As our first venture into ZADAK’s equipment we aren’t overly impressed by the ZADAK Spark RGB’s out of the box experience.
Starting off with the appearance of the modules, the heatspreaders look good but the overall build quality left a bit, cheap, for lack of a better word. The RGB was also lacklustre, largely due to the omission of developing their own software suite to control the lighting, instead relying on your motherboard manufacturer to provide decent control.
While the flashy 4133MHz frequency might draw you in, the timings aren’t anywhere near as tight as we would’ve hoped. G.SKILL offer a 4133MHz Trident Z RGB kit, priced almost identically, sporting RGB lighting, with timings of 19-19-19-39, compared to the 19-21-21-42 of the ZADAK. This surprised us all the more when we delved into the modules and found they’re using Samsung B-Die ICs. We managed to drop the timings down to 18-19-19-40 at 1.40v, much more impressive than the XMP profile loaded onto the modules.
If you’re happy to tinker about with overclocking then the ZADAK Spark RGB offers a compelling purchase choice but we can’t see why you’d buy this over something from a more established brand such as Corsair or G.SKILL.
The biggest issue we face at present is a lack of market penetration globally, they’re working on entering new countries but until then, we can’t recommend the kit at all.
Despite using the crème-de-la-crème of memory modules, the Samsung B-Die, ZADAK appear to have set their bar a little low with the Spark RGB, not fully utilising what they’ve got.
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Starting off with the appearance of the modules, the heatspreaders look good but the overall build quality left a bit, cheap, for lack of a better word. The RGB was also lacklustre, largely due to the omission of developing their own software suite to control the lighting, instead relying on your motherboard manufacturer to provide decent control.
While the flashy 4133MHz frequency might draw you in, the timings aren’t anywhere near as tight as we would’ve hoped. G.SKILL offer a 4133MHz Trident Z RGB kit, priced almost identically, sporting RGB lighting, with timings of 19-19-19-39, compared to the 19-21-21-42 of the ZADAK. This surprised us all the more when we delved into the modules and found they’re using Samsung B-Die ICs. We managed to drop the timings down to 18-19-19-40 at 1.40v, much more impressive than the XMP profile loaded onto the modules.
If you’re happy to tinker about with overclocking then the ZADAK Spark RGB offers a compelling purchase choice but we can’t see why you’d buy this over something from a more established brand such as Corsair or G.SKILL.
The biggest issue we face at present is a lack of market penetration globally, they’re working on entering new countries but until then, we can’t recommend the kit at all.
Despite using the crème-de-la-crème of memory modules, the Samsung B-Die, ZADAK appear to have set their bar a little low with the Spark RGB, not fully utilising what they’ve got.
Pros
+ Lovely packaging
+ Bright RGB lighting
+ Samsung B-Die ICs
Cons
- Not available in UK, US or Australia
- Not making full use of the Samsung B-Die ICs
- No RGB control software
- Cheap feeling heatspreaders
+ Lovely packaging
+ Bright RGB lighting
+ Samsung B-Die ICs
Cons
- Not available in UK, US or Australia
- Not making full use of the Samsung B-Die ICs
- No RGB control software
- Cheap feeling heatspreaders
Click here for an explanation of our awards at Vortez.net.
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