Mushkin Redline 16GB Quad-Channel 2133MHz Review

Introduction

The quest for ever faster Memory to keep up with the enormous amounts of bandwidth available from the latest CPUs is seemingly an unending one.

We had Dual-Channel, then the X58 motherboard brought us the expensive, not as fast as it should be, Triple-Channel before we returned to Dual-Channel with the SandyBridge motherboards.

The recent release of the X79 chipset brings us Quad-Channel memory and potentially some incredible levels of performance. Our initial testing found it about on par with the P67 Dual-Channel, so how does the next round fare?

Anyone who has followed the Memory market knows how rapidly Mushkin have gained a big chunk of the market with their high-performance, good value, no fuss kits.

Today we're looking at a Quad-Channel Redline kit, with 16GB of 2133MHz goodness available to us.

Technical Specifications

As is always the case with Memory there isn't much to glean from the specifications. 2133MHz @ CAS 9 is good enough.