INTRODUCTION

   Even though it's clear to everyone that the amount of RAM installed in a system clearly outweighs the frequency and timings of that said memory one thing matters even less when it comes to overall system performance, looks. Yes large heatspreaders with RGB lighting are great to look at and can help make your system stand out a lot more than it would without them but at the end of the day there are always those consumers who will choose to spend the same amount of money to get their hands on a higher frequency kit (with lower timings as well) rather than one with RGB LEDs on it. Overclocking headroom is yet another piece of the puzzle that matters quite a bit to some consumers so getting a kit that uses high-performance chips (the most popular currently are the A/B-Die from Samsung) is a good start. Silicon Power released their XPOWER Turbine DDR4 Gaming RAM line earlier this year and today we'll be testing a Quad-Channel 32GB 3200MHZ CL16 kit.

   Founded in 2003 by a group of enthusiastic data storage industry experts, Silicon Power is committed to delivering outstanding product and service quality. Headquartered and with our own state-of-the-art production site in Taipei, we have become a leading manufacturer of flash memory cards, USB flash drives, portable hard drives, solid state drives, DRAM modules and industrial-grade products. As an international player with four branch offices around the globe, we continuously strive to offer the perfect data storage solution for all requirements of modern digitalized life. With a strong focus on combining innovative technology and award-winning design, we live up to our brand promise to reliably preserve and protect your most valuable data. Because memory is personal.

   Currently the XPOWER Turbine DDR4 modules are available in dual-channel kits (2x8GB/2x16GB - for our quad channel test rig we obviously had to pair two of those kits) with frequencies all the way up to 4133MHZ (2666/3200/3600/4133MHZ), timings as low as CL16 (2666/3200MHz CL16 - 3600/4133MHZ CL19) and voltages ranging from 1.2V all the way up to 1.4V (2666/3200MHZ 1.2V - 3600MHZ 1.35V - 4133MHZ 1.4V). Under the blue anodized aluminum heatspreaders Silicon Power has placed single-rank 8GB memory modules by Samsung (although many seem to report that these modules are using B-Die Samsung chips that doesn't seem to be the case, at least not according to Thaiphoon Burner) on 10-layer PCB's. As expected, Silicon Power covers the entire XPOWER Turbine line of DDR4 memory kits with a limited lifetime warranty.