I always loved playing with memory. There is a distinct variety in all the different products out there, and when it comes time to overclock, it's the most complex task many just simply avoid all together. For me, these Ripjaws 4 modules are pretty good. Compared to some of the other sticks I have, these run fairly cool to the touch where other kits have run so hot I can barely touch them after a benching session. They match all the blue boards I have to review pretty well, making my pictures look great. I have had great success with them on a variety of boards, too, although most of those boards are HEDT products most users aren't really interested in at this point. If I am completely honest, many of those X99 board products are a mixed bag of weird issues, which has them get in the way of good tech like DDR4.

DDR4 technology has been around for some time and yet at this instant in time, it is still an infant in many ways. Prices are high, speeds are somewhat low, and there are only a limited number of devices that use it. Since we're currently talking about a single platform from a single OEM with just three SKUs on offer, none of this pertains to you if you aren't buying an Intel i7-5820K, i7-5930K, or i7-5960X. However, as this is also an investigation into what the future can offer, I am definitely a bit excited—I literally cut and pasted that paragraph from my last review since such is definitely still the case.

Since I am into performance tweaking, down to every last option in the BIOS, I've managed to get some crazy numbers out of this kit in particular, and easily too. Yet because X99 is what it is, this is only the case with some boards, as even having this kit operate at stock is only possible with a select number of boards on a list that is only slightly longer than the list of those that can clock these sticks well. With having so many boards at my disposal to play with sticks like this, I can definitely see how good these are, but I can't guarantee you will. What I can guarantee is that if you do have issues, it won't be G.Skill's fault. Looking at the performance numbers, we can see some instances where even though this kit's timings are higher than the other 3000 MHz kit I've tested, those timings are irrelevant, and additional performance is possible when the right conditions are met. Get the right board that is ready for high memory speeds (and there are many at this point), slap this set in, and get ready for a great experience. Bought a set and need some help setting it up? Let me know in the forums!!