No fancy cardboard box, no Turbulence RAM cooler included, just a basic blister package showing of the great looks of G.Skills Ivy Bridge RAM series: The TridentX.
The heatspreaders are very heavy, not that lightweight package we are commonly seeing on most DIMMs, reminds me of the G.Skill Flare which sported a similar heavy heatspreader. For the overclockers, the removable top fin makes it more easier to put these sticks under extreme cold. Secondly by removing the top fin, you enhance the CPU cooler compatibility. Very slick design by the G.Skill engineering team. Be careful though, these fins are very sharp !
G.Skill has engraved the IC’s to reduce or to make recognition as tough as it gets. Our review sample, dated from December 2012 is a double sided IC version. However there seem to be many different versions floating around. People have spotted single and double sided versions, meaning different ICs. Only thing G.Skill needs to warrant are the out of the box rated speeds. Overclocked speeds/timings can’t be guaranteed of course. Yet this makes it hard for the enthusiast to accurately judge what DIMMs he’s actually buying.
