14 DAY TRIAL // Normally, we'd expect high-end memory products to have sophisticated and colorful heatspreaders, both to help chill overpowered chips and make things look good, but Mushkin's latest products don't quite fit the mold.
Sure, the Redline collection of DDR3 modules and kits have a wavy pattern on the top edge of the heatspreaders.
The Stealth, however, have common-looking, black heatspreaders, since Mushkin went for understated quality rather than fancy shapes, or rather a ridgeback design.
In both cases, however, the performance is superior to that of most other DDR3 memory lines, with a clock frequency of 2,800 MHz and 12-14-14-35 latency at 1.65V.
"We're joining a revolutionary wave of performance-enhancing computer parts that offer the benefits of overclocking without the hassle," said Nicolas Villalobos, director of global marketing at Mushkin Inc.
"The new Stealth and Redline memory specs are the ideal choice whether it be for gaming or professionals these new kits pack a punch. We want to deliver unrestricted computer performance."
DDR3-2800 MHz is actually an overpowered performance standard. 1600 MHz is common for desktop, and it says a lot that laptops can do everything that a desktop can if they have enough DDR3-1333 memory.
Thus, the Redline and Stealth modules from Mushkin won't really help people unless they already own a powerful system, or intend to build one involving high-end Intel CPUs, or maybe one of those new 4.7/5 GHz AMD FX processors.
Then again, that holds true for many high-end DRAM kits and modules, whether they are dual-channel, triple-channel or quad-channel offerings.
The official Mushkin website should have more information, but prospective customers shouldn't hold their breaths. Even though the new DDR3 is supposed to start selling by the end of the month (July 2013), the prices aren't known, neither for the 4 GB modules nor for the 8 GB and 16 GB kits.