FEATURED G.Skill ARES 2x4GB DDR3-2400 F3-2400C11D-8GAB

As in title , today's thread will be about G.Skill ARES 8GB DDR3-2400 CL11.
Product number of this kit is F3-2400C11D-8GAB and as we see on attacked phots, it's blue.
Heatspreaders are low profile so shouldn't be any issue with larger CPU coolers.

As usual for G.Skill memory, there are 2 XMP profiles and both are nearly the same.


CPU-Z again can't read XMP profile right so better look at MemTweakIt window.



This is XMP #1 profile. XMP #2 looks about the same and performance of both is the same. 2nd one was added for compatibility purposes.

Also as usual for G.Skill, memory is protected by blister type package.






I forgot to make IC photo but memory is based on about the same chips as RipjawsX ( 2133/2400 ) tested couple of days ago so you can expect Hynix CFR ( or MFR ).

Testing

XMP #1 - 2400 11-13-13-31 2N 1.65V - HyperPi 32M



XMP #1 - 2400 11-13-13-31 2N 1.65V - AIDA64 3.0 + MaxxMem 1.99




Maximum stable OC - 2666 12-14-14-35 1N/2N ~1.70V
2600 12-14-14-35 1N is running at 1.65V. I couldn't set CL10 at 2400 up to 1.75V but even then it wasn't really stable.



Maximum OC for quick benchmarks - 2800 12-14-14-37 2N
Not stable and needed 1.75V+. Couldn't run above 2800 even at 1.85V.



Overall it's solid memory. It's fast at stock settings even though main timings don't look so good. It again proves that on Haswell platform main timings are not always most important.

Of course you are free to comment or ask questions about this memory