PC Peripherals Mushkin Ridgeback 998826 6GB 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 Review @ TweakTown

[PhOeNiX]

Some Clocks achieved

4.24Ghz - 1573Mhz - 5-8-5-18

4.20Ghz - 1600Mhz - 6-8-6-20

4.20Ghz - 2000Mhz - 7-10-7-24

3.95Ghz - 2049Mhz - 7-10-7-24

4.00Ghz - 2240Mhz - 8-11-8-26

4.10Ghz - 2300Mhz - 9-12-9-29

Conclusion

The Ridgeback memory kit is simply amazing, each day tweaking and testing proved to be more astonishing than the last. While these modules do take some getting used to, once you get the hang of what can and cannot be done - the possibilities are mind blowing! Coming in at an impressively cool price of just over $200, these kits are the same as Redline #998805 and are very much worth the reasonable price. Spending the extra few dollars to enhance your system with a set of Ridgebacks will be well worth it, and you will not be disappointed!

With great looks, the new Ridgeback design, and the price Mushkin has a winner here, I would be happy to suggest these to any user!

Pros:

1. Superior Looks

2. Great Overclockability

3. Very Flexible Timings-wise

4. Ridgeback's Great Cooling Properties

Cons:

I have none, except to say that a custom colored black PCB would be great

Source

Mushkin Ridgeback 998826 6GB 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 Review

 

[PhOeNiX]

Conclusion

Well it doesn't take a genius to work out the conclusion after that very comprehensive set of results.

Lookswise the Ridgeback is stunning decked out in its Firetruck Red. It really stands out from the crowd both on the shelf, and in your rig. It looked especially gorgeous within my Rampage III Extreme and was a lovely change from the black and similar monochrome heatsinks we find on RAM these days.

The height alone was almost enough to recommend it. So few high-performance RAM kits can fit underneath our NH-D14 CPU Cooler than to have a great looking one with a heatsink that performs clearly better than standard heatspreader was a joy.

Mushkin have really pulled out all the stops to get the timings down to the low CAS6 on this and it was reflected in the results. At 1600MHz the Corsair Dominator GT CAS8 Kit just couldn't keep pace whatsoever and the Muskin was edging close to the 2000MHz kits in some tests.

Overclocking though is where its star really shone brightly. Despite a little issue with our Asus board not picking the timings up correctly, a 10 second call to the engineer at Mushkin sorted that out and 2000MHz with a still tight CAS8 was a breeze.

Breeze is actually underselling it. It was a tornado. Although a couple of tests saw it run close, pretty much all our results showed the Mushkin Redline Ridgeback strolling off into the sunset whilst the others puffed and wheezed to the finish line.

So all in all we have a great looking, great performing 6GB kit that you can have, in your rig, for a mere £150. Can't do much better than that and therefore it's deserving of our Gold Award for combining excellent looks, excellent performance and great overclockability, for a great price.

Overclock3D :: Review :: Mushkin PC12800 6GB Ridgeback Review :: Introduction and Technical Specifications

 

[thunder.dragon]

Sudhir which one is actually present with you?? :S

 

[toolius]

This is some nice PSC stuff.. Very similar to the new Corsair Dom GT 2000 @ 8-9-8-24.

Pity Hyper MGH-E is practically impossible to get I loved the 6-6-6-20 @ 1600 stuff they had !!

Most the Hyper Elpida 1600 Cl 6-6-6-18 kits could do 2000 @ 7-7-7-20 @ 1.65-1.68v and 2200 Cl 8-8-8-24 :O:O

This is certainly the best of whats out there now .. very tempting bro..

 

[PhOeNiX]

Sudhir which one is actually present with you?? :S

The above kit is the same as the normal black ridgeback. Only the colour of the heatsink is different. This redline ridgeback is not out yet. The performance is the same as the chip and the heatsink is the same.

This is some nice PSC stuff.. Very similar to the new Corsair Dom GT 2000 @ 8-9-8-24.

Pity Hyper MGH-E is practically impossible to get I loved the 6-6-6-20 @ 1600 stuff they had !!

Most the Hyper Elpida 1600 Cl 6-6-6-18 kits could do 2000 @ 7-7-7-20 @ 1.65-1.68v and 2200 Cl 8-8-8-24 :O:O

This is certainly the best of whats out there now .. very tempting bro..

Yes it is. The kit has been compared to the Dominator GT 2000 CL8 and the HyperX 2000 CL8. It beats both of them in nearly all benchmarks by quite a margin once OC'd.

The Elpida Hypers were superb, but the cost was extreme instability in certain chips, and some chips dying out at even 1.5V. So they had to be taken off the shelves.

This kit is one of the best out there.