Closer Look
The new Ripjaws4 modules from
G.SKILL have
been enclosed in blister packaging.
The heatspeaders of the Ripjaws4 are finished entirely in red and there are
some stickers in place, carrying the usual G.SKILL decals. The color scheme will
make these modules look nice especially on boards with black and red color
scheme. Apart form that the heatspreaders
on these modules are rather simple, since there is thin sheet aluminum, which
sticks to the memory chips thanks to adhesive pads.
Taking the heatspeaders off G.SKILLs Ripjaws4 series is not something we would recommend doing at home due to strong adhesive that requires
a very careful approach. Once the heatspreaders have been removed we see
that G.SKILL is putting MFR chips from SK Hynix on these modules. These are
basically the chips every DDR4 memory maker is using these days.
The SPD of these modules contains some basic information such as maker, part number and manufacturing date. It also features JEDEC profiles up to
DDR4-3000, as well as an XMP profile,
which will make these modules run at DDR4-3000.
A detailed overview of the top JEDEC profiles and the XMP can be seen on screenshots
above.