14 DAY TRIAL // Not content with letting Apacer's ARES DDR3-3000 run unchecked all over the high-end memory market segment, ADATA has introduced some super-speed RAM of its very own.
We'll come right out and say it first: the new modules from ADATA don't have the same sort of cooling modules as the ones Apacer released.
In fact, Adata didn't go out of its way to make the newcomers look odd or even unusual. Instead, it went with its good old, ridged heatspreader design, the same one used on other XPG series products.
No point in fixing something that isn't broken after all. And it's not like the heatspreaders don't already have enough aesthetic appeal.
The name of the new, dual-channel memory kit is XPG 3100 V2.
It is made of two 4 GB modules and supports Intel XMP (Extreme Memory Profiles) version 1.3, which means it is perfectly suited for all high frequency and memory-intensive applications, gaming or otherwise.
The frequency of 3100 MHz is nothing to scoff at. It's high enough that it could make the first DDR4 modules seem not that special.
Sure, ADATA had to use an 8-layer printed circuit board to ensure that the electrical and heat load would be withstood, since no matter how good the aluminum heatsink is, there's only so much it can take. The Thermal Conductive Technology (TCT) is employed, for better heat dispersal.
Couple all that with the RoHS compliance (meaning that the memory is made without hazardous substances, for the most part) and JEDEC standards compatibility, and you have a winning combination.
ADATA just has to be careful what price it slaps the newcomers with. We don't expect them to be cheap of course, not with timings of DDR3-1333 CL9-9-9-24 at 1.5V / DDR3-3100 CL12-14-14-36 at 1.65V (XMP Profile 1), but we can still hope bank accounts won't be endangered.
Speaking of which, the modules are, as some may have noted, made to work at 1.65 V. The peak bandwidth is of up to 24,800MB/second.