Final Words & Conclusion

Final Words & Conclusion

The TeamGroup T-Force VULCANα 6000 CL38 kit offers users satisfying performance already out of the box. It’s aimed at the AMD AM5 platform, as there’s an EXPO profile, which works the same way as the XMP for Intel; the pricing is rather budget-friendly (129 USD). It looks relatively attractive; there’s no lighting, so it’s not optimal for the RGB-lovers. The frequency range is not too extensive, from 5200 to 6000 MHz, but that should be enough for the AMD platform, as the Infinity Fabric works in the 1:1 divider mode with the DDR5 set up to 6000 MHz. We got the 6000 MHz CL38, which performed decently. Additionally, you can choose from two colors, black (which we got) and red.

Aesthetics

TeamGroup has made VULCANα somewhat attractive, as it’s a good choice for the builds without the RGB and preferably air-cooled (the height of the radiator is about 33 mm/1.3 inches).

Tweaking

The memory chips used here come from Hynix, M-Die. As we usually state –the reproducibility of the overclocking capabilities is never guaranteed, and your results may vary. We achieved a nice tweaked CL36 with 6400 Mhz at 1.435 V (1.25 V is the baseline value). You can always lower the latencies further (CL32?) and leave the standard 6000 MHz frequency. Still, you’d better try to cool the memory down with some active cooling for the best results.

Conclusion

TeamGroup T-Force VULCANα is a well-designed memory series. The stock performance is within the expected range. The TeamGroup TForce kit we checked provides a default frequency (6000 MHz) that will be enough for practically all (AMD) users, and the EXPO profile makes life easier. There’s some headroom still available, so if you want more, you can try to overclock the memory even further (6400 CL36 was possible for our sample). It’s a great result; remember that those are 16 GB modules. The low-profile heat spreader (33 mm), so you shouldn’t encounter clearance problems even with extensive air CPU coolers. The 32 GB option is a lot for most users nowadays, although it’s becoming a standard even in gaming setups, also because of the introduction of the new RAM standard. The current price for the DDR5s is decreasing rapidly, probably due to the AM5 platform introduction. We want to give TeamGroup TForce a “Guru3D Recommended” award for this kit as it’s fast, (quite) overclockable, and capable. The temperature is relatively low, and the effective aluminum heat spreaders are. You don’t get the customizable RGB lighting (but that’s not a must-have for all)). It would help if you remembered that it is a good kit for AMD Ryzen 7000 series, preferably with the 600 series motherboard. What would you like more? It would be only the price to be down to come even closer to the DDR4 (which is also becoming cheaper these days). Still, the 129 USD is a good offer. Other than that, it’s a competent (budget) DDR5 kit. 

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