G.Skill Ripjaws4 DDR4-2400 16GB Memory Kit Review

Installation
Installing any type of memory is pretty easy. Just find the open memory slots in your system and insert the memory and lock it into place. This is quad channel memory so make sure you have it in the right slots. Of course that all depends on the motherboard you are using.

G.Skill Ripjaws4 DDR4-2400 16GB Memory Kit

I have to say this kit looks awesome install on the EVGA X99 Micro motherboard! Our DDR4 test bed is of course our brand new Intel X99 system which is made up of the following components.

Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X
Video Card: MSI GTX 770 Gaming
Motherboard: EVGA X99 Micro
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws4 DDR4-2400 16GB
Storage: 120GB Kingston HyperX 3K
Power: Corsair AX860i
Cooling: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Extreme
Case: HighSpeed PC Top Deck Tech Station

To get the memory set to the right timings all you need to do is go into the BIOS and enable the XMP profile and you are good to go. Opening up CPU-Z we can see all of the information on the memory.

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The memory runs at 2400 MHz with timings of 15-15-15-35 at 1.2V.

Overclocking
Overclocking on the Intel X99 platform is pretty easy. The easiest way to overclock would be up simply change the frequency divider in the BIOS. To achieve the best overclock we try to stay with the timings that the JEDEC profile recommends, but we will loosen or tighten timings to get the best overclock possible.

This kit has a normal speed of 2400 MHz so the next step up would be 2667 MHz. The kit made the jump with no problem at all. We simply changed the frequency divider in the BIOS.

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Now the max DDR4 speed selection in the BIOS in our motherboard (EVGA X99 Micro) is 2667 MHz. So to achieve a higher speed we have to change our BCLK frequency. With the BCLK set to 125 and using the 2200 frequency divider the memory would run at 2750 MHz. The voltage on the memory was also moved up to 1.5v. We also set our CPU multiplier down to 24 so our CPU remained at 3.0 GHz. This was our max stable overclock, a 350 MHz overclock.

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