Apacer Blade Fire and Panther Rage Illumination review

Most of you, especially kids nowadays, maybe never or rarely heard of a brand called Apacer. But did you know that Apacer is a player who has been in Indonesia for a long time? For those of you who know Apacer, maybe you just know that Apacer only launched RAM in Indonesia. In fact, apart from RAM, Apacer also produces SSDs, USB Flash Drives, memory cards, and external storage media.

This time, PEMMZ has two new RAM sets from Apacer, namely Apacer Blade Fire and Apacer Panther Rage Illumination. The following specifications are carried by the memory that comes from these different families:

Apacer Blade Fire

• Capacity: 2 x 8 GB (16 GB total)
• Speed: PC-24000
• Timing: 16-18-18-38
• XMP: Yes, 2.0
• ECC: No
• Buffered: No

Apacer Phanter Rage Illumination

• Capacity: 2 x 4 GB (8 GB total)
• Speed: PC-19200
• Timing: 16-16-16-36
• XMP: Yes, 2.0
• ECC: No
• Buffered: No

First of all, let’s discuss the physical nature of these two sets of memory. Apacer Phanter Rage has a pretty cool heatsink with a black silver theme and there is also a very fierce tiger image. This tiger image is not a patch, but a silver aluminum print that has been printed directly with the heatsink so you don’t have to worry about it coming off or tearing. You can also see RAM information on a sticker affixed to one side of the RAM. When installed, the top of the clear RAM will glow white and will perform a breathing effect so that this RAM feels very premium. The thing that we think is a bit lacking is the top of the RAM which is a bit irregular in shape so it looks a little strange. Maybe Apacer made this RAM by giving the impression of being fierce and wild so that it implemented such a model. But still, we think it’s a bit lacking.

Then, the Apacer Blade Fire which runs XMP at 3000 MHz has a much simpler model compared to its sister, Panther Rage. With black red accents and has a silver stripe in the middle. There is not much we can explain from the model because it is quite simple. When installed, the top of the RAM glows red with a breathing effect.

Performance

Before we get into performance, we’ll describe the test system we’re using in this benchmark:

• Processor: Intel Core i7-7700
• Motherboard: MSI Z270 Gaming M5
• Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Gaming X 2GB GDDR5
• Storage: Afox SSD 120 GB and Apacer Z480 PCIe SSD 240 GB
• PSU: FSP Hydro 600 watts

Note: This memory speed is obtained by using Intel system. There is a possibility that this speed may not necessarily be achieved on AMD systems due to differences in the IMC or Integrated Memory Controller configuration systems in each architecture.

Apacer Panther Rage has an XMP 2.0 profile with a specification of 2400 MHz CL16 1.2V. It sounds very ordinary and XMP’s performance is also ordinary like running other 2400 MHz speed memories with a dual channel configuration. Therefore, PEMMZ overclocks this memory. And to be honest, overclocking this memory is a little tricky. Panther Rage is very difficult to reach speeds above 3000 MHz. We tried configurations ranging from 2666, 2800, 2933, to 3066. On top of that, our system won’t turn on. In addition, we have provided voltages ranging from 1.25 V, 1.26 V, and 1.28 V and the system will not turn on when the voltage is above or equal to 1.3 V.

After doing several experiments, we found the combination that you think is the most suitable, namely at a speed of 2800 MHz with a timing of 16-18-18-38 and running at 1.25V. Although this memory can still run well at a speed of 3066 MHz 17-19-19-40 1.28 V, we feel that running it at a speed of 2800 MHz is still safe and can be used for everyday.

Next we will also test the Apacer Blade Fire, one of the most high-end memory available by Apacer. The Apacer Blade Fire 2 x 8 GB has an XMP 2.0 profile running at 3000 MHz which is pretty fast. As we know, the larger the memory, the more difficult it will be to overclock. In addition, the Apacer Blade Fire 2 x 8 GB also uses a Samsung B-die chip. We ran several configurations on this memory ranging from 3200, 3333, to 3466 MHz. From our tests, it can be seen that this memory is not very capable of going a bit far from the standard XMP configuration which is a maximum of 3466 MHz. However, in the process of getting to its maximum speed, we did not change the timing of the XMP in the slightest, which was 16-18-18-38 and the voltage remained 1.35 V. At 3466 MHz CL16, this system did not pass MemTest and there were some errors, but still able to go through AIDA64 testing. Playing a bit on secondary timing, we could have scored higher on the AIDA64, but it’s not very suitable for everyday use. So we found the optimal point at a speed of 3333 MHz with a timing that we think is quite loose, 19-21-21-41. On top of that, this memory is very unstable. Download stick videos

Conclusion

This Apacer memory isn’t the best to overclock, but it’s not a bad memory either. Moreover, the Panther Rage is capable of reaching speeds of 3066 MHz although it is not easy to achieve it because it needs to adjust the voltage to adjust the timing. While on Blade Fire, the results are a little less than satisfactory. At first, we thought we could get to 3600 MHz without it being too difficult because we’re already using Samsung’s B-die memory. But once again we emphasize that this memory is a 2 x 8GB module, so it will be more difficult to reach high frequencies.

Editor: Steven Irwandi

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