"G. SKILL", established in 1989 by enthusiasts, is a leading memory Module Manufacturer based in Taipei, Taiwan. With traditional strengths, we have built excellent reputation by meeting market demand and fostering business competitiveness both locally and internationally with our dedications to: competitive prices, on-time delivery, assured quality, and customer-oriented services.

Our mission statement is to provide superior memory products and satisfactory services in order to keep pace with our customers' growing needs, and help our customers in adding value to their products. And we pledge we will continue to do so and enable both sides to obtain significant competitive advantages in the market segments. Investing in human resource is just one of the reasons why G. SKILL is able to provide such high level of efficient and cost effective services. G. SKILL is managed as a family, provides a dynamic, challenging and harmonious working environment for all employees. With the open-minded management, each individual’s potential talent can be fully developed.

With this clear goal of providing satisfactory services for customers, our R&D department is constantly developing the fastest and best performing products; our marketing and sales departments ensure all the information needed is available and presented in an clear and understandable format.

Memory size : 2x 1024Mb


A closer look

Have a look at the unpacked modules themselves now :



The memory modules are equipped with a very basic heat spreader design : G-Skill has passed on all the fancy heatpipe, special convective or water-cooled heat spreader designs, and up to date still goes for a simple yet elegant heat spreader for all of its memory modules.


Some more G. Skill PC8500C5 details

Some nice details indeed: however simple the heat spreader design is, G-Skill did not pass on a nice touch when it comes to engraving their name in the metal plating.

On with the review, next up is a new OCZ entry ->