19 Comments

Back to Article

• bug77 - Monday, April 5, 2021 - link

  Wth, those voltages? That's like DDR2 territory.

• Marlin1975 - Monday, April 5, 2021 - link

  NO PAIN NO GAIN!!!
  
  But yea 1.5v+ on DDR4. Thats a little wonky.

• evilpaul666 - Monday, April 5, 2021 - link

  Yeah, is the warranty like "First POST guarantee!"?

• nandnandnand - Monday, April 5, 2021 - link

  Get ready for beyond DDR2 territory. From an article on Wccftech:
  
  T-Force Gaming Confirms Development of Next-Gen DDR5 Memory Modules With Overclocking Support, Can Push Voltages Over 2.6V
  
  "T-Force also states that DDR5 memory has far greater room for voltage adjustment when it comes to overclocking support. This is primarily due to the upgraded power management ICs (PMIC) that allows for voltages over 2.6V. It is also detailed that existing DDR4 memory modules handled their voltage conversion through the motherboard but that changes with DDR5. The components that are required for the voltage conversion are now moved over to the memory DIMM itself, reducing voltage wear and noise generation while simultaneously offering increased room for overclocking."

• Hifihedgehog - Monday, April 5, 2021 - link

  That's generally the realm of extreme overclocking where enthusiasts have chillers on their memory. Here, we are seeing XMP now pushing into 1.5V+ territory which has always been considered highly dangerous especially if memory is only cooled with air.

• Hxx - Monday, April 5, 2021 - link

  its not gonna hurt the modules but they'll just crash and ofc your system along with it. At 1.5V they can easily hit 65C+ and somewhere between 65 and 70, b die crashes and im assuming these are dual rank b die. DR also runs hotter than SR which only compounds this issue. So these kits are for those willing to run active cooling or have exceptionally good air flow

• bunnyfubbles - Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - link

  DDR2 voltage is 1.8-2.2, this is DDR3 territory.

• LauRoman - Monday, April 5, 2021 - link

  What moterboard is that?

• MenhirMike - Monday, April 5, 2021 - link

  Doesn't look like any released board. It's got an ASUS ROG logo, but none of those boards have those V-Shaped SATA Ports. So either a prototype/engineering sample, or an as of yet unannounced board (probably Z590?)

• duynguyenle - Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - link

  It's either the Z490 Maximus XII Apex or Z590 Maximus XIII Apex, both of those have been announced (Z490 last year, Z590 since January). Z490 boards are generally available, but the Z590 version doesn't seem to be in stock at any UK retailers as of yet.

• Hifihedgehog - Monday, April 5, 2021 - link

  Uh, memory cooler not included?

• DanNeely - Monday, April 5, 2021 - link

  ... and cover all the gloriously tacky bling vomited all over it? You'd never make it as a ram product designer with that attitude.

• Hifihedgehog - Monday, April 5, 2021 - link

  Man, those memory designers are real suckers for modern "art"... Is this their theme song or something?
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ3cWWNXBHg

• Oxford Guy - Thursday, April 8, 2021 - link

  It needs a skull, like Intel's SSDs. Nothing says reliability like a skull on your product.

• Hxx - Monday, April 5, 2021 - link

  anything over 1.45V will most likely require active cooling unless your chasis has very good airflow. But in a smaller enclosure, no chance u need a ram fan.

• Oxford Guy - Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - link

  No one enters BIOS to turn on XMP, making this a product without a market.

• sonny73n - Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - link

  They could create low latency low voltage high bandwidth RAM but they don't. We get this instead - same old memory tech from ages ago.

• Oxford Guy - Thursday, April 8, 2021 - link

  Low-latency + high-bandwidth, yes. Low voltage as well? Probably not.

• brunis.dk - Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - link

  i bought g.skill twice in my life, ended up regretting both times, can't hit their promised timings, guess it was just too cheap to not get fooled again.. fool me once..