Team Group T-Force Night Hawk RGB Legend DDR4

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Final Words & Conclusion

Final Words & Conclusion

Team Group T-Force Night Hawk Legend RGB is a special edition of the Night Hawk RGB series. RGB has been the flavour of the month (year?) in PC hardware market debuts. So what makes this one different? The colour of the radiator. It’s golden, which is a change from the basic black or white variants. What else? The latency settings are much stricter (CL14 instead of CL16). The memory chips are the famous B-Die by Samsung. Higher-frequency memory still can make a difference, even when you push it from the basic 2666 MHz to just 3200 MHz. 

The reviewed Team Group T-Force Night Hawk Legend RGB kit (when tweaked) achieved an astonishing 3900 MHz with merely a slightly increased voltage (1.4 V, compared to standard 1.35 V) and CL17. That’s a very, very good result especially that the used motherboard is a mid-end, not dedicated for extreme results like Asus Maximus series, Asrock Taichi etc. Some gaming tests, like Watch Dogs 2, show a noticeable advantage with tweaked/overclocked memory in most workload scenarios. From a more professional-workload point of view, FryBench or Corona Benchmark show performance gains after overclocking, or when you use faster memory kits, as these render via the CPU and the memory subsystem.


  


Aesthetics

Team Group have managed to make the T-Force Night Hawk Legend RGB a very nice-looking kit that will be sure to catch your eye. I have no doubts that most users will like it. The LEDs are very bright, and the colour transitions are smooth.  

Conclusion

Team Group T-Force Night Hawk Legend RGB provides all the features that today’s customers may require (XMP, RGB etc). The performance with the default XMP profile is very good, and actually above that of other 3200 MHz sets. This is because the latency is CL14, rather than the typical CL16, and you can squeeze a bit more out of this kit. 3900 MHz and CL17 at 1.4 V does make a good impression, and Samsung’s B-Die chips are what makes this possible. 700 MHz is equal to over 20% of a boost in frequency. If you have a better motherboard for memory overclocking than the EVGA Z370 FTW that I used (e.g. an Asus Maximus XI Apex/Gene), it would probably be possible to achieve even 4000 MHz with the reviewed kit at the given latency. However, you need to remember that reproducibility is never guaranteed when it comes to memory, so your result may vary.

It’s good that you’re not limited to Asus Aura for RGB control in the “Legends” series, with systems from Asrock, Gigabyte, and MSI supported as well. On top of that, you can always use the T-Force Blitz application from Team Group if you prefer. Of course, the memory is covered by lifetime warranty. As for the drawbacks, the rather high heat spreader (52 mm) can be an issue with some coolers, but as always – I recommend checking clearances (height) before buying. Other than that, there are no reasons not to give the Team Group T-Force Night Hawk Legend RGB a “Guru3d Recommended” award. It is well deserved.


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