G.SKILL F4-3000C14D-16GTZR Trident Z RGB Series 16 GB (8 GB x 2) DDR4 3000 MHz PC4-24000 CL14 Dual Channel Memory Kit - Black with full length RGB LED light bar

Works great

Well it does what it says on the tin, fast performing system RAM that looks the part and syncs great (for most the part) with your system.With RAM price's being as expensive as they are at this time, these sticks do command a premium, though for the price hike, you do get a real nice set of RAM that does what its says.In terms of Packaging and construction, the RAM comes in a pretty typical box and the sticks are held in a plastic clamshell, does what is expect. The stick's themselves are pretty hefty in weight and do feel of a real nice quality. The sticks themselves looked sleek with the lights off thanks to the metal finish, which is actually a different tone on either side of the stick with one side being the darker color shown in most images and the other side being slightly lighter in nature. Up top is the diffusing acrylic for the lighting of course.Now the RAM itself overclock's fine by using XMP. Do note, this partly depends on your platform, my X299 System and z370 platform has no issues. My older X99 Rig does not manage 3600 MHz that I picked easily and neither does Ryzen, but obviously consult your boards QVL list. Now in term of overclocking, I like to tinker and with 3600 MHz 16-16-16-36 these sticks come with, I managed to run the sticks at 3866 MHz with the 8700k @ 16-16-16-36 without touching voltages. Notching up voltages to 1.38v means I could actually run these sticks at 4133 MHz 18-18-18-38 stable in Aida 64 memory test and mem test. Now your milage will vary, but nice to see there is some headroom in this kit at least.In terms of lighting, it does what it says and looks very pretty doing so. Now for me my motherboard z370i did not read the sticks out the box. I had to tinker with it unfortunately in the BIOS enabling SPD read and also disabling then enabling RGB again from BIOS level and then reinstall AURA to get the sticks to detect. Fortunately I have encountered this issue before, so was an easy fix for me, so in the event you do have any issues, do look around.Anyways, in all, this kit does what is expected, looks great while doing so and can be overclocked. Price wise they are expensive, but with RAM price's as they are, it is what it is sadly.

I'm sure if you're looking at this memory you're doing so because of the RGB because there is certainly more affordable memory available without the RGB effect with the same memory chips at the same frequencies and latencies as these.As RAM these sticks are great, they work at the stated frequencies and are very well constructed. The RGB effect is great but it's let down a little by the limited Aura Sync software that G-Skill expects you to use with the memory. I don't have any issue with the hardware but the software could be a lot better.If you're going for a themed build keep in mind that the diffusers used for the RGB here are white and some colours do look more white than they should especially in a very well lit case. But overall the colour is quite good and I found all the colours to show very accurately that is to say blue looks blue, red looks red and so forth.Each RAM stick does have an internal thermal sensor which you can read with software like HWInfo. In my system the sticks stay around 43c which I'd say is pretty great. The 3600MHz sticks I purchased will happily run at 4000MHz so there is some headroom for overclocking if you wanted to do that.Overall a great RAM kit and I would buy from G.Skill again with confidence.

***** DO NOT USE TRIDENT RGB SOFTWARE OR ASUS AURO SOFTWARE TO TRY AND CHANGE THE RAM LIGHTING ON RYZEN AS IT WILL CORRUPT THE RAM - just leave the ram sticks as normal and they will work perfectly fine ****Purchased the G.Skill F4-3200C14D-16GTZR for my AX370 K7 AM4 motherboard. I knew I would have a few compatibility issues. They look absolutely stunning and they feel (as they should) absolutely premium. I have the memory at 2933mhz due to said compatibility issues and you cannot use the G.Skill RGB software as it may lead to the RAM sticks not functioning (waiting for updates to be able to utilise the RGB)At this moment in time if you are looking to buy these for a Ryzen set then please do consult the QVL to see which ones are compatible, there are a few trident z sticks such as the 2400mhz (again consult QVL) however I'd rather purchase the 3200 and wait for updates so I can fully utilise them than go for 2400mhz and waste the potential of Ryzen as it is does rely on RAM- Update -Finally updated the Gigabyte Ax370 K7 to the latest bios (f4 at time of writing) and have the ram running at 3200mhz. However I have read that the G.Skill RGB software should still not be used as causing ram sticks to crash/killing the rgb.

I purchased this RAM after several months of trying to find the 3200MHz version in the U.K. I don’t know why it’s so hard to find it, but this 3000MHz version was always available on Amazon. The product itself arrived several days before it was due, which I was very happy with, and the packaging was great and easy to open - I alway keep my packaging incase I plan to resell later on, and the packaging is perfect for that.I replaced my previous 3200MHz RAM with the Trident Z and I can safely say I have noticed no performance changes between the two. This RAM is very quick, and (for me) most importantly, absolutely beautiful. I installed it with no problems at all, and the installation of the software was very easy too. The software is very innovative, I’ve programmed my personal RGB sequence in the software to match the rest of my RGB’s in my PC.The RAM sticks themselves feel very sturdy in comparison to most other brands I have used, and I was so happy with it that I purchased another two sticks to complete my build.I would recommend this product to any PC enthusiast.