Packaging

The Corsair Dominator series has gone through a few iterations over the years, but kept this same box design since DDR3. Only with DDR4 did the Dominator Platinum gain RGB lighting, which carries the name forward. Corsair's memory packaging is fairly straightforward. The front depicts a larger than life photo of the Dominator Platinum RGB memory inside. In the top right corner is the rated speed for the XMP profile and the kit size. In this case it is DDR5-6600 in a 2x 16 GB configuration listed on the box.

One thing to note is Corsair only supports RGB lighting control through its iCUE software. ASUS Aura Sync, GIGABYTE RGB Fusion, MSI Mystic Light Sync, and ASRock Polychrome Sync support badges are absent and are not supported.

The only mislabeling can be found here is something actually quite common. This memory kit isn't operating at 6600 MHz. Surprise! With software reporting 3300 MHz, this can lead to some confusion for casual users who are not particularly up to date with all things tech related. Whatever way you slice it, if you are just learning about system memory or well versed in all things computer related, this memory kit has an XMP profile of 6600 Megatransfer per second (6660 MT/s) with an effective clock of 6600 MHz. Corsair isn't the only one to blame either, because motherboard vendors will often convey the DDR frequency in multiple ways as well. It is simply easier to market a higher number than the actual operate frequnecy. It just cannot have the incorrect denomination if using this marketing strategy. Acceptable alternatives would be DDR5-6600 or 6600 MT/s and it wouldn't be a hard transition to make either.

With that rant out of the way, it's back to look at the box. Flip it around and the rear has a few marketing statements in multiple languages. One big barcode and SKU number. The last thing to talk about here is the cutouts for each DIMM. You can physically see the memory identification sticker with XMP timings, product SKU, DIMM configuration and revision number. This is a great way to know exactly what is inside and leaves little to know guess work to what is in your hands before opening and breaking that product seal.


Removing the memory from the box only requires cutting some tape—the memory sticks are secured and protected from minor damage with a clamshell inside the outer box.