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 pay it a second visit. Consider this mini-article an addition to the original review.


As you have probably guessed it, our main testing platform will be based on an Ivy Bridge processor.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H (BIOS F9)
CPU	Intel Core i7-3770K (ES, E0)
Graphic card	XFX 8600 GT
Memory	G.Skill Ares F3-2133C9Q-16GAB
HDD	Samsung 40 GB
PSU	Silverstone OP1000
OS	Windows 7, 64 bit SP1

As our method of stability testing, we will use 150% pass of eight 750MB instances of HCI MemTest as it’s a very tough, convenient and familiar for us way of testing things.
To make sure we got frequency range fully covered and our scaling chart made perfect sense, we employed a secondary platform to verify things we were not fully sure about.

Motherboard	ASUS M5A99X (BIOS 0902)
CPU	AMD FX-8150
Graphic card	XFX 8600 GT
Memory	G.Skill Ares F3-2133C9Q-16GAB
HDD	Samsung 40 GB
PSU	Silverstone OP1000
OS	Windows 7, 64 bit SP1

Sadly, both of our testing rigs have memory controller limitations around 1250MHz (DDR3-2500)which regular users are also likely to encounter, therefore no testing above mark that will be attempted.

Memory kit used:

Manufacturer	G.Skill
Series	ARES
Part Number	F3-2133C9Q-16GAB
Type	DDR3
Capacity	16 GB (4 x 4GB)
Frequency	2'133 MHz
Timings	9-11-10-27
VDIMM	1.65 Volt
Cooling	Passive Heatspreader
Review:
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