Mushkin Blackline Ridgeback 2000 MHz DDR3 8GB review - Specifications and Features

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/23/2011 02:00 PM [ ] 0 comment(s)

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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 !

Mushkin 2000 MHz DDR3 8GB kit

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Mushkin Blackline Ridgeback 2000 MHz DDR3 8GB review
Mushkin offers their dual-channel Blackline Ridgeback in 8GB kits at $125 (USD), and to spice that up .. it is offered as a 2000 MHz kit, with granted not the most sexy timings but at a CAS latency of 9 versus 2000 MHz versus two 4GB high-density DDR3 modules. At 125 USD , and that's 15.6 USD per GB, you can understand that this kit might be a nice alternative to low latency 1333 and 1600 MHz kits. Muskin even tops that off by a lifetime warranty on this product so all in all that can't be a bad deal, no Sir.