A Closer Look

With the exception of two triangular cutouts along the top of each stick, the Thermaltake TOUGHRAM sticks cut a perfectly rectangular profile.


The Thermaltake TOUGHRAM sticks have an elegantly brushed aluminium heat spreader with two stripes of mirrored metal on the left side.


Combined with the gray aluminium insert and two cutouts, these sticks have a cleverly integrated Thermaltake logo, which is a really clever design move. The specifications on the Thermaltake TOUGHRAM are quite good, featuring a 3600 MHz XMP profile at 18-19-19-39 and 1.35 V.


"TOUGHRAM" has been printed across the top-right side of the gray aluminium insert, with the Thermaltake logo on the heat spreader just below it.


The Thermaltake TOUGHRAM are single-sided and use SK Hynix C-die ICs on a 10-layer PCB for added stability.


I like to weigh a stick from each kit I get as the difference in mass can be pretty drastic between kits. Mass is not the best indicator of cooling efficiency because material can matter, and of course, heat dissipation is reliant on surface area, not volume or mass. That said, it is still interesting to compare.

The Thermaltake TOUGHRAM comes in at 99.19 g on my scale, which is on the high end. The aluminium heat spreader is thicker than most, and the gray aluminium insert adds a fair bit of mass. For height, the Thermaltake TOUGHRAM comes in at almost 48.79 mm with my calipers, which is right in the average of 45–50 mm.