XPG SPECTRIX D50 ROG CERTIFIED RGB DDR4-3600 2x 8 GB

[ir_cow]

XPG has partnered with ASUS to bring the well-reviewed SPECTRIX line back into the spotlight with a twist. This time, the memory is certified for Intel ASUS ROG-based motherboards. Rated for 3600 MT/s, we will be looking at exactly what this partnership means and how it could benefit you, the consumer!

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[Chrispy_]

Might be a regional thing but I'm seeing lots more slow DDR4-3600 kits that target CL17 or CL18 and very few of the faster kits, CL14 or CL16.

I've tweaked a 32GB CL17 CJR kit to run 3600-CL17-19-19-39 on my 5800X but anything faster costs literally twice as much, which insane for marginal gains of maybe 2-3% in a handful of scenarios, and no difference at all in many others.

Is affordable 3600 CL16 a thing of the past - was that all based on a retired manufacturing node or something?

As for this ASUS ROG "Gaming" partnership, surely 3200 CL14 is far better for gaming than this CL18 stuff? The improvements in FCLK don't overcome the 15% higher absolute latencies

 

[Mussels]

Might be a regional thing but I'm seeing lots more slow DDR4-3600 kits that target CL17 or CL18 and very few of the faster kits, CL14 or CL16.

I've tweaked a 32GB CL17 CJR kit to run 3600-CL17-19-19-39 on my 5800X but anything faster costs literally twice as much, which insane for marginal gains of maybe 2-3% in a handful of scenarios, and no difference at all in many others.

Is affordable 3600 CL16 a thing of the past - was that all based on a retired manufacturing node or something?

As for this ASUS ROG "Gaming" partnership, surely 3200 CL14 is far better for gaming than this CL18 stuff? The improvements in FCLK don't overcome the 15% higher absolute latencies

3600Mhz is deemed the happy medium for ryzen, with the timings secondary (But yes, C14 is the dream)
Problem is that B-die is the only one that could run those latencies, and isnt available in larger capacity sticks

Even the alder lake review showed that 3200 C14 smashed ahead for gaming... but 3600C16/C18 that "just works" for everyone is a pretty good middle ground.

 

[han32]

too bad not Samsung ic's

 

[ir_cow]

too bad not Samsung ic's

I had a similar thought while writing this review. If you are going to do a collaboration, why not go all out because the targeted market for these is limited anyways. Only downside it would certainly cost more.

 

[Sabishii Hito]

Was the Ace unable to clock the sticks up to DDR4-5000? It's a better memory OC board than the Aorus Xtreme in my experience as the Gigabyte board seems to wall around 5066 whereas I've gotten the MSI to do 5600.

 

[ir_cow]

Was the Ace unable to clock the sticks up to DDR4-5000? It's a better memory OC board than the Aorus Xtreme in my experience as the Gigabyte board seems to wall around 5066 whereas I've gotten the MSI to do 5600.

@Sabishii Hito I haven't been able to get any memory above 5100 regardless of AMD MB. I use the MSI Unify-X for all my AM4 DDR4 testing because it is better than most AM4 MBs. (This is before EVGA DARK came out). The MSI ACE barely can do DDR4-4800. If I play around with it long enough, I can get DDR4-5000 stable.

 

[Sabishii Hito]

@Sabishii Hito I haven't been able to get any memory above 5100 regardless of AMD MB. I use the MSI Unify-X for all my AM4 DDR4 testing because it is better than most AM4 MBs. (This is before EVGA DARK came out). The MSI ACE barely can do DDR4-4800. If I play around with it long enough, I can get DDR4-5000 stable.

I guess it would have helped had I specified I was talking about the Z590 boards and not the AM4-based ones

 

[ir_cow]

I guess it would have helped had I specified I was talking about the Z590 boards and not the AM4-based ones

Ah. Well it is a similar. I think my 11900K IMC is a dud, best I can achieve is 5333 with abusive voltages. That was with GB Z590 XTREME. MSI Z590 ACE has the same wall of DDR4-4800 for me.