THE LUSTROUS AND BRILLIANT DESIGN! G.SKILL TRIDENT Z ROYAL MEMORY UNBOX & REVIEW

ADMIN — Sun, 13 Jan 2019 12:41:48 +0000

Memory is one of the important components in a computer; it is the bridge to communicate with the CPU and without adequate memory, your expensive CPU can easily be bottlenecked.

As the originator of RGB memory, G.SKILL officially launched the Trident Z Royal DDR4 memory, with a newly designed crystalline light bar, high-quality plated mirror vest, while retaining the great performance of their existing RAM. There are two colours; royal gold and armor silver. It is available in 3000MHz, 3200MHz, 3600MHz, 4000MHz, 4266MHz, 4400MHz and 4600MHz with lifetime warranty services.

The 2 sets we received are both 3200MHz, 16-18-18-38, 1.35v, 8G x 2, Silver & Gold.

In each package, G.SKILL kindly provides a micro fiber cloth for cleaning the mirror-glass metal panel to prevent the fingerprints

Each package contains 2 sticks

The top & bottom view

A close up of the memory stick

There are two different colours available, silver and gold

The look of the RAM on a motherboard

The AIDA64 Memory page

The Thaiphoon Burner memory read page
The Thaiphoon Burner shows this memory is using a good quality M-Die chip from Hynix

Performance Test
The AIDA64 cache benchmark result without XMP, 2142Mhz 15-15-15-36 @ 1.2V

The AIDA64 cache benchmark result with XMP, 3200Mhz 16-18-18-38 @ 1.35V

The AIDA64 cache benchmark result with OC setting, 3400Mhz 15-17-17-37 @ 1.35V

The AIDA64 cache benchmark result with OC setting, 3600Mhz 16-18-18-38 @ 1.35V

According to the M-die quality, we could easily overclock this memory to 3600Mhz 16-18-18-38 @ 1.35V without a voltage increase and latency change, the result of the enhancement is obvious

READ |32609 OC3600|51107 |+36.2%
WRITE |31232 OC3600|51935 |+39.9%
COPY |29916 OC3600|45862 |+34.8%
LATENCY |58.8ns OC3600|48.5ns |+21.2%

The Appearance
G.skill made a lot of effort in this memory design

The Top view of RGB on the RAM

The side view of the RGB on the RAM

Overall
There is no doubt that the G.SKILL Trident Z Royal has almost no opponents in RGB design and the patented crystalline light bar shows an innovative take on this RGB dominance. Obviously, in the future, the Trident Z Royal will be the best memory to inherit the “RGB lighting design”. However, according to G.SKILL’s previous pricing strategy, the pricing of this memory stick will not be very cost-effective.

EPIC PC RATE SCORE: 96/100

EPIC REWARD: EDITOR’S CHOICE & DESIGN AWARD

G.SKILL TRIDENT Z ROYAL OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.gskill.com/en/finder?cat=31&series=3512

ZADAK SHIELD DC – AN INDUSTRIAL LUXURY BASED HEAVYWEIGHT MEMORY PRODUCT

ADMIN — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 07:36:47 +0000

The easiest way to improve the capacity of a memory module is to enhance the capacity of a single chip.

ZADAK (Apacer’s e-sports brand) came up with a new idea, that aims to improve RAM in a different way and by covering the memory with a double-height PCB, they aim to do just that. In this manner, ZADAK has doubled the capacity of each stick, achieving a single stick DDR4 with 32GB memory.

Of course, the complexity of power management, controller chips, EPROM, etc. are also doubled, ZADAK has faced pin addressing definition, signal layout, performance tuning and lots of other issues.

ZADAK has produced a new architecture that breaks the traditional platform limitations. ZADAK SHIELD DC DDR4 will have twice the capacity of a single memory slot on platforms that support Double Capacity technology. In general, it is the effect of changing the dual-channel dual-slot memory into a dual-channel four-slot design.

The set we received is 3200MHz, 14-16-16-36 & 14-14-14-34 1.35V, none-JEDEC standard. The single stick capacity is 32GB. The two sticks are one set, the total capacity is 64GB

In the package, 2 sticks

The memory heatsink uses a 2mm thick aluminum alloy for passive heat dissipation

The total height of the memory set is around 7.3cm

The back of the memory

The top & bottom view

The memory view of the bench table

The memory details in bios

The CPU-Z snapshots

The AIDA64 Memory page

The Thaiphoon Burner memory read page

The Thaiphoon Burner shows this memory is using the best B-Die chip from Samsung

Under the stress test, the cooling control of this memory sets a great benchmark

Performance Test
The AIDA64 cache benchmark result without XMP, 2133Mhz 15-15-15-36 @ 1.2V

The AIDA64 cache benchmark result with XMP, 3200Mhz 14-16-16-36 @ 1.35V

The AIDA64 cache benchmark result with OC setting, 3300Mhz 14-16-16-36 @ 1.35V

The AIDA64 cache benchmark result with OC setting, 3400Mhz 15-17-17-37 @ 1.35V

As a double-sided B-die memory, it’s difficult to get much higher frequency under normal voltage and stock cooling heatsink. So we stopped at 3400Mhz 15-17-17-37 @ 1.35V without a voltage increase and latency change, the result of the enhancement is obvious

READ |32824 OC3400|48453 |+32.2%
WRITE |33453 OC3400|51732 |+35.3%
COPY |33320 OC3400|48710 |+31.5%
LATENCY |62.6ns OC3400|51.6ns |+21.3%

The Appearance
The top RGB lightning block

The ZADAK memory also has an RGB lighting system on the top, and there is no plastic light-guiding bar. However, ZADAK has created a diffuse reflection between the aluminum casings through a fine CNC cutting process, just above the memory. Uniform light effects can be seen from outside. The LED ball body will be seen when the line of sight is directly above the memory itself.

The Top view of RGB effect

The side view of the RGB effect

The overview of RGB effect

Overall

The ZADAK SHIELD DC RGB DDR4 64GB set provides the platform with the largest capacity memory support for the new generation of dual memory slot design. The 3200MHz frequency is in line with the mainstream of the current platform. Solid heat sink and the lighting design of the motherboard is even more icing on the cake. However, the double-capacity design has many limitations as an emerging and non-standard specification. It requires a supporting motherboard to be designed and adapted, which means only several of the new high-end motherboards can support this ram chipset. At the same time, the performance of the high-frequency overclocking is also weaker than others we have seen.

Overall, It complements the need for large-capacity memory for users of the new generation of dual-memory socket motherboards.

EPIC PC RATE SCORE: 68/100

EPIC REWARD: DESIGN AWARD

APACER ZADAK SHIELD DC OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://www.zadak.biz/products/content/17

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THE LUSTROUS AND BRILLIANT DESIGN! G.SKILL TRIDENT Z ROYAL MEMORY UNBOX & REVIEW

ZADAK SHIELD DC – AN INDUSTRIAL LUXURY BASED HEAVYWEIGHT MEMORY PRODUCT