CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-2666MHz CL15 Desktop Memory

This is fantastic RAM (so far). Right out of the box I was able to overclock it to 3600MHz at 16-18-16-16 with no massively complicated voltage optimizations. I will likely spend some more time tightening the timings as it seems to have some headroom yet. It costs a fair amount, but it also is very forgiving, and runs relatively cool with a conservative boost. Considerably less expensive than the PC28800 in the same tier.(Edited to correct the module ID in the latter half of the review)

I have a Ryzen 7 5800x (Alienware Aurora Desktop) I purchased my desktop with one 16 gig stick of ram. I was definitely needing to upgrade it... unfortunately Dell didn't have the exact same stick in stock.. They were trying to sell me another one saying it is compatible with the one I have..... Never, ever, will I buy a Dell / Alienware again.... (a huge list of issues that I am not going to get into). The XMP profile for the memory sticks work perfect. I am getting the 3466 that is rated for them. I will say this... Ryzen Master is an awesome utility for anyone wanting to fine tune their computer. Many, many, many, many settings to adjust.I am happy with my purchase... (a bit on the expensive side... but stupid motherboard is rated highest ram at 3466mhz...... dell... garbage.... ) If it was rated for 3600mhz it would have been much cheaper.Just not many options for this rating. I could do without the led lighting. The heatsinks are nice and thick, sturdy, actually don't feel like they are gonna break installing them or unmounting them from the motherboard. The colors can be changed, patterns, breathing led effects, ect.I got the Samsung chips in all 4 sticks.

When it comes to RAM, I usually have very little enthusiasm. In the age of DDR4 when even the base speed of 2133 MHz is more than enough for 95% of applications and games and spending hours and hours tweaking speeds and timings never yields more than a 1% performance improvement, I've typically spent very little effort when shopping for it. I typically pick the best middle ground frequency for the price (usually 3000-3200MHz). I was even less enthused when "RGB RAM" started becoming a thing, especially with those first Vengeance sticks that Corsair released with the rainbow fin on top. I laughed at people who bought them, but upon building a custom loop this past week and seeing a bland/dark area where my existing DIMMS had lain, I decided to hypocritically order these newer Platinum's, which admittedly have a much more attractive RGB layout than the original Vengeance sticks did.I have not been disappointed. From the moment they first powered up, they completely tied all of the bling in my system together. With the individual LED's instead of the previously blended ones, they really maintain the digital/pixel design language you prefer to keep in your system with all of the other square/blocky components on your motherboard. There's some really great effects out of the box as well, completely customizable within iCUE as you'd expect.I have been getting a notable performance improvement in a few intensive games that I have not yet been able to correlate with anything else other than the RAM speed increase (I was at 3000 MHz before), so I have to recommend the upgrade if you're on slower DDR4 RAM. The XMP profile for 3466 MHz worked exactly as one would expect out of the box. Haven't tried overclocking yet and probably won't.

I added it the the additional two available memory slots on my motherboard, to bring my PC's overall memory up from 32GB to 64GB RAM.The RGB lighting on the memory modules are also quite cool and give my old PC a new space-age look.Wishing it were like about $150 cheaper than the 300 bucks that I paid for it though.For, being older memory - running at 3000Mhz - the price is way too high.