How Much Does It Cost?
Unfortunately, there’s not any stock showing in the UK, at least not in the places I usually check. However, these things change literally by the hour sometimes, so you can check Amazon UK for stock here. However, they are available in the US, but you’ll find the faster 4000 MHz kit on Amazon for $149.99. Not particularly cheap, but given their design and components, they’re most certainly in the premium section of the memory market.
Overview
HP has long been pushing to win the favour of the gaming market, and somewhat distance themselves from their rather boring OEM side. To some extent, it has been working too. The SSD I reviewed last year was great, and the new memory clearly has what it takes to compete. I suppose it’s just a branding issue at this point, as calling HP cool ain’t easy, but I’m going say it. Here goes. Right now, saying it. This is a cool HP product.
The design is king here, with a fantastic two-tone design blending that matte black and brushed aluminium heatsink with the stunningly finished HP badge in the middle. It’s very sleek, very modern and again, cool. The addition of the RGB is welcome too, as it’s not overdone, but it still does everything you would expect from other high-end rival RGB memory kits.
The RGB works with most motherboard software, so it’s easy enough to configure. Furthermore, the light bar is recessed nicely, so it’s not one of those huge funky shaped ones like we often see. Not that there’s anything wrong with those, but I just like a more refined and stylish look to my memory kits. Overall though, I hope to see a non-RGB version for those who just one something stylish and understated.
Performance is right on the money, and really there’s a good enough range here to find one that suits your need. With speeds from 3200 MHz to 4000 MHz and in either 8GB or 16GB DIMMS, you should be able to configure a bundle that suits your needs. Assuming you can find stock that is, but hey, that’s likely got less to do with HP than it does with the currently global crisis, albeit there are more than one at any given time these days.
If you can find it in stock though, the quality is as good as it gets. Fantastic Samsung B-Die ICs, a stunning aluminium heatsink design, slick RGB integration and really, you can’t go wrong with any of that! Highly recommended.
