The seemingly rising instance of G.Skill memory problems

[Shintaro]

I have been noticing an increase in the amount of problems that seem to be related to the memory brand G.Skill.
Have other people been seeing this?

I see that Trouble has had problems with it.https://www.sysnative.com/forums/showthread.php/3142-BSOD-Kernel-iaStor
(Thanks for sharing Trouble!)

Does this mean that the RAM is sold at a overclocked speed (unknown to the punter) and should be thought of as overclocked when purchasing?

By increasing the speed, it is logical to me that it is going to require more power. But to be honest, I am not real comfortable telling the user to increase the voltage of their RAM to resolve a problem.

I must say I have been using Kingston RAM for many years and never had a problem.

 

[Wrench97]

GSkill seems to go through spurts of new models with problems more so then other suppliers.
Most(if not all) of their ram meets a JDEC spec of 1333, higher speeds are Intel XMP or AMD BE settings to OC the sticks, true JDEC spec 1600 speed or faster is hard to find and expensive when you do.

Personally I think GSkill is trying to push the sticks too far on the lower voltage spec, raising the voltage above the 1.5v published recommendation is not advisable.

 

[Laxer]

I think they have also gotten more popular over the last few years...

I personally own a 4x4gb set of gskill that i've had for almost a year now with no problems. I have also used them in other builds without flaws...

I think Bruce may be on to something though, they are trying to push the envelope a bit while staying "low voltage"

 

[Shintaro]

Maybe it's all in the marketing. "Rip Jaw" sounds cool I suppose.

 

[Patrick]

I own DDR2 G.Skill for my backup system. It's rated for 1066 but it won't run at that, I honestly can't remember what I had to set it to so it's stable.

 

[Laxer]

Maybe it's all in the marketing. "Rip Jaw" sounds cool I suppose.

To be honest I bought mine because they were the only ones at 1600Mhz at the time that offered bellow 9/9/9/24 timing... (I have mine currently at 7/7/7/18)

Sadly mine are no longer available on newegg :sad:

 

[Shintaro]

I think I will stick with Kingston. I don't mind paying a little more if it means that the RAM is stable.