DDR4 Round-Up: Corsair, G.SKILL, Kingston, PNY, Predator Tested

1. Corsair, G.SKILL, Kingston, PNY, Predator DDR4 Tested2. Predator Apollo RGB DDR4 32GB 3600MHz CL143. Corsair Vengeance RGB RT 32GB 3600MHz CL184. G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Elite 32GB 3600MHz CL145. Kingston Fury Renegade RGB 32GB 3600MHz CL166. Kingston Fury Renegade 16GB 5333MHz CL207. PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB 16GB 4000MHz CL188. Testing Methodology9. Compute and Productivity Tests10. Memory Benchmarks11. Gaming Tests & Overclocking12. Overclocking13. Closing Thoughts14. View All Pages

We looked at G.SKILL’s premium Trident Z Royal RGB memory kit recently and absolutely loved the set. This time, we have the even more enthusiast Trident Z Royal Elite kit in gold and with some differing specifications.

The rated speed is 3600MHz supporting XMP, timings are a tight 14-14-14-34 at 1.45V, and the 32GB set is 2x16GB using dual-rank modules. As we would expect from G.SKILL on the company’s more premium line of memory, the ICs are Samsung B-die.

G.SKILL’s included temperature sensor is a positive given the relatively high operating voltage of 1.45V.

You can check out our previous review for comments on G.SKILL’s superb Trident Z Royal styling.

The Elite modules take the aesthetic design up a notch by swapping out the flat aluminium heatspreader for a ridged design sporting several triangles. The visual appearance is certainly unique, even if the improvements to heat exchange are unlikely to be significant.

And of course, that crystalline RGB light diffuser is still present alongside the 8-zone RGB lighting. This helps the Trident Z Royal (Elite) modules to continue to lead the market in terms of RGB LED quality and styling in our opinions. Though Corsair may have something to say there with their Capellix LED Dominator Platinum sticks.

RGB control via the main motherboard vendor software suites is present, as well as Razer Chroma. G.SKILL also has compatibility through its own tool.

At around 44mm tall, G.SKILL’s height is sensible. Not only do you get a smart heatspreader and attractive aesthetics, but a market-leading level of RGB light bar is fit inside this 44mm height.

Take note competing manufacturers; this is how you design sensibly sized modules that do not lack aesthetic quality.

US pricing on Newegg is $370. As always for the UK, G.SKILL availability is pretty much non-existent. Though we expect the UK price to be around 1:1 with USD pricing anyway, so probably around £370 or so… if you can find stock.

• Model Number: F4-3600C14D-32GTEGA
• Capacity: 32GB (2x 16GB)
• Rated Frequency: DDR4-3600MHz
• Rated Timings: 14-14-14-34
• Voltage: 1.45V
• Format: Non-ECC Unbuffered 288-pin DIMM

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