INTRODUCTION

   If you're out in the market for brand new and affordable PC chances are you're not looking an expensive DDR4 motherboard, let alone one of the latest (and more expensive) DDR5 motherboards. For example, a couple of weeks ago i was building a new PC based on the very affordable B450 Steel Legend motherboard by ASRock (together with the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X) so it made sense to pair it with a rather affordable DDR4 RAM kit (and obviously not one with very high clocks since that motherboard clearly wouldn't support it). At the same time i wanted a good looking DDR4 RAM kit (with RGB lighting if possible) that also featured a lifetime limited warranty. Well, it's as if my friends at ADATA/XPG were aware of that since at around that time i also received their Spectrix D50 16GB DDR4 3600MHz kit.

   XPG (XTREME PERFORMANCE GEAR) was established by ADATA to provide high-performance products to gamers, Esports pros, and tech enthusiasts. We are committed to developing products that deliver extreme performance and therefore work closely with the gaming and esports community to gain insight into the real needs of users. We provide a full range of products from systems, components, peripherals to devices, and create them with the highest standards of stability, reliability, and performance in mind. We also develop products with sheer cool designs that have earned us several prestigious international awards, such as iF Design and Good Design. Beyond products, we play an active role in sponsoring and supporting esports events and teams globally to realize extreme gaming experiences at the highest levels.

   The Spectrix D50 line of DDR4 RAM modules by XPG is available in two colors (tungsten grey and white) and includes single (8/16/32GB) and dual (2x8GB/2x16GB/2x32GB) kits at 3000/3200/3600/4133MHz frequencies, timings as low as CL16 (3000/3200MHz CL16, 3600MHz CL18 and 4133MHz CL19) and voltages set at 1.2V (3000MHz), 1.35V (3200/3600MHz) and 1.4V (4133MHz). As you can all tell from the above intro picture XPG has placed a long diamong shaped plastic bar on top of each module under which we find 5 addressable RGB LEDs (can be configured via their RGB Sync software - 12 available modes). Always according to the popular Thaiphoon burner software the single rank 3600MHz 1.35V 16GB CL18 kit which i have here with me today is based on single E-die modules by Micron and is XMP certified with timings set at 18-22-22-44-66. Finally, as mentioned earlier XPG covers their entire line of Spectrix D50 DDR4 RAM modules/kits with a rather generous lifetime warranty. So, let’s see what the Spectrix D50 16GB DDR4 3600MHz CL18 kit by XPG is capable of.