Final Words & Conclusion

Final Words & Conclusion

Zadak Spark RGB is a RAM series with RGB lighting, it should appeal to most consumers as it’s not flashy, too ou there or screaming its bling. The heat spreader color is silver/black, and the PCB is black as well, so it does look really good all in all. It should work well aesthetically with most PC builds. The range of available frequencies is sufficient. The most conservative module operates at 2666 MHz, and the fastest one (the one reviewed here) reaches 4133 MHz at CL19.

Tweaking

The memory chips used here are the B-Die by Samsung. We achieved a nice 4133 MHz at CL17 and 1.45 V (1.4 V is the baseline value). This result was probably limited by the motherboard’s or IMC’s capabilities. You can always try to lower the latencies and go even higher with the frequency, but the best results are achieved by “tweaking” the frequency while keeping the latency as low as possible.   

Aesthetics

Zadak has made the Spark RGB an elegant kit, and with the multi-zone RGB, the total package looks really good.

Conclusion

Zadak Spark RGB provides a default frequency (4133 MHz) and that surely that will be enough, even overkill, for most users. The XMP 2.0 profile makes life simple, given that your motherboard actually supports such a frequency. If you want to tweak a little more, you can try to overclock the memory even further. With the reviewed kit, using an Asus Z390-E Strix Gaming board, it was possible to achieve 4133 MHz at CL17. It’s a very respectable result, we expected the overclocking headroom to be lower. You need to remember, though, that reproducibility is never guaranteed, and your results may vary as far as that topic goes. The heat spreader is a medium-profile one(49.7 mm), so you might encounter clearance problems with some air coolers. We'll happily give the Zadak a “Guru3D recommended” award for this elegant, fast (the reviewed 4133 MHZ variant) and furious kit (ok, this last bit is more about me, because I couldn’t squeeze too much extra frequency from it). It’s a good choice for enthusiast PC DIY builders and gamers (a 2 x 8 GB kit would be still good enough for modern games) or... Chrome users ;). The main drawback here would be the limited availability of the brand worldwide, but this is going to improve soon (according to PR representatives; we’ll see).

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