ADATA XPG Lancer Blade RGB DDR5-6400 32GB Review

1. Introduction2. ADATA XPG Lancer Blade RGB DDR5-64003. RGB4. Intel: Testing Methodology5. Intel: Memory Benchmarks6. Intel: Compute and Productivity Tests7. Intel: Encoding8. Intel: Office Productivity9. Intel: Gaming10. AMD: Testing & Memory Benchmarks11. AMD: Compute and Productivity Tests12. AMD: Encoding13. AMD: Office Productivity14. AMD: Gaming15. Closing Thoughts16. View All Pages

ADATA, formed in 2001, is one of the largest manufacturers of flash memory and DRAM in the world, and XPG is the company's gaming arm. The ADATA XPG Lancer Blade RGB DDR5-6400 is an RGB-enabled DDR5 kit, it supports both Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD Expo technologies, and has been designed as a low-profile module at 40mm high, aimed at compact PCs or to give more clearance when dealing with tower CPU coolers.

The ADATA XPG Lancer Blade RGB range consists of two speeds at the time of writing: 6000 MT/s and 6400MT/s, and then three kit capacities; 16GB, 24GB and 32GB. The CAS latencies for the modules are 30-40-40 (1.35V) for the 6000 and 32-39-39 (1.40V) for the 6400.

The memory kit that ADATA sent in for review (AX5U6400C3216G-DTLABRBK) comprises two 16GB single-sided modules each using eight SK Hynix A-die memory chips. It runs natively at DDR5-2400 with timings of 40-39-39-77-116 (1.10V) but the single Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO profiles bump this up to 6400MHz at 1.40V (32-39-39-89-128).

The RGB system looks impressive with a large light bar covering the LEDs so it really stands out. There are two ways of controlling the RGB, via motherboard software (ASUS, ASRock, Gigabyte and MSI) or by using XPG's own Prime software. At first glance Prime may not look as featured as some of its competitors – it only supports six effects; Static, Breathing, Color Cycle, Rainbow Wave, Comet and Moving Flash but it is easy to use and there are plenty of options to customise the supported effects with colour choice, brightness, effect speed and direction all changeable.

We found the 32GB kit of ADATA XPG Lancer Blade RGB DDR5-6400 memory on Amazon UK for £131.30 (inc VAT) HERE.

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Pros

• Overall performance.
• Build quality.
• RGB.
• Limited lifetime warranty.

Cons

• Only one memory profile for XMP and EXPO.
• Low profile at 40mm.

KitGuru says: The main selling point for the XPG Lancer Blade RGB is the claim that it is low profile but at 40mm it is questionable whether that is actually low profile. Overall the ADATA XPG Lancer Blade RGB DDR5-6400 performs well and the RGB is very effective.

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