G-Skill's RGB Memory: A Game-Changer for Enthusiasts?

In a surprising move, G-Skill sent out a press release on December 19th with a picture that initially sparked our interest. As we all know, pictures on the internet can be planted by dishonest media outlets, and I was no exception. However, after being told that RGB RAM is not possible due to signal integrity issues, I demanded proof. I immediately sent an email to G-Skill asking to be the first to showcase their groundbreaking entrant into the RGB product arena.

And then it happened – they announced the Trident Z RGB Memory from G-Skill. The Essentials Kit from CableMod gives you everything needed to give your rig a professionally sleeved look, and check it out at the link in the video description. So, here we are on my usual X99 Deluxe II test bench by default, out of the box, with this kind of rainbow wave effect that I find quite dope – but not synchronized with any other lighting in my system or even between the memory sticks installed.

Considering there are five individually addressable RGB zones along each module, it would be a crying shame if we limited ourselves to just that. So, let's kick things up a notch! Trident's RGB modules can be controlled by two ways – you can use ASUS Aura to synchronize their RGB lighting with the rest of your system or use G-Skill's own software, which I've obtained an early copy of on the condition that I don't show the interface since it's not yet final. Also, note that x99 Z170 AMD Ryzen chipsets and motherboard manufacturers other than ASUS will be supported soon, but they don't work yet hence the swap out to the Maximus 9 code.

Now that we're rocking a compatible motherboard, we get to play around with all the different options in G-Skill's software. Let's try some of these modes then shall we! There are a lot of cool settings in here – you can configure different solid colors and set up any one of a ton of different canned animations. And, there's even the option to synchronize your effects between modules and configure the colors of every one of the five color zones on each module individually. I gotta be honest with you guys, I think I'm starting to catch the RGB bug here – why not do the video card next? Who needs a Titan XP when you can have an GTX 1050 Ti Strix with Aura RGB support?

Now that the video card is color cycling in sync with the rest of my system, I'm thinking to myself, "The sky's the limit!" Next stage: let's rip all these power supply cables out of here and clean up the old test bench to get her looking spiffy beautiful. And maybe, ah yes, this is a nice touch – let's throw in a couple of CableMod RGB strips that happen to be Aura ready and compatible with the RGB headers at the top and bottom of the board so we can get those synchronized with the rest of the board's lighting for some wicked underglow effects.

And leaving only one thing really awful about this build: the Noctua fans. The performance is great, but I think the final finishing touch here has to be a couple of Corsair HD fans – they're new RGB fans with a little separate controller module that lets you pick colors and lighting effects. Finally, we're done! I present to you, Linus Test Bench 2.0, which is falling apart when I do that – but with 2000 more RGB lighting, isn't it beautiful? My friends!

Thanks for watching guys! If you disliked or liked, please consider getting subscribed and maybe checking out where to buy the stuff we featured at the link in the video description. Also, down there is our t-shirt store and community forum which you should totally join now that you're done doing all that – are you wondering what to watch next? Check out our video suggestion, which will be chosen probably by Nick because we have like a new outro animation thing maybe by the time this video goes up; what I'm saying right now won't make a ton of sense if it's the same old outro animation.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso g-skill sent out a press release on the 19th of december with this picture in it naturally my initial reaction was to freak the math out but pictures on the internet could have been planted there by the dishonest media right i've been told that rgb ram if not impossible is impractical due to the signal integrity issues that already exist with even single led color high speed computer memory so i demanded proof i immediately sent them an email asking to be the first to showcase their groundbreaking entrant into the rgb product arena and it's here the trident z rgb memory from g-skill the essentials kit from cablemod gives you everything needed to give your rig a professionally sleeved look check it out at the link in the video description okay so here it is on my usual x99 deluxe ii test bench by default out of the box it comes with this kind of rainbow wave effect that imo looks dope af but it's not synchronized with any of the other lighting in your system or even synchronized between the memory sticks installed in the system so considering then that there are five individually addressable rgb zones along each of the modules it would be a crying shame if we limited ourselves to just that wouldn't it so let's kick things up a notch trident's the rgb modules can be controlled a couple of ways you can use asus aura to synchronize their rgb lighting with the rest of your system or you can use g-skill's own software which i've obtained an early copy of on the condition that i don't show the interface since it's not yet final and on the subject of non-final software x99 z170 amd ryzen chipsets and motherboard manufacturers other than asus will be supported soon tm but they don't work yet hence the swap out to the maximus 9 code all right so now that we're rocking a compatible motherboard we get to play around with all the different options in g skills software so let's try some of these modes then shall we damn there are a lot of cool settings in here so you can configure different solid colors you can set up any one of a ton of different canned animations there's the ability to synchronize your effects between modules and even the option to configure the colors of every one of the five color zones on each module individually i gotta be honest with you guys i think i'm starting to catch the rgb bug here i mean this is great why not do the video card next i mean who needs a titan xp when you can have a gtx 1050 ti strix with aura rgb support yes my friends so now that the video card is color cycling in sync with the rest of my system i'm kind of thinking to myself the sky's the limit next stage let's rip all of these power supply cables out of here let's clean up the old test bench get her looking spiffy beautiful and maybe ah yes this is a nice touch let's throw a couple of cable mods rgb strips which incidentally happen to also be aura ready and compatible with the rgb headers that you'll find at the top and bottom of the board so we can get those synchronized with the rest of the board's lighting for some wicked underglow effects leaving the only standout really awful thing about this build the noctua fans the performance is great but i think the final finishing touch here has to be a couple of corsairs hd fans they're new rgb fans with a little separate controller module that lets you pick colors and lighting effects and finally we're done i present to you the linus test bench 2.0 which is falling apart when i do that now with 2 000 more rgb lighting isn't it beautiful my friends so thanks for watching guys if you disliked dislike if you liked then like get subscribed maybe consider checking out where to buy the stuff we featured at the link in the video description also down there is our t-shirt store and our community forum which you should totally join now that you're done doing all that you're probably wondering what to watch next so check out our video suggestion which will be chosen probably by nick because we have like a new outro animation thing maybe by the time this video goes up what i'm saying right now won't make a ton of sense if it's the same old outro animationso g-skill sent out a press release on the 19th of december with this picture in it naturally my initial reaction was to freak the math out but pictures on the internet could have been planted there by the dishonest media right i've been told that rgb ram if not impossible is impractical due to the signal integrity issues that already exist with even single led color high speed computer memory so i demanded proof i immediately sent them an email asking to be the first to showcase their groundbreaking entrant into the rgb product arena and it's here the trident z rgb memory from g-skill the essentials kit from cablemod gives you everything needed to give your rig a professionally sleeved look check it out at the link in the video description okay so here it is on my usual x99 deluxe ii test bench by default out of the box it comes with this kind of rainbow wave effect that imo looks dope af but it's not synchronized with any of the other lighting in your system or even synchronized between the memory sticks installed in the system so considering then that there are five individually addressable rgb zones along each of the modules it would be a crying shame if we limited ourselves to just that wouldn't it so let's kick things up a notch trident's the rgb modules can be controlled a couple of ways you can use asus aura to synchronize their rgb lighting with the rest of your system or you can use g-skill's own software which i've obtained an early copy of on the condition that i don't show the interface since it's not yet final and on the subject of non-final software x99 z170 amd ryzen chipsets and motherboard manufacturers other than asus will be supported soon tm but they don't work yet hence the swap out to the maximus 9 code all right so now that we're rocking a compatible motherboard we get to play around with all the different options in g skills software so let's try some of these modes then shall we damn there are a lot of cool settings in here so you can configure different solid colors you can set up any one of a ton of different canned animations there's the ability to synchronize your effects between modules and even the option to configure the colors of every one of the five color zones on each module individually i gotta be honest with you guys i think i'm starting to catch the rgb bug here i mean this is great why not do the video card next i mean who needs a titan xp when you can have a gtx 1050 ti strix with aura rgb support yes my friends so now that the video card is color cycling in sync with the rest of my system i'm kind of thinking to myself the sky's the limit next stage let's rip all of these power supply cables out of here let's clean up the old test bench get her looking spiffy beautiful and maybe ah yes this is a nice touch let's throw a couple of cable mods rgb strips which incidentally happen to also be aura ready and compatible with the rgb headers that you'll find at the top and bottom of the board so we can get those synchronized with the rest of the board's lighting for some wicked underglow effects leaving the only standout really awful thing about this build the noctua fans the performance is great but i think the final finishing touch here has to be a couple of corsairs hd fans they're new rgb fans with a little separate controller module that lets you pick colors and lighting effects and finally we're done i present to you the linus test bench 2.0 which is falling apart when i do that now with 2 000 more rgb lighting isn't it beautiful my friends so thanks for watching guys if you disliked dislike if you liked then like get subscribed maybe consider checking out where to buy the stuff we featured at the link in the video description also down there is our t-shirt store and our community forum which you should totally join now that you're done doing all that you're probably wondering what to watch next so check out our video suggestion which will be chosen probably by nick because we have like a new outro animation thing maybe by the time this video goes up what i'm saying right now won't make a ton of sense if it's the same old outro animation\n"