Test System

Initial Setup

The Colorful iGame DDR4 3200 8 GB actually matched my test components pretty well, especially my MSI GTX 980, which also features a lot of red. Obviously, despite having RGB, the Colorful iGame DDR4 3200 8 GB favors black and red builds.

Colorful was kind enough to provide a second stick to give the Colorful iGame DDR4 3200 8 GB a fair shot against the other kits I have in my charts. I tested both with a single stick (which is how the Colorful iGame DDR4 3200 8 GB is sold) and two sticks for an "apples to apples" performance comparison.


Colorful also included a pair of "dummy" RGB DIMMs to showcase the lighting effects of the Colorful iGame DDR4 3200 8 GB. The light bar on these sticks is not the brightest I have seen, and there is no software support. They do look pretty good, especially with all slots populated. I would give Colorful a B- in this area, which is a good showing for a first-generation product.



Running this kit at its rated speed was as simple as enabling XMP. The Colorful iGame DDR4 3200 8 GB had no stability issues at all during my testing as either a single stick or in dual channel.

Thaiphoon shows that these are Samsung ICs, which is interesting. Also interesting are the gaps in information. This isn't entirely surprising for a brand new product.