OC3D Review: G.Skill Trident Extreme Performance F3-16000CL9 DDR3 Kit

[JN]

"2000MHz kits are becoming more and more popular now that memory prices are dropping. Does the G.Skill Trident kit have what it takes to find it's way onto your i7 setup? Find out inside..." - by w3bbo

G.Skill Trident Extreme Performance F3-16000CL9 DDR3 Kit

 

[FarFarAway]

Hmm not much of an overclocker, but green PCB aside they look lush. Great price too

 

[Rastalovich]

Quick reaction, but this seems a pretty damn good 2nd to the OCZ Blades and I'd have to check the prices but it's a load cheaper aint it ?

 

[tinytomlogan]

Nice review, Id consider them tbh.

 

[VonBlade]

Amazing performance for the price. Word I'm not allowed to use ridiculously good.

 

[w3bbo]

To be fair to the OCZ, the Blade have dropped too although nowhere near the level of the GSKill. Price is very much based on latency these days and the OCZ is CAS7 vs the CAS9 of the GSkill so the chips used on the OCZ are alot more expensive.

Hard to justify the cost though when the benchmarks don't show such a big difference in performance.

Thanks for the kind comments as always guys.

 

[Bungral]

Very good value that there... I just wish manufacturers would make some black memory with electric blue or something rather than the red that seems to turning up all over the place.

Nice review Rich... With all this Asus hunting going on, I realised you've been writing reviews for a little over a year now! How time flies!

 

[w3bbo]

Cheers m8. Jim got me a nice bottle of Glenmorangie which wasn't expected but very welcome! Whatta guy:worship:

 

[Bungral]

Well ya deserve it... To regularly keep churning out reviews of a high standard and keep them interesting is quality. Also to keep motivated yourself is quite impressive... So yeah anyway... well done that man! :worship:

 

[mayhem]

well done and a nice tipple to supp on the long nights of hammering out over clock's and testing equipment .

:worship:

 

[w3bbo]

Sadly the Glen was been drunk dry some time ago. Got a nice 12yr old malt here though so here's to another year!

Edit: Dammit - now everyone knows where the spelling mistakes come from - Pished while writing reviews!

 

[mayhem]

Lol ...

 

[Johnbear]

Quick reaction, but this seems a pretty damn good 2nd to the OCZ Blades...

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[w3bbo]

...and so they are. If the latencies were tightened then the kit could well be better if priced lower than the Blades.

 

[Freak]

From the testing that you have done you think that the larger heatsinks dont yield much of an improvement on overclocking, compared to those that are smaller?

 

[w3bbo]

I wouldn't say they gave much gain at all tbh. They perhaps prevent errors through overheating when pushed to the limit. What the sinks most likely do is lengthen the lifespan of modules.