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When we first looked at the 4x4GB G.Skill Ares DDR3-2133 CL9 kit, we tested it on the Intel X79 platform it was orinally intended for. Since then, Ivy Bridge has taken the crown in the enthusiast market so, while we still have the memory, we decided to pa...
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vortez.net Updated: 2015-10-28 10:20:43
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£138.37 inc. VAT (At time of review)G.SKILL are no newbies when it comes to producing some of the finest memory kits available. Indeed, they have been doing exactly that for over 20 years! From their humble beginnings in Taipei, Taiwan as a group of e...
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Good looking, well vented heatsink, 2133MHz stock speed, Great overclocking potential, Tight timings, Black PCB...
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Blue may not suit everyone's tastes, Basic Packaging...
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The G.SKILL ARES is a great kit that impressed us from start to finish. It looks extremely good with it's Royal Blue heatsinks which might I add also come in a very fetching bronze colour at the same frequency but with slacker timings. The blue kit is...
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G.Skill have been actively targeting the enthusiast user now for the last year, with a constant stream of quality products aimed at a wide audience … from gamers to hardcore overclockers. Today we are looking at the latest ‘ARES’ branded low profile...
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low profile, great ‘out of the box’ performance characteristics, can overclock to 2,400mhz, G.Skill are always priced competitively...
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We've got this little bit of a lull in the memory market at the moment as we have seen most companies already show Quad Channel memory kits in force and companies aren't doing much with Dual Channel at the moment as we wait for the new Intel Z77 Expre...
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We've got this little bit of a lull in the memory market at the moment as we have seen most companies already show Quad Channel memory kits in force and companies aren't doing much with Dual Channel at the moment as we wait for the new Intel Z77 Expre...
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Earlier this month G.Skill announced their brand new Ares series. Meanwhile these modules are already available on the market, either as Dual Channel or as Quad Channel DDR3 kits and you can get them with a capacity of 8GB up to 32GB featuring a low profi...
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Regarding their Ares 2133 MHz CL9 modules, GSkill succeeded in introducing a highend quad channel memory kit, that supports high frequencies at still quite tight timings Furhtermore there even is overclocking headroom We also like the low profile heatspre...
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tbreak.ae Updated: 2016-11-26 23:46:27
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G.Skill is a well known brand amongst PC enthusiasts as they’re known to make some of the best high performance memory for desktop computers. We have reviewed their Ripjaws X in the past with much fervor, and in fact use their 16GB Ripjaws Z memory kit...
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Fast performance, easy overclock thanks to XMP, low profile makes it easy to fit under large heatsinks and HTPCs...
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Small price premium compared to other similarly specced memory kits.
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The G.Skill ARES’ performance is truly up there with the speed kings of old. While not quite exceeding anyone else, the ARES performs admirably in all of our memory specific benchmarks. Thanks to its built-in XMP settings and lifetime warranty, the ARE...
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SpecificationsModel NumberF3-2133C9Q-16GABSeriesARESSystemDESKTOPSystem TypeDDR3Main BoardINTELM/B ChipsetX79 / P67 / Z68Capacity16GB (4GBx4)Multi-Channel KitQuad Channel kitTested SpeedDDR3-2133 MHz (PC3-17000)Tested Latency9-11-10 2NTested Voltage1...
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Overclocking On the same XMP 1.3 programmed timings of (9-11-10-28) and with a raised 1.75V VDIMM set in the bios, we managed 2282MHz @ CL9. 2400MHz on CL10 2520MHz on CL11 (Effective memory bandwidth not worth the effort for 24/7 computing) C...
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With the introduction of Intel's Socket 2011 processors for enthusiasts and professionals not too long ago, it spawned a market for good XMP 1.3 DDR3 compliant kits to maximize the quad channel bandwidth and take advantage extra memory dividers north of 2...
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vr-zone.com Updated: 2016-11-26 23:46:27
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G.Skill have really been on a roll recently. They offer some of the highest spec memory on the market and have enjoyed great success with their Ripjaws line for the Z68 and X79 platforms. Now the company has turned its attention to its refresh of the...
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Conclusion The G.Skill ARES 8GB kit impressed us in every department. There's huge frequency overclocking headroom. It's a low profile kit meaning no compatibility issues with monster sized CPU coolers. It looks great, it has a highly affordable price...
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G.Skill recently unveiled their new low profile ARES line of memory. It is aimed at performance systems using very large air coolers where tall ramsinks is an issue. Here for review we have the top spec kit in the range. This 2133MHz 2 x 4GB kit has stock...
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