WEBVTT 00:00:06.600 --> 00:00:13.400 with its Factory tuning and data center DNA an Intel 730 series SSD is an 00:00:11.559 --> 00:00:18.039 amazing choice for gamers and performance enthusiasts so the last time 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:23.199 I covered anything from gskill was back in December 00:00:19.720 --> 00:00:25.279 2012 when they sent their rip jaw Z quad 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 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 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 00:00:36.480 --> 00:00:43.120 me I was just like it's R this time I 00:00:39.879 --> 00:00:46.760 feel like I owe them a bit more Fanfare 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:49.600 because that 32 gig kit or those 32 G 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 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:58.239 memory either slick or I have ever encountered compared to other high 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 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:08.240 use it on every test bench mainstream Intel Enthusiast Intel and even AMD the 00:01:06.360 --> 00:01:13.520 problem is that the stuff we have is from back when 1866 RAM was the bees 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 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:21.439 have changed since then DDR3 2133 and 00:01:18.360 --> 00:01:22.640 2400 MHz kits are much more accessible 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 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:33.840 that we hate using all the other stuff so I reached out to gskill about getting 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:38.560 eight sticks of their DDR3 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:41.200 2400 MHz RAM I chose their 64 gig kit 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:44.719 because the way that sticks get jumbled around between test benches it's the 00:01:43.320 --> 00:01:48.600 only way that we'll really know that each of them is hand validated to 00:01:46.520 --> 00:01:54.799 operate correctly with each other across all the benches and as an extra bonus we 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:56.799 happen to have an x79 Deluxe assus board 00:01:54.799 --> 00:02:01.439 which is one of the only boards that this kit is validated to work in with 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 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 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:15.680 get into the product itself this is one of the most luxuriously packaged kits I 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:17.599 have ever seen the outer box has gold 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:22.840 lettering and the individual serial numbers of every single stick inside and 00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:27.879 when you open it up you get two individual boxes Each of which you open 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 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 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 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:46.560 they made it impossible to install a graphics card in the top slot but I've 00:02:44.519 --> 00:02:50.879 seen them make a difference to RAM stability so if you're going to push 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:56.120 these sticks to 2400 MHz or even overvolt them past the rated 1.65 volts 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:59.800 I would recommend installing them one bit of constructive criticism for gskill 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:04.440 is I'd like to see them terminated in three pin connectors so I can easily 00:03:01.760 --> 00:03:08.319 hook them up to a fan controller anyway after that each stick is individually 00:03:06.519 --> 00:03:11.879 wrapped in a protective foam wrapping and if you've ever seen a rip jaw Z 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 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 00:03:17.959 --> 00:03:24.080 doesn't stand out to me much anymore and I think there are more eye-catching 00:03:22.040 --> 00:03:28.120 memory kits out there like with you know LED lighting and stuff but for these it 00:03:26.200 --> 00:03:33.280 was more about the practicality of them than necessarily the pure looks the RAM 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:37.720 supports two different 2400 MHz XMP profiles or you can set things up 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:43.360 manually I'm planning on using them in a Gigabyte x79 up4 motherboard for my 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:47.560 upcoming Mac Pro killer Hackintosh guide so I went ahead and installed the kits 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 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 00:03:55.799 --> 00:04:01.640 just in any random board these are definitely an improvement over our old 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:04.360 gold sticks and I did run around and throw them in a couple different boards 00:04:02.920 --> 00:04:09.959 around the office and I'm getting that same easy no tweaks required for basic 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:14.439 stability operation that I have come to expect which is a huge relief so now we 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:18.959 can bring you guys higher memory speeds in our benchmarks I told gskill that we 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:22.560 don't really do memory showcases anymore and that I was only going to use the 00:04:20.320 --> 00:04:25.759 memory in our Hackintosh guide as well as on our test benches so they'll 00:04:23.960 --> 00:04:30.320 probably be a bit surprised to see this but given how little I talk about the 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:34.600 gear that we use behind the scenes here I thought that this was an opportunity 00:04:31.880 --> 00:04:38.639 to not only showcase this particular RAM kit but also give you some insight into 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:41.759 our testing procedures and our experience with all the different 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 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 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 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:58.320 team about this video if you thought it was fantastic or you thought it was just 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:02.440 terrible I guess you could also just thumbs up or thumbs down 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