Finally, I do not want to withhold the RGB lighting of the modules. Those who know the DDR4 Spectrix predecessors will get a familiar impression here. The illumination is uniform and no individual light spots can be detected. The gradient of the angeld heatsinks through the semi-transparent acrylic is a nifty detail and the XPG lettering looks very slick as well.
Of course, the whole thing is also available as still images in all color gradients that the modules emit by default after system start. While the XPG LANCER RGB DDR5 memory modules aren’t as bright and powerful as some other recently released RAM modules, they keep a low profile and integrate well with other RGB PC components.
Summary and conclusion
Underneath inconspicuous-looking heatsinks with a discreet RGB light element, the ADATA XPG LANCER RGB modules in today’s tested version hide a real performance booster, thanks to the Hynix M-Die DDR5 ICs. The fact that modules with significantly less powerful ICs are also sold under the same product name is at best an unfortunate lapse, and at worst a deception of customers. Considering that DDR5 is currently selling better than warm buns on Sunday morning anyway, this mixing is particularly unnecessary and separate SKUs would have been desirable.
Apart from the performance, the LANCER modules make a solid impression as an effective evolution of older DDR4 designs with a small facelift. Unfortunately, they didn’t rework the unnecessarily strong glue that attaches the cooler to the PCB, which makes mounting aftermarket coolers much more difficult or even increases the risk of damage during cooler disassembly. If you buy an Alder Lake system, which is currently the only compatible platform for DDR5, you are probably looking for maximum performance. And if you want to achieve maximum performance with DDR5, you will sooner or later have to use active cooling, no matter which ICs are installed. Here, too, ADATA could have paved the way a bit smoother for the enthusiast clientele.
Despite the one or other shortcoming, once the right modules are installed, equipped with the necessary cooling and trimmed for maximum performance, there is currently no other RAM kit that can keep up and is not also based on Hynix M-Die ICs. I really didn’t expect that even the DDR4 config is overtaken in 1080p in CSGO. And the dominance of the modules also clearly exceeded my expectations in the synthetic and compute-intensive benchmarks. Die modules from today’s test are thus the leaders in our benchmark charts and will also probably remain there for the time beeing, that is until the second generation of DDR5 products gets onto the market.
Speaking of, even though the prices for DDR5 are currently still fluctuating, the kit from today’s test can meanwhile already be found for around 500 Euros in stock in online stores. That’s still a lot of money, but compared to last November’s prices, it’s almost affordable. Those who haven’t had a fast DDR5 kit so far can slowly grab it now, and the ADATA XPG LANCER modules should fall into the shortlist for many. However, if you want to be sure of the memory ICs, you are probably on the safer side with a kit beyond 6000 Mbps. It’s actually a pity, because the OC potential is apparently still independent of the XMP profile in the early days of DDR5 and a SKU with guaranteed Hynix M-Die ICs would probably be a real enthusiast and overclocker secret.
The RAM kit was kindly provided to us by ADATA XPG without any obligation to publish. In addition, there was no influence on the tests and their results.
ADATA XPG LANCER RGB Black Edition DIMM Kit 32GB, DDR5-6000, CL40-40-40, on-die ECC (AX5U6000C4016G-DCLARBK)
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- 1 - Unboxing and design
- 2 - Dimensions and SPD information
- 3 - Teardown and PCB analysis
- 4 - Test systems and methodology
- 5 - Heatsink peformance and overclocking potential
- 6 - Synthetics – AIDA64, Geekbench 3, SPI32M, LinpackXtreme
- 7 - Gaming – SoTR, CS: GO, Cyberpunk 2077
- 8 - RGB lighting and conclusion
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