G.Skill RipJaws-Z 16GB review

Intel X79-compatible memory kit boasting a whopping 16GB of RAM

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As good as the G.Skill RipJawsZ modules genuinely are the concerns about the need for such huge amounts of RAM, or the quad-channel design, are more telling.

You really aren't getting a huge boost in performance, if any, with such a vast amount of quad-channel DDR3 memory.

Video encoding performance

G.Skill ripjaws-z benchmarks

Memory bandwidth performance

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Gaming performance

G.Skill ripjaws-z benchmarks

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