G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Elite DDR4-4000 MHz CL14 2x8 GB

[Black Haru]

With looks fit for a king and performance to match, the Trident Z Royal from G.SKILL is back, this time with the Trident Z Royal Elite featuring an updated look and even more performance. My test kit today is a 2x 8 GB, ticking at 4000 MHz CL14. Stunning looks and blazing performance await, so let’s dive in!

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[FreedomEclipse]

The chrome/silver heatsink reminds me of my old OCZ Platinums that i used to have... I cant exactly remember what happened to them.

 

[Makaveli]

Ouch 1.55v I would not be running that without active cooling on the memory.

The chrome/silver heatsink reminds me of my old OCZ Platinums that i used to have... I cant exactly remember what happened to them.

I still have a DDR500 kit of that in my Socket 939 board in the back room system is retired.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

Before I got my silver Royals, I'd had the less flashy Trident RGB's. I can still remember the first time I powered on my rig with the Royals installed. Damn near had to break out some sunglasses because the lighting was leaps and bounds brighter than the regular Tridents!

The Royals have spoiled me indefinitely, I think. Everything else just seems kinda...plain.

 

[fusseli]

Nice! Fast. Probably not worth much in terms of useful performance. Even worse, they are nothing new if they need 1.55V. I'll stick to my 3600 CL14 at 1.45V lol

 

[bug]

1.55V... hard pass.

Also the price is quite whacky, I paid ~$130 for 32GB DDR4-3600. A couple of years back, but still...

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
What happened to the c14 16gb sticks not sure anyone wants more 8gb sticks anymore, 2x16gb man

But yeah the price of c14 seems to be a lot of dimm voltage lol

 

[Caring1]

I'm not a fan of the crumpled foil look, I prefer the previous smooth sided version.

 

[ChiSox]

The chrome/silver heatsink reminds me of my old OCZ Platinums that i used to have... I cant exactly remember what happened to them.

Still have a random 1gb stick of this. It always catches my eye when going through old hardware.

 

[Icon Charlie]

1.55V... hard pass.

Also the price is quite whacky, I paid ~$130 for 32GB DDR4-3600. A couple of years back, but still...

Hard pass for me. I just want things that works. I despise RGB lighting as well as the over hyped looks of these sticks. To pay for this cosmetic premium pretty much disgusts me. I'll pay the CAS 14-14-14-34 premium, but even these sticks don't have that. I like G.Skill and have no problems mentioning how well the Flare X line is (zero issues in compatibility). But this??? Hell no.

 

[Makaveli]

 

[bug]

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Good thing you didn't remove the stickers, you would have voided the warranty

That said, OCZ is the one that got away. Always wanted their RAM, didn't get it while they were still around

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Royals or bust!!!!

I have the 4x8GB 4000 CL15 version. Love it...... Not sure I like the new heatspreaders vs the old ones though.

 

[iBruceypoo]

I'm not a fan of the crumpled foil look, I prefer the previous smooth sided version.

You see - crumpled foil.

I see - multiple polytetrahedrons intermingling at a sub-atomic level in the 4th dimension.

...crumpled foil would not maintain geometric order - these polytetrahedrons do.

Grabbing this kit as soon as it's back in stock at Newegg. So curious as to why it's QVL is "Z590 Asus" only. That doesn't make any sense!

 

[Raven Rampkin]

Chips have "ES" marks on them, interesting...
That usually means "engineering sample". What engineering sample I wonder lol. B-die's been out since 2015 at worst.

 

[mechtech]

wow all spds for 2133 and lower wth?!?!

spds should be 2133 and up to 3200 as per jedec

 

[dgianstefani]

B die is literally fine up to 1.7v daily if it's kept cool.

Problem is TridentZ has shit heatspreaders.

 

[bug]

B die is literally fine up to 1.7v daily if it's kept cool.

Problem is TridentZ has shit heatspreaders.

B die may be fine and everything, but only 1.35V is standard. A little higher is fine, but that much higher may not work as expected with all motherboards.
My rule of thumb is I'll go ~10% above JEDEC voltage, not more. Never had a problem with my kits in almost two decades now.

 

[Makaveli]

B die may be fine and everything, but only 1.35V is standard. A little higher is fine, but that much higher may not work as expected with all motherboards.
My rule of thumb is I'll go ~10% above JEDEC voltage, not more. Never had a problem with my kits in almost two decades now.

Yup one has to pay attention to temps at that voltage. If your memory is hitting 50c-60c not going to be good for the stability.

"Ddr4 is rated for up to 1.5 volts 24/7 and temperatures of 81c before damage can occur. However temperatures above 40 degrees cause stability issues and random errors. And temps above 50 degrees Celsius can cause system crashes and huge errors on otherwise stable ram overclocks"

 

[bug]

Yup one has to pay attention to temps at that voltage. If your memory is hitting 50c-60c not going to be good for the stability.

"Ddr4 is rated for up to 1.5 volts 24/7 and temperatures of 81c before damage can occur. However temperatures above 40 degrees cause stability issues and random errors. And temps above 50 degrees Celsius can cause system crashes and huge errors on otherwise stable ram overclocks"

Not to mention 1.7 is 25% more than the standard 1.35. I don't think all motherboards can reliably supply that much voltage.

 

[Solid State Soul ( SSS )]

up next: G skill releases Trident Z Royal Elite ULTRA

 

[FLFLFL]

I have an APEX Z590 and want buy this kit.

Is there exist a double knife edge kit to not run on my system ?
CPU 10900K and I plan to buy also a cheap i3-10105F for a few HWBOT submissions on a specific division.
is possible CPU don’t let boot up, and if yes…. can I set them to lower frequency with very tight timing?

 

[Tahsin]

I have an APEX Z590 and want buy this kit.

Is there exist a double knife edge kit to not run on my system ?
CPU 10900K and I plan to buy also a cheap i3-10105F for a few HWBOT submissions on a specific division.
is possible CPU don’t let boot up, and if yes…. can I set them to lower frequency with very tight timing?

You can overclock them really high.
People are forgetting that these B die chips have 10 layered PCB's they should be the A2 revision. Typhoon shows A1 but it's a wrong read as far as I know.
AHOC has a wonderful video on YouTube about these sticks they can run 4600mhz on low latency albeit with 1.9-2v. His sample was send by G Skill so I don't know if they differ but these sticks should be one of the best produced binned single ranked B dies at the moment.
The sticks having 1.55v is not a problem. They can take much more beating. They are fine on I9's or I7's but I wouldn't recommend using them on i5 or below due to worse IMC bins but you never know when you win the lottery. I've ordered these sticks for my Ryzen 5800x I'll see how far my infinity fabric will cap me.
PS: Make sure it's the F4-4000C14D-16GTES SKU make sure it's GTES.

 

[Makaveli]

You can overclock them really high.
People are forgetting that these B die chips have 10 layered PCB's they should be the A2 revision. Typhoon shows A1 but it's a wrong read as far as I know.
AHOC has a wonderful video on YouTube about these sticks they can run 4600mhz on low latency albeit with 1.9-2v. His sample was send by G Skill so I don't know if they differ but these sticks should be one of the best produced binned single ranked B dies at the moment.
The sticks having 1.55v is not a problem. They can take much more beating. They are fine on I9's or I7's but I wouldn't recommend using them on i5 or below due to worse IMC bins but you never know when you win the lottery. I've ordered these sticks for my Ryzen 5800x I'll see how far my infinity fabric will cap me.
PS: Make sure it's the F4-4000C14D-16GTES SKU make sure it's GTES.

Those sticks are high binned than mine but I can confirm B-die has 10 layer PCB.

 

[FLFLFL]

You can overclock them really high.
People are forgetting that these B die chips have 10 layered PCB's they should be the A2 revision. Typhoon shows A1 but it's a wrong read as far as I know.
AHOC has a wonderful video on YouTube about these sticks they can run 4600mhz on low latency albeit with 1.9-2v. His sample was send by G Skill so I don't know if they differ but these sticks should be one of the best produced binned single ranked B dies at the moment.
The sticks having 1.55v is not a problem. They can take much more beating. They are fine on I9's or I7's but I wouldn't recommend using them on i5 or below due to worse IMC bins but you never know when you win the lottery. I've ordered these sticks for my Ryzen 5800x I'll see how far my infinity fabric will cap me.
PS: Make sure it's the F4-4000C14D-16GTES SKU make sure it's GTES.

It will be interesting as well on a 5800x
I know is ready to bolt on kit and no need more frequency, tighter timings to low at 12 for some results is nice to have.
A2 revision at HWBOT marketplace usually sold per 600$ , crazy module ones and binned from many they test for their own, but not worth this price and don’t know how much they torture it
At 300-350$ is OK for the tight from the box 4000-14-15-15-15