Mushkin 4GBx2 2000 MHz CL9

So the memory kit tested today come from the Mushkin Blackline series armed with dark colored Ridgeback heatspreaders.

• This product is equipped with the Ridgeback heatsink.

• Type: DDR3
• Voltage: 1.65V
• Speed Spec: PC3-16000
• Frequency: 2000MHz
  Capacity Kit Type: Dual Kit
• Module Size: 4GB
• Timings  tCL: 9 tRCD: 11 tRP: 9 tRAS: 27
  Cooling Technology
• Heatsink: Ridgeback
• Manufacturer Warranty Parts  Lifetime limited Labor Lifetime limited

The P55/P67/Z68 motherboards recommendation is there because this is dual-channel kit. Now despite what many people think, that doesn't mean you can't use it on a triple channel X58 motherboards, no Sir.

The memory itself is maximized for the utmost stability and user friendly experience. That doesn't mean that this memory won't work at other motherboards, to the contrary, we gave it a try and if you manually tweak the BIOS settings yourself you can achieve advertised frequency and performance quite easily.

Once installed in the BIOS if supported, select the XMP profile for the memory and after a reboot you are good to go.

If you do not have an XMP profile option in your BIOS, set the 7:8:7:24 timing manually and make sure you set DIMM voltage to 1.60 to 1.65V ... this literally is 10 seconds of work.

This eight gigabyte DDR3 kit is available for just over 125 USD or roughly 100 EUR. But head on over to the next page where we'll startup a product photo-shoot after which this article will dive into a benchmark session. Hey, we know you like it !