the same time running at 2400 MHz so that'll be fun if we ever 29 00:02:04,079 --> 00:02:09,720 want to play around with it anyway with that history lesson out of the way let's 30 00:02:07,799 --> 00:02:15,680 get into the product itself this is one of the most luxuriously packaged kits I 31 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:17,599 have ever seen the outer box has gold 32 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:22,840 lettering and the individual serial numbers of every single stick inside and 33 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:27,879 when you open it up you get two individual boxes Each of which you open 34 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:33,120 up to find a little clipon memory fan that uses two 50 mm fans to keep your 35 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:37,360 RAM cool in the past I used to say that these RAM coolers were kind of stupid 36 00:02:35,239 --> 00:02:41,319 and I still don't care for the added bulk of them in our test system here 37 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:46,560 they made it impossible to install a graphics card in the top slot but I've 38 00:02:44,519 --> 00:02:50,879 seen them make a difference to RAM stability so if you're going to push 39 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:56,120 these sticks to 2400 MHz or even overvolt them past the rated 1.65 volts 40 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:59,800 I would recommend installing them one bit of constructive criticism for gskill 41 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:04,440 is I'd like to see them terminated in three pin connectors so I can easily 42 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:08,319 hook them up to a fan controller anyway after that each stick is individually 43 00:03:06,519 --> 00:03:11,879 wrapped in a protective foam wrapping and if you've ever seen a rip jaw Z 44 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:16,000 module then once we get it out of the foam they'll look pretty familiar to you 45 00:03:14,159 --> 00:03:20,640 uh we use them all the time so the saw teeth styled top of the heat sink 46 00:03:17,959 --> 00:03:24,080 doesn't stand out to me much anymore and I think there are more eye-catching 47 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:28,120 memory kits out there like with you know LED lighting and stuff but for these it 48 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:33,280 was more about the practicality of them than necessarily the pure looks the RAM 49 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:37,720 supports two different 2400 MHz XMP profiles or you can set things up 50 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:43,360 manually I'm planning on using them in a Gigabyte x79 up4 motherboard for my 51 00:03:40,599 --> 00:03:47,560 upcoming Mac Pro killer Hackintosh guide so I went ahead and installed the kits 52 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:51,920 in there and while I wasn't able to run 2400 MHz with all eight modules in which 53 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:57,599 G skill told me I wasn't going to be able to do 2133 MHz was easy so even 54 00:03:55,799 --> 00:04:01,640 just in any random board these are definitely an improvement over our old 55 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:04,360 gold sticks and I did run around and throw them in a couple different boards 56 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:09,959 around the office and I'm getting that same easy no tweaks required for basic 57 00:04:07,319 --> 00:04:14,439 stability operation that I have come to expect which is a huge relief so now we 58 00:04:12,599 --> 00:04:18,959 can bring you guys higher memory speeds in our benchmarks I told gskill that we 59 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:22,560 don't really do memory showcases anymore and that I was only going to use the 60 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:25,759 memory in our Hackintosh guide as well as on our test benches so they'll 61 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:30,320 probably be a bit surprised to see this but given how little I talk about the 62 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:34,600 gear that we use behind the scenes here I thought that this was an opportunity 63 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:38,639 to not only showcase this particular RAM kit but also give you some insight into 64 00:04:36,639 --> 00:04:41,759 our testing procedures and our experience with all the different 65 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:47,680 products that we get to touch as well I hope you guys enjoyed it um so I think 66 00:04:45,919 --> 00:04:51,280 that's pretty much it guys like this video if you liked it dislike it if you 67 00:04:49,479 --> 00:04:55,639 disliked it leave a comment if you have anything to say to me or the rest of the 68 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:58,320 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