Review: G.Skill RipjawsX (F3-17000C11D-8GBXL)

Thoughts and rating

AMD's latest breed of APUs provide fresh impetus for DDR3 memory manufacturers. The processors' on-board graphics, which are the best in class, respond favourably when run with faster-than-default RAM, so much so that choosing a well-specified 2,133MHz set can provide a performance boost of up to 20 per cent.

In fact, going further and underscoring the attractiveness of this speed of memory, it's unlikely that the Trinity platform will readily accept the faster, more-expensive DDR3-2,400MHz RAM, as memory-controller limitations come into play.

The maturation of DDR3 technology also means that 2,133MHz-rated modules don't attract the exorbitant premiums witnessed last year. The dual-channel G.Skill Ripjaws X, reviewed here, is a case in point. Priced at around £40 for an 8GB (2x4GB) pack and producing solid performance in our benchmarks, particularly gaming, we can recommend them to folk looking to extract the most out of an AMD APU build.

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