Avexir Unveils RAIDEN Series High-end DDR3 Memory with Lightning Tubes

btarunr · Mar 9, 2015

Boutique memory modules designer Avexir unveiled its flagship DDR3 memory module, the RAIDEN. This double-height module features a plasma tube on its top, which lights up with a blue lightning-effect, which could look awesome in cyberpunk case-mods. The module could pair particularly well with ASUS Z97 Sabertooth Mark S, ASUS X99 series, and MSI Krait series motherboards.

Form aside, the module has some pretty formidable specs - an 8-layer main PCB, XMP profiles of up to DDR3-2400 MHz, a machined aluminium heatsink drawing heat away from the DRAM chips, and hand-binned DRAM chips for the best overclocked performance. The RAIDEN comes in speeds of DDR3-1866 and DDR3-2400, densities of 4 GB and 8 GB, and in dual- and quad-channel kits that are combinations of the two top-level specs. Avexir didn't reveal pricing or availability.

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adulaamin · Mar 9, 2015

I hope they release them in other colors.

PLAfiller · Mar 9, 2015

jateruy · Mar 9, 2015

I feel in the future years RAM will start to sag like GPU

Prima.Vera · Mar 9, 2015

Those are awesome. I hope they will come in different colours.

TheDeeGee · Mar 9, 2015

Gotta love Low-Profile :love:

APEKS · Mar 9, 2015

DDR3 memory on an Asus X99 Deluxe?

btarunr · Mar 9, 2015

APEKS said:
DDR3 memory on an Asus X99 Deluxe?

Good catch. They probably pictured that using their DDR4 RAIDEN (coming soon).

cokker · Mar 9, 2015

Ugh nasty...

john_ · Mar 9, 2015

Probably they should consider selling the heatsinks alone in various colors.

rtwjunkie · Mar 9, 2015

jateruy said:
I feel in the future years RAM will start to sag like GPU

They hang a different direction. Most RAM I have ever seen are aligned vertically (except on servers), so no sag problem.

Octavean · Mar 9, 2015

Interesting,....

Well it looks nice and all but it serves no real functional purpose other then ornamental so I wouldn't spend one red cent extra for it. I'll use a term I've used before to describe such things, "The lightning stripe painted on the outside does NOT make it go faster".

Jorge · Mar 9, 2015

Worthless crap for the technically challenged.

natr0n · Mar 9, 2015

These ram sticks are a fancy giant heatsinks worst enemy.

Petey Plane · Mar 9, 2015

Hideous.

GhostRyder · Mar 9, 2015

Those look awesome, I would love a set in white and black (Replace the blue with black).

BorisDG · Mar 9, 2015

Worst looking memory. Seriously!

vrdublu007 · Mar 9, 2015

Lightning tubes? Really? All the 13 year olds will be lining up for these no doubt.

64K · Mar 9, 2015

This RAM seems to have a polarizing effect on people. They either really like it or they hate it. I really like it. I think it looks sharp but I have an affinity for blue.

Sasqui · Mar 9, 2015

64K said:
This RAM seems to have a polarizing effect on people. They either really like it or they hate it. I really like it. I think it looks sharp but I have an affinity for blue.

I'm completely ambivalent, but I certainly wouldn't spend extra for ram-bling. LOL

dredeziel · Mar 9, 2015

Octavean said:
Interesting,....

Well it looks nice and all but it serves no real functional purpose other then ornamental so I wouldn't spend one red cent extra for it. I'll use a term I've used before to describe such things, "The lightning stripe painted on the outside does NOT make it go faster".

dredeziel · Mar 9, 2015

Ha! "The lightning stripe painted on the outside does NOT make it go faster".

xorbe · Mar 9, 2015

Will those fit under any tower heatsink known to mankind?

Petey Plane · Mar 9, 2015

vrdublu007 said:
Lightning tubes? Really? All the 13 year olds will be lining up for these no doubt.

yeah, they look like something stuck in the grill of a high-schooler's 98 Honda Civic, along with a giant wing an soup can sized exhaust. Having these basically screams "I have no taste!"

Digital Dreams · Mar 9, 2015

Andddd the ricer crowd goes wild.

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