DDR-RAM Editor's Desk Reviews

It’s over 7000! – Teamgroup DELTA RGB DDR5-6400 CL40 2 x 16GB kit Review with Overclocking and Teardown

Teamgroup has been offering some of the fastest memory modules for the platform with the T-Force DELTA DDR5 kits almost since the launch of Intel’s Alder Lake CPUs. At least on paper, other manufacturers have recently introduced even faster kits, but XMP specifications are not everything, as we know. Today, we will take another close look at the DELTA DDR5-6400 CL40 SKU and find out if it can still keep up with younger competitor designs in terms of OC.

DISCLAIMER: The black kit was provided to us by Teamgroup as pre-binned modules with particularly high clock potential. The white kit was purchased normally and kindly provided to us by an acquaintance for the test for comparison. However, both kits are almost identical in OC potential with a difference of 60 MHz and 120 Mbps between the worst and best single module, respectively. The OC potential of the black test kit therefore also seems to be representative for retail available kits, at least according to our experience.

Specifications and design

We have the fastest SKU of the Teamgroup T-Force DELTA RGB modules in test today with DDR5-6400 at CL40 and 1.35 V in the XMP profile and 2x 16 GB in capacity. There are various clock rates and timings up to DDR5-5200, whereby it is always about 16 GB modules with one-sided placement and they are always available with a heat spreader in black or white. For lower clock rates or higher capacities, Teamgroup offers the VULCAN series, of which we have already tested a kit. The complete spec list of the DELTA modules is available at the end of this page.

The outer box is uniform for all SKUs of the DELTA DDR5 series, with only a sticker in the upper right corner revealing the actual kit contained. Of course, the modules offer plenty of RGB lighting and are also backed by a “Lifetime Warranty”.

On the back, the two modules with their specification sticker can already be seen through two transparent peepholes. The various features of the DELTA DDR5 series are advertised around it like the “120° ultra-wideband illumination”, as well as an “enhanced PMIC cooling design” and the usual features for DDR5 like XMP 3.0 and On-Die ECC. Of course, the modules are also compatible with the RGB software of most motherboard manufacturers. The full product number of our kit is FF3D532G6400HC40BDC01.

Inside, as usual, we find the two modules in a carrier frame made of transparent plastic, a warranty notice in paper form, and a reflective T-Force sticker.

The modules themselves tend to speak a more extroverted design language, with the jagged top edge of the heatsink, which also towers over the actual RAM modules on both sides. The heatsink consists of an anodized aluminum element on both sides, into which the various recesses and cutouts of the design have been punched or embossed. Printed on it in white are lettering to the names of the product series.

Viewed from above, only the white, milky acrylic element is visible in each case, which acts as a “lightspeader” and is seamlessly framed by the two cooler halves. Here, only a gray “T-Force” lettering can be found at one end, which is particularly visible in operation as a negative to illuminate the element.

From below, we can already see that these are indeed single-sided and thus single-rank modules, as is predominantly the case with DDR5 so far. The 8 memory chips per module are thermally connected to the aluminum element of the respective side by a heat conduction pad. On the back, a foam placeholder ensures that the two halves of the cooler are evenly spaced from the PCB.

From the side, the construction can be seen even better. In particular, the seamless enclosure of the acrylic element from the two cooler halves once again proves to be an elegant design solution.

If we already have both color variants at hand, a comparison of the designs can’t be missing, of course. While on the black modules the effectively light gray acrylic element breaks somewhat with the rest of the design, my personal eye feels a bit irritated by the black circuit board on the white modules. In return, the lightspreader integrates much more seamlessly, also due to the almost matching imprints on the cooler in gray. Overall, I really like the design of the DELTA DDR5 modules, only a white PCB would lift the white modules to another level. Of course, you can see how the whole thing looks with RGB when it is switched on.

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Ifalna

Veteran

317 Kommentare 274 Likes

Netter Test.
Von dem was ich sehe, ist das übertakten des RAMs als gamer in der Praxis die Kopfschmerzen nicht wirklich wert.

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mer

Veteran

228 Kommentare 127 Likes

Geht schonmal in die richtige Richtung. Sehr geil. :)
Hoffe mal es gibt ein paar 2x32GB Kits die >=7000 CL32 schaffen, wenn die 2. Generation von AM5 draussen ist.

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Danke für die Spende



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