Every day is a groundhog… er, Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5 kit day, of course. We have already presented the exterior of Corsair’s high-end RAM modules a fair few times, but, as with so many things, it is mainly the inner values that matter. I can therefore already tell you that today’s test subject relies on SK Hynix 16 Gbit A-Die ICs, which are known to be the best performing RAM devices on the market at the moment. That paired with the lush Dominator heatsink is already a promising mix, but one thing at a time.
The kit from today’s test is specified for DDR5-7200 with primary timings 34-44-44-96 at 1.45 V in XMP mode. Coded as a product number, the kit is then called CMT32GX5M2X7200C34. Besides this SKU, Corsair also offers a 7000C34 and a 7600C36 variant, whereby the ICs used in these are always SK Hynix 16 Gbit A dies. Slower kits like the 6600C32 still use the predecessor ICs M-Die. The review of this kit and our basic article about our test procedure for RAM kits can both be found linked here, which I highly recommend for additional context to our testing.
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Design and specifications
We have already seen how a Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB kit is packaged in the previous reviews. Instead, I would like to shed light on what exactly distinguishes the new 7200C34 variant today.
The coolers are in themselves completely identical in construction to the slower kits. Only the sticker with the specifications reveals what exactly it is what we have here. In addition to the product and serial number, the capacity of 2x 16 GB and the XMP profile are also indicated in exemplary manner in MT/s – Mbps would also be correct, MHz not 😉. At the bottom right, it becomes particularly interesting, because here we find the module version “ver 5.43.01”. Not only since DDR5 has Corsair encoded the IC type used in their modules in this number combination.
If we compare this with the 6600 module linked above with “ver 5.43.13”, where we know that just M Die ICs are installed here, the connection becomes clearer. The 13. The first letter in the alphabet is M, the first is of course A, so that the IC can be identified with the last number. The prefix 5.43 then still generally stands for the IC manufacturer SK Hynix.
As expected, the modules with 16 GB capacity are equipped with 8 ICs per 16 Gbit on one side, which can already be seen when looking from below.
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