Team Group T-Force Dark Zα DDR4-3600 MHz CL18 2x8 GB

Black Haru · Feb 17, 2020

A close sibling to the recently reviewed Team Group T-Force Dark Z, the T-Force Dark Zα is specifically tailored for AMD system compatibility. Team Group aims to maximize Ryzen performance without the need to max out any credit cards. Let's find out what makes the T-Force Dark Zα different.

Show full review

gamefoo21 · Feb 17, 2020

Umm... Just to note the name is wrong.

That is the symbol for 'alpha'

Dark Z Alpha, is the more correct name.

W1zzard · Feb 17, 2020

gamefoo21 said:
Umm... Just to note the name is wrong.

That is the symbol for 'alpha'

Dark Z Alpha, is the more correct name.

That's the name they use on their official page: https://www.teamgroupinc.com/en/product/dark-z-alpha-ddr4

I did adjust the review URL though

gamefoo21 · Feb 17, 2020

W1zzard said:
That's the name they use on their official page: https://www.teamgroupinc.com/en/product/dark-z-alpha-ddr4

I did adjust the review URL though

I was just getting confused by the lumping of the Za together, no space left and I read it as Zalpha

LoL

IceShroom · Feb 17, 2020

No RGB is a Pros, not cons.

bug · Feb 17, 2020

The Team Group T-Force Dark Zα comes in at around US$90.00. That is a great price for this specification.

Is it a great price? I paid $150 and change for my 32GB DDR4 3600 kit and I got slightly lower latency.
It's not a bad price, it may even be a good one. But great?

Countryside · Feb 17, 2020

Very nice review only one small mistake the NO RGB should be in the green thumbs up section thus making it a very good ram kit.

Otonel88 · Feb 17, 2020

Not a RAM expert, but was going to buy the G.Skill 3600 CL16 (£160), but looking at the price of this kit (~£90) it looks there is not much difference in terms of performance. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think the above G.Skill is worth double the money.

bug · Feb 17, 2020

Otonel88 said:
Not a RAM expert, but was going to buy the G.Skill 3600 CL16 (£160), but looking at the price of this kit (~£90) it looks there is not much difference in terms of performance. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think the above G.Skill is worth double the money.

Absolutely not. As I posted above, for that kind of money, I got a 32GB kit.

cucker tarlson · Feb 19, 2020

I am surprised to see ryzen's imc consistently providing better oc speeds than intel's,though current gen IF is a major bottleneck in achieving over 4000mhz in synced mode.
I have a question:the 3600x and 9900k that sit in the testing bench ? what's their origin ? sent by intel/amd ?

bug · Feb 19, 2020

cucker tarlson said:
I am surprised to see ryzen's imc consistently providing better oc speeds than intel's,though current gen IF is a major bottleneck in achieving over 4000mhz in synced mode.
I have a question:the 3600x and 9900k that sit in the testing bench ? what's their origin ? sent by intel/amd ?

Why the surprise? Until AMD figures out how to decouple IF from the RAM clock, they need to push the RAM because of IF. Intel has no need for that.

System Name	R2V2 *In Progress
Processor	Ryzen 7 2700
Motherboard	Asrock X570 Taichi
Cooling	W2A... water to air
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z3466 B-die
Video Card(s)	Radeon VII repaired and resurrected
Storage	Adata and Samsung NVME
Display(s)	Samsung LCD
Case	Some ThermalTake
Audio Device(s)	Asus Strix RAID DLX upgraded op amps
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime something or other
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory	48 GB
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080
Storage	2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s)	30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software	Windows 10 64-bit

System Name	R2V2 *In Progress
Processor	Ryzen 7 2700
Motherboard	Asrock X570 Taichi
Cooling	W2A... water to air
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z3466 B-die
Video Card(s)	Radeon VII repaired and resurrected
Storage	Adata and Samsung NVME
Display(s)	Samsung LCD
Case	Some ThermalTake
Audio Device(s)	Asus Strix RAID DLX upgraded op amps
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime something or other
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

Processor	Intel Core i5 4590
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z97x Gaming 3
Cooling	Intel Stock Cooler
Memory	8GiB(2x4GiB) DDR3-1600 [800MHz]
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 560D 4GiB
Storage	Transcend SSD370S 128GB; Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung S20D300 20" 768p TN
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox E501L
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1150
Power Supply	Corsair VS450
Mouse	A4Tech N-70FX
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	BaseMark GPU : 250 Point in HD 4600

Processor	Intel i5-12600k
Motherboard	Asus H670 TUF
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 34
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 G.Skill Ripjaws V
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1060 SC
Storage	500GB Samsung 970 EVO, 500GB Samsung 850 EVO, 1TB Crucial MX300 and 2TB Crucial MX500
Display(s)	Dell U3219Q + HP ZR24w
Case	Raijintek Thetis
Audio Device(s)	Audioquest Dragonfly Red :D
Power Supply	Seasonic 620W M12
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core
Keyboard	G.Skill KM780R
Software	Arch Linux + Win10

Team Group T-Force Dark Zα DDR4-3600 MHz CL18 2x8 GB

Black Haru

gamefoo21

W1zzard

Administrator

gamefoo21

IceShroom

bug

Countryside

Otonel88

New Member

bug

cucker tarlson

bug

Processor	11700
Motherboard	TUF z590
Memory	G.Skill 32gb 3600mhz
Video Card(s)	ROG Vega 56
Case	Deepcool
Power Supply	RM 850

System Name	Purple rain
Processor	10.5 thousand 4.2G 1.1v
Motherboard	Zee 490 Aorus Elite
Cooling	Noctua D15S
Memory	16GB 4133 CL16-16-16-31 Viper Steel
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio
Storage	SU900 128,8200Pro 1TB,850 Pro 512+256+256,860 Evo 500,XPG950 480, Skyhawk 2TB
Display(s)	Acer XB241YU+Dell S2716DG
Case	P600S Silent w. Alpenfohn wing boost 3 ARGBT+ fans
Audio Device(s)	K612 Pro w. FiiO E10k DAC,W830BT wireless
Power Supply	Superflower Leadex Gold 850W
Mouse	G903 lightspeed+powerplay,G403 wireless + Steelseries DeX + Roccat rest
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy SilverSpeed (w.HyperX wrist rest),Razer Deathstalker
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	A LOT