Silicon Power Goes Gaming: Unleashing XPower Turbine RGB Memory & SSDs
by Anton Shilov on June 24, 2019 1:00 PM EST- Posted in
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- Computex 2019
Silicon Power is best known for its reasonably-priced storage devices as well as various accessories for PCs and smartphones. But in an attempt to grow further, the company recently decided to enter the market for gaming PC components. Last year the company unveiled its first enthusiast-class memory modules, and this year it is unleashing its RGB-adorned XPower Turbine RGB family of DIMMs and SSDs for gamers.
Silicon Power’s XPower Turbine RGB DIMMs come in 16 GB and 32 GB dual-channel kits. Specification wise, these modules use 10-layer PCBs and offer the same speed bins, latency, and voltage settings as the original XPower DIMMs launched last October: DDR4-2666 CL16, DDR4-3200 CL16, DDR4-3600 CL19, and DDR4-4133 CL19 at up to 1.4 V. As the brand name suggests, the key difference between the new modules and their predecessors are addressable RGB LEDs, which can be controlled using software from the major motherboard makers (ASUS, ASRock, GIGABYTE, MSI).
The XPower Turbine RGB DIMMs look rather impressive in person, but I wish Silicon Power offered higher speed bins with its RGB-enabled memory just to provide further differentiation with the regular XPower-branded memory as these are premium products after all.
Another product in the XPower Turbine family is the XPower Turbine P34A80 RGB SSD. These drive family is based on Phison’s PS5012-E12 controller and offers sequential read speeds up to 3.2 GB/s as well as write speeds up to 3 GB/s. The product is based on one of Phison’s turnkey designs, but featuring Silicon Power’s PCB with RGB LEDs. At this point the drives are still in development, so its final look will most probably differ from what the supplier demonstrated at Computex.
| Silicon Power's DIMMs and SSDs for Gamers and Enthusiasts | |||||
| Capacity | Performance | Features | |||
| XPower AirCool Memory | 16 GB dual-channel 32 GB dual-channel |
DDR4-2666 CL16 DDR4-3200 CL16 DDR4-3600 CL19 DDR4-4133 CL19 |
Air Cooling | ||
| XPower Turbine Memory | Aluminum heatspreader | ||||
| XPower Turbine RGB Memory | Aluminum heatspreader with RGB LEDs | ||||
| XPower Turbine PA34A80 RGB SSD | 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2 TB |
Reads: 3.2 GB/s Writes: 3 GB/s |
M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe 1.3 Phison PS5012-E12 RGB LEDs 5-year warranty |
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One thing to point out about the XPower Turbine initiative as a whole is that as the company intends for them to be premium gaming products – meaning they're focusing on performance and quality, but they also aren't going to be sold at cutthroat prices. Instead, it's part of a a step-by-step approach of the company, gradually expanding the lineup and building up the brand.
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xnor - Monday, June 24, 2019 - link
Yuck RGB.LordSojar - Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - link
Yuck, opposition to having options and a choice.azfacea - Monday, June 24, 2019 - link
RGAYB in 2019 LULValantar - Monday, June 24, 2019 - link
If I'm reading that table correctly, will they be releasing every memory speed across every line? I would LOVE some heatspreaderless DDR4-3600, and even 3200 really.mjz_5 - Monday, June 24, 2019 - link
sad thing about RGB is that even adults like them.. they are here to stay :(YoloPascual - Monday, June 24, 2019 - link
RGB/s > GB/sDizoja86 - Monday, June 24, 2019 - link
Why do people always feel the need to whine about RGB products when a news story about them comes out? They're obviously for a different demographic, and nobody is making you use them.brakdoo - Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - link
Just look at the number of new high quality cases/fans/keyboards/mice(to a lesser extent) in 19 with RGB and compare it to the number without RGB lighting. You will see that you don't really have a choice and this is forced on everyone...Valantar - Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - link
You understand that LEDs can be disconnected or disabled, right? My case and motherboard both have RGB LEDs. After playing around with it for a few minutes after the build, both have been firmly in the "off" setting. This is not a problem.brakdoo - Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - link
You people keep saying that but there will always be translucent grey plastic/ or unnecessary acrylic windows all over the place if you disable the leds (even my G pro mouse looks like ass when I disable the light).The whole design of all that RGB crap is made in a way that makes it only look acceptable when at least some light is on. Just look at those DIMMs above. How would they look with lights off? At leas we still have choice for DIMMs.
In time where the DIY PC market is in decay with a shrinking general PC market, the only thing that is getting attention is gaming. People who want to build a reasonably good looking PC without RGBs have much less components to choose from.
BTW I don't care about RGB mobos because they can be hidden in a non-windowed case (but with less and less choices for cases). Turning RGBs off is not enough on most RGB mobos because the design is just bad.