A Closer Look
The XPG Spectrix D45G looks superb, and actually, it’s the feel of it that impressed me most. It’s quite heavy, which tells me there is a good amount of mass in those heatsinks to assist with cooling. They also have this slightly gritty texture, like they’ve been sandblasted.
The texture of the metal, as well as those numerous and deep grooves that run the full length, greatly increase the overall surface area, which will again help with keeping things nice and cool.
While I don’t expect 3600MHz DDR4 to get particularly hot, you have to factor in how warm your PC is in general and your ambient temperature, which will no doubt be at different extremes for some users. Either way, I have total confidence in these heatsinks, they’re really robust feeling.
Of course, they look great too, it’s a simple design, but it’s well-executed. There’s a trend in DDR4 memory to totally overdesign them, with wonky lines, aggressive shapes and fins, and it’s totally not needed. By the time it’s in your system and you peek through the glass, all you’ll see is the RGB on the spine.
Black PCB matched up with that gorgeous matte black finish aluminium, very stealthy!
The only real branding on either side is those XPG logos, which are milled from the same aluminium as the heatsink.
XPG has just left that bit unpainted, and it looks great!
The spine is similarly understated, with just a simple XPG logo on one end of the light bar. Furthermore, the thicker spine is a nice addition, as it is going to put both the light bars really close together once they’re installed in your motherboard.
As for the RGB, it’s pretty much what you expect. Lots of rich colours, and thanks to robust motherboard support, you should have no issue synchronising it up with the other lights in your rig.
Overall though, it looks great, nice and bright, and it contrasts well with the matte black design of the memory.
