Guru3D.com
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • Channels
    • Archive
  • DOWNLOADS
    • New Downloads
    • Categories
    • Archive
  • GAME REVIEWS
  • ARTICLES
    • Rig of the Month
    • Join ROTM
    • PC Buyers Guide
    • Guru3D VGA Charts
    • Editorials
    • Dated content
  • HARDWARE REVIEWS
    • Videocards
    • Processors
    • Audio
    • Motherboards
    • Memory and Flash
    • SSD Storage
    • Chassis
    • Media Players
    • Power Supply
    • Laptop and Mobile
    • Smartphone
    • Networking
    • Keyboard Mouse
    • Cooling
    • Search articles
    • Knowledgebase
    • More Categories
  • FORUMS
  • NEWSLETTER
  • CONTACT

New Reviews
Radeon Series RX 6700 XT preview & analysis
Corsair MM700 & Corsair Katar Pro XT Review
Guru3D Rig of the Month - February 2021
ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 STRIX Gaming OC review
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming review
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming X TRIO review
PALIT GeForce RTX 3060 DUAL OC review
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3060 AMP WHITE review
Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact chassis review
Sabrent Rocket 4 PLUS 2TB NVMe SSD review

New Downloads
FurMark Download v1.25
MSI Afterburner 4.6.3 Final Stable Download
Display Driver Uninstaller Download version 18.0.3.7
Guru3D RTSS Rivatuner Statistics Server Download 7.3.0 Final
Media Player Classic - Home Cinema v1.9.10 Download
GeForce 461.72 WHQL driver download
AIDA64 Download Version 6.32.5640 beta
CrystalDiskInfo 8.11.2 Download
AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 21.2.3 driver download
GPU-Z Download v2.37.0


New Forum Topics
AMD announces Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB at 479 USD, launches on March 18th GeForce 461.72 WHQL drivers: download & discussion Download: MSI Afterburner 4.6.3 Final Stable release Radeon RX 6700 XT would have a starting price of 479 USD and see better availability AMD Releases Ryzen Threadripper PRO, professional CPU series 3090 Owner's thread 461.72 - Clean Version RTSS Overlay Editor Megathread Heat problem? RTSS 6.7.0 beta 1




Guru3D.com » Review » G.Skill Sniper-X DDR4 3600 MHz review » Page 1

G.Skill Sniper-X DDR4 3600 MHz review - A double data-rate introduction

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/13/2018 11:17 AM [ 4] 12 comment(s)

Tweet

G.SKILL SNIPER-X 3600 MHZ DDR4 Memory
New aesthetics with a high performance 16 GB memory kit

We review the all-new Sniper-X DDR4 memory (dual-channel) from G.Skill. It's fast at 3600 MHz, it's cool and runs XMP 2.0 memory profiles on Intel platforms as well. Join us as we review not just some of the faster-clocked bars of memory, it's fitted with a new style and design as well.

While the new RGB series is hip and trendy alright, it increases the price of your average memory kit. And with memory prices still being sky-high plus not everybody liking the RGB trend, G.Skill figured, hey, let's go back to basics. Grab some awesome memory, give it a black PCB and apply a notch of camo design heat spreader. The design of the Sniper X DDR4 series thus themes up with a military camouflage that you can see at the top bar. Actually, there are three different flavors available, classic camo, urban camo, and digital camo.

G.SKILL to date has got to be the most renowned memory partner of Guru3D.com, they simply build awesome kits on many variations, frequencies, and price levels. G.SKILL works very closely with the PC component industry, thus motherboard manufacturers often support 99% of the kits that G.SKILL releases, and if it isn't supported, you can bet that in the next firmware update it will be. We've seen this with the Ryzen launch, memory support was pretty dramatic, it was G.KILL that worked closely with AMD to get the first dedicated and AMD optimized Ryzen kits in the stores. Hats off and kudos for that.

Today we'll test the new Sniper-X series. Proper good memory, with more 'normal' latency timings, yet available in many clock frequencies. For our test kit, G.SKILL supplied a dual-channel (2xDIMM) DDR4 kit rated at 3600 MHz with a modest CL19. They will offer these kits starting at 2400 MHz running up-to today's tested DDR4-3600MHz (PC4-3600) in several combinations to address dual and quad-channel memory configurations ranging from 16 GB up-to even 128 GB DIMM kits in varying SKUs. 

DDR4 memory modules, you can choose from plenty and honestly, cheap but dull all-green Kingston Value memory, for example, works absolutely fine. Then there are regular mainstream DIMMs, then step it up a little and, say, high-frequency memory is a hint faster and often cooler looking inside your PC with the fancy designs and heat-spreaders. For the last stage in the channel, there's enthusiast grade memory for the performance enthusiasts, which is what we will look at as G.SKILL has released, for example, their TridentZ series memory. The Sniper-X DIMMs we received from them clock in at an amazing 3600 MHz (effective), but starting at 2400 MHz they are thus positioned in a more mainstream segment. Being G.Skill these DIMMs will all receive a lifetime warranty as well as being XMP 2.0 compatible, enabled with a simple XMP profile in your BIOS.

 




15 pages 1 2 3 4 next »



Related Articles
G.Skill TridentZ Royal DDR4 4000 MHz CL17 (4x 8GB) review
Today, we are looking at G.Skill TridentZ Royal 4000 MHz CL17 memory in a 32 GB set consisting of four 8 GB modules. At the end of 2018, we had an opportunity to check a lower-clocked kit from that series (3200 MHz), but the capacity was 2 x 8 GB back then.

G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4 3600 MHz (2x32GB) review
We review what I find to be one of the better looking and properly fast DDR4 memory kits ever. G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4, now nicely dense up at 32GB per DIMM module. This TridentZ NEO 64GB (x2 32G...

G.Skill KM360 Keyboard Review
The G.Skill brand is known especially for offering DRAM, but they also have SSDs, headsets, mice and even power supplies in their product range. On the 21st of August , they announced a new gaming key...

G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4 3600 MHz review
We review what can be considered some very beautiful DDR4 memory intended for the Ryzen platform, of course from G.Skill. It's available in multiple frequencies and timings, we test the 3600 MHz kit....

© 2021