Gadgetory

what's up guys so as we all know the arrival of Intel skylake and z170 platform has brought about a number of changes to the PC industry perhaps the most significant of these features is the mainstream adoption of ddr4 memory and while the platform does allow for the utilization of both ddr4 and ddr3 modules most motherboard vendors are jumping on the next-gen bandwagon so for those of you looking to build a skylake system in the near future chances are you'll need to find a working ddr4 kit as well today I'll be taking a quick look at one such offering from the team over at g.skill this is their Trident Z designed with high-speed performance in mind for six gen Intel Core skylake processors before your eyes is a 2 by 8 or 16 gigabyte dual channel kit at 3,000 megahertz though this is on the low end of what's available as speeds go all the way up to a blazing 4266 as vendors continue to raise the bar for memory speeds it can often feel like our needs as consumers are increasing at the same rate but it's important to bear in mind that the outrageous cost of wicked fast ddr4 rarely justifies the real-world gain in most cases meaning you shouldn't feel outdated for having a sub 3,000 megahertz kit 21 33 megahertz is currently the jtech official standard after all on that note I'm going to stop myself from discussing the finer details of memory before you all switch over to watching this video of paint dry it gets really good about halfway in though taking a closer look at our tried n Z modules we can see that they feature a cast latency of 1515 1535 a theoretical bandwidth of 24,000 mega transfers per second and support for XMP 2.0 for automatically configuring your RAM timings what caught my eye literally about this kit however wasn't its resume of impressive specs but the beautifully designed heat spreaders elegantly lining the black PCBs sure there's little to no use for heat spreaders these days other than for showy marketing purposes but g.skill can mark it to me all they want if they continue to pump out designs like the Trident Z the two-toned brushed aluminum plates feature a sporty triple fin design on both ends with a red accent strip running down the spine of the module that together create a balanced mix of ferocity and class the G scale and tread NZ branding looks sharp yet unobtrusive and the overall build quality here is truly something too marble suffice it to say this is the best-looking and highest-quality ddr4 kit I've seen to date and my request here's that I'd love for g-scale to release an all-black addition to match more system builds in the future while I would have loved to do some testing with this kit this video had to be trimmed down significantly so I could have it ready in time for my two-week honeymoon in Thailand which I leave for in just a few days though I will be AFK till the end of November I do have some pretty cool videos to post while I'm away including the long-awaited white build and my epic sleeper PC so be sure to stay tuned for that before you go toss me a like on this video almost forgot what to say there on this video if you enjoyed it and also feel free to leave us some love in the comments as always I'm kind of awesome sauce Network thank you guys for watching subscribe to the channel if you haven't already and I will see you guys in the next video