APC Australia - September 2019

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Aorus

Memory

Why settle for two modules

when you can have four?

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igabyte made a

surprising push

into the DR AM

market in mid-2018

with its Aorus branded

modules. What sets these

apart is that a standard

dual channel kit comes

with optional dummy

modules, which are perfect

for making it look like your

system is fully decked out

with four.

The simply named Aorus

RGB memory comes with

16-16-16-38 2 T t i m i n gs ,

where the TR AS of 38 is a

little higher than some of

the other competing kits.

We found that the Aorus

memory was the weakest

performing kit in the test

and sometimes by some

margin. The reason for this

is several notably slower

XMP sub timings. While this

makes the kit widely

compatible, it does have

some performance impact,

which is revealed in several

of the benchmark tests. The

difference isn’t a lot

compared to say, having a

faster (or slower) CPU or

GPU, but it’s better to be

leading the pack rather

than trailing.

The Aorus R AM definitely

has great looks. Its colors

are sharp and vibrant. It’s

always nice to see orange

done well! Being a Gigabyte

product, it has seamless

integration with the

Gigabyte RGB Fusion

ecosystem.

While the Aorus kit is a

great way to bling up your

system with four modules

(for just a bit more than the

cost of two) the weak XMP

performance of the Aorus

kit counts against it

compared to the faster and

cheaper Adata kit. But if

you’re prepared to tweak it,

then the Aorus kit comes

right back into contention.

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Unique with its four modules, but

its weak performance counts

against it in a very tough field.

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Adata XPG

Spectrix D60G

A unique memory kit

from a company on the rise.

I

n such a crowded and

competitive market,

sometimes memory

products have little to

differentiate them. When a

product like the Adata

Spectrix D60G manages to

undercut the competition

on price, you simply have to

sit up and take notice. At

$159 the Spectrix D60G

offers the best value of the

all the RGB kits in the

roundup. Normally that

alone would be enough to

take out a winners gong,

but this Adata kit is not

some bargain basement kit.

The Adata Spectrix kit

comes with primary timings

similar to the other kits in

this test at 16-18-18-36- 2T.

It’s good to see Adata hasn’t

taken the easy option by

equipping poor memory ICs.

Its performance was

consistently at or near the

top of the 2x8GB kits thanks

to some aggressive sub

timings.

What really sets this kit

apart is its RGB

implementation. Many kits

content themselves with

lighting at the top of the

modules, whereas the

Spectrix lighting effect

covers a large proportion of

the sides too. Adata claims

60% of the entire module is

lit up. The plastic covering is

highly opaque, though

perhaps that last bit of

vibrancy and definition is

lost as a result.

Adata may not be the first

name that comes to mind

when it comes to

performance DR AM, but the

company sure is doing its

best to make sure that it

takes its place amongst the

big players in the field. It’s

got a unique look, performs

and overclocks well and is

by far the cheapest kit in

the roundup. What’s not to

like?

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This Adata XPG kit offers supreme

value to go along with performance

and a unique RGB design.

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