Benchmarks
All results were obtained at 4600MHz s on a normal install of Windows 7 64-bit. These are our results, yours may vary so only
use these as a guideline for a similarly configured system
Memory
AIDA 64 Read
AIDA 64 Write
AIDA 64 Copy
AIDA 64 Laten cy
Maxxmem
SuperPi 8M
Frequency
Timings
G.Skill
Trident F32400C10D
24695
24003
28337
31.6
1847.3
1.28.702
2400
10-12-12-31-1N
23948
24212
28062
31.4
1850.4
1.28.951
2600
11-12-12-31-1N
25075
24191
28824
29.9
1964.4
1.28.468
2700
11-13-13-31-1N
25596
24416
29232
29.5
2025.7
1.28.389
2786
11-13-13-31-1N
25437
24008
28303
30.6
1946.8
1.28.546
2400
9-11-9-28-1N
Transcend
AxeRAM
2400MHZ CL9
because of how high the
reference timings are. Sure
enough we’ve had to let go of
C7 kits and the like, but past
the deceptive C10 rating you
see 12-12-31 and your initial
inclination is to see if you can
get that down to at least 1111-11-31 like the RipJawsZ set
we reviewed in the last issue.
Sadly this will not happen.
It may be possible after an
inordinate amount of time
tweaking the RAM but the
sacrifices you have to make in
secondary and tertiary timings
are not worth it.
The only thing left to do is to
try and hold on to the reference
settings, which again presents
its own problems. You’ll not
get very far at the 10-12-13-31
settings either. On the Maximus
V Gene we used, the latency
boundary setting helped
immensely in stabilizing the set
at 2600MHz with the default
timings. Sadly, the setting had
to be set very high (11) and this
robbed us of performance.
Useful for high RAM frequency
validations but ultimately
useless for performance,
so we had to loosen our
timings to what you see in the
performance table.
We will not however rate the
set down much as once again
you are paying $99 for a set that
will go past the 2700MHz mark.
Regardless of the settings
needed to do so, it’s a damn
impressive feat. For the record,
our reference aXeRAM kit
would not make the speed no
matter the amount of tuning, so
it is worth keeping in mind that
ultimately this kit will take you
further. Having said that we’ve
heard rumours of very cheap
Samsung kits that reach these
speeds and beyond and we’d
like to compare them against
this TRIDENT kit in future.
In the meantime we have no
qualms about awarding this
kit our value award. There are
fewer kits we’ve had a chance
to test which scale this well
and retail for this price. Add to
which they actually look good
for those who care about that
sort of thing. In this crowded
market, it’s good to see a kit
that caters to both gamers
and enthusiasts alike. At $99
it’s hard to beat. The G.SKILL
TRIDENT set gets thumbs up
from us.
[ The Overclocker ]
Summary
Initially we had very low
expectations for this kit.
After all, we just had the
RipJaws Z with better
timings at the same
speed. So if you bought
that kit why would you
possibly bother with the
TRIDENT range? Well,
we were pleasantly
surprised and found a
kit that not only scales
incredibly well, but
retails for a ridiculously
low price. This here is a
winner.
Would you buy it?
Yes, no question about it.
The Score
8.5/10
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