So, 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 entrance
into the RGB product arena.
And it's here, the Trident Z RGB memory
from
GSkill. The Essentials Kit from Cable Mod 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 2 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 ZRGB 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 GSKill'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 GSkill 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 got to 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 a Titan XP when you
can have a GTX 1050 Ti stricks 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 is 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 and 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 Corsair's HD fans.
their 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 Lionus 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 dislikes, 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.