Final Words & Conclusion

Final Words & Conclusion

It really is hard to dislike the new TridentZ Royal series. It is a really good memory with proper timings at a very acceptable frequency. The kit works excellent at both Intel and AMD Ryzen platforms, and when tweaked the Ryzen platform even reached 3466 MHZ CL14 at a command rate of 1. We discussed that many times already, super high clocked memory helps you in performance, but just a tiny little bit. Timings do matter and it certainly works out for this kit. As good as the memory is, this kit obviously is all about the performance you may expect from the TridentZ range combined with pure aesthetics. 

The DIMMs we tested today are high-density 8GB DIMM modules and, as such, it is impressive to see that this kit can easily run that 3200 MHz frequency on Ryzen at CL14. Obviously, the kit tested today is targeted at the latest series Coffee Lake Intel processor solutions where they work great as well. Overclocking wise we fooled around with it a little and you will be a bit more limited ion that Intel platform if you restrict yourself to that CL14 timing, we reached 3333 MHz. The Ryzen platform, however, managed 3466 MHz with CL14 and that is an absolute sweet spot. We did require the use of the latest BIOS (AGESA 1006), so be sure to upgrade that firmware. If you are not an uber enthusiast pro-overclocker, your best bet is to simply use the XMP configured timings. I mean, at the XMP default (for this kit) you can already run 3200 MHz CL14. 

The aesthetics are just wonderful, you may opt a Silver or Gold themed heat spreader, it's shiny and reflective but looks downright fantastic. The 8-zone RGB LED system complements that crystalized design top side. Yeah, it has the looks alright.  Don't let the looks fool you, this is simply a proper DDR4 memory series as well.

Conclusion

You know, I like the TridentZ Royal surprisingly well. Often RGB implementations are a little icky, on the Royal however it matches my taste. It works great with the boards we tested it on and is visually extremely impressive. At CL14 the kit also offers a nice low latency. Tweaking wise you'll get 3333 MHz CL14 out of the kit with the same timings and voltage. At 3200 and even 3466 MHz on a Ryzen platform, we have been able to run CL14 flawlessly, and that is a really nice sweet spot to be in. DRAM prices are going up and down a lot at the moment due to shortages and weird market happenings, making it more expensive than needed really. For your money, you receive DIMMs with a proper lifetime warranty. If you purchase this memory to combine on Coffee Lake, really, the DDR4 memory frequency isn't that important. If the price is better, a 300 MHz 2x8 GB kit would even get my recommendation. Ideally, a 3200 MHz kit might be a good sweet-spot as, from what we see, that's only a tenner extra over the cheapest kits. For Ryzen as a game PC that s different, you go get that 3200 Mhz kit and tweak it to that nice 3466 MHz CL14 for a bit of extra value. The kit as tested today is for the guys and gals that want proper numbers on everything in their system combined with excellent aesthetics. G.Skill covers these DIMMs with a limited lifetime warranty as well. Highly recommended your royal highness. 

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