G.Skill SNIPER Series 1600MHz CL9 8GB Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅31-03-11
Closer Look

The Sniper kit is presented to us in a moulded plastic pack that is easily opened without the need of a knife or scissors which I am glad to see - rather than destroying the packaging we can open it without hassle.

G Skill are keen to emphasise that this particular Sniper kit has extremely low voltage. We've seen plenty of kits that are 1.5v but until now, never 1.25v. This is exceptionally low and should aid overclocking headroom, plus reduce stress on the memory controller. As you can tell from the name Sniper, this kit is targeting gamers and thus the packaging reflects this.


G Skill Sniper packaging


Slipping the DIMMs out of their packet we can see where this kit gets its name from. The heatspreaders have been given the appearance of rifles. The grooves and indentations give it that military look. I have to admit, they do look quite aggressive.

The CAS label identifier gives us the model name, rated frequency - 1600MHz, capacity - 8GB, CAS timings - 9-9-9-24, voltage - 1.25v, serial number and manufacturing year/month.


Rifle-styled heatspreaders for the gamer in you



CAS label showing technical specifications


Taking a look down the profile of the Sniper DIMMs, compared to other G Skill kits such as the RipjawsX the Sniper's aren't going to present much compatibility issues. The heatspreaders extend above the actual modules underneath a mere 1.2cm.


The profile of the heatspreaders. They extend a further 1.2cm above modules




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