Photos and Aesthetic
Before diving into things too much I did want to address the branding here. This memory kit is from TEAMGROUP but it is from the T-CREATE brand. The model itself is from the Expert series which had a DDR4 kit with different styling and then both the black and white DDR5 kits which other than the color are the same. Without understanding that, it was a little surprising to see the packaging not even mention TEAMGROUP on the front at all. The T-CREATE Expert DDR5 kit comes in a box and has a grey fade across the front. They have both the white and black models featured with a picture of both taking up most of the packaging. Not enough companies do this, being able to see what you are buying is huge if you are shopping in any retail situation. So many companies just assume everything will be bought online, but if that is the case you don’t need any branding on the packaging at all. The TT-CREATE logo is in the top left corner inside of a black stripe across the top. That stripe also has the Expert logo and lets you know this is a DDR5 kit. Well, specifically they say memory module which is more general because this same packaging also works with the individual sticks that they also sell. Below that they have a sticker, this is how they set each model apart, in this case, we have the 6000 MHz clock speed and 64GB capacity with two 32GB sticks. The rest of the front highlights that this is made for and by creates, which explains why it matches the ProArt styling given its creator focus as well. It mentioned the one piece cooling design and that this supports Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD Expo which is nice to see both. The back of the box has a small list of features listed multiple times across 8 different languages. The main highlight from that is that it comes with a lifetime warranty. There is a white sticker that has the specific model information, UPC, and serial numbers from both sticks. Next to that, there are two boxes that let them mark if this is a black or white kit which ours has a dot next to the black box.
Inside of the box our two sticks come in a plastic clamshell tray to give them a little protection. They also come with a T-CREATE logo sticker which is black and has a reflective finish around the outer edge.
Not that the memory specifications aren’t important, but one of the main selling points for this specific kit to me was the styling, and if I told you that without you seeing the kit you would be very surprised to see have simple the design is. The truth is, a lot of higher-end kits these days are designed for the “gamer” aesthetic which often has RGB lighting and styling with a lot more going on. On the other end of the spectrum, a lot of the enterprise-focused hardware will be bare sticks. You can see that mirrored even in the TEAMGROUP lineup and they aren’t any different than any other brand as well. Of the 24 DDR5 kits that have listed 9 have RGB lighting, 11 were big or had a lot to their design or have bright colors, one had no heatspreader, then there were three with a simple design. Two of those were the black and white Expert kits like the one here and one was the Classic kit which was very similar to this kit but with silver accents and slower clock speed and latency options. To match the Asus ProArt look the simple black heatspreader design can be found anywhere but the gold printing is what is needed to match. It also just looks great. The kit has the T-CREATE logo in the center and then in the bottom right corner, it says DDR5 Expert, simple and to the point.
The back of both T-CREATE Expert DDR5 stickers has the same slightly textured black finish across them. In the center, there is a long black and white sticker. This has the model information, the required certification logos, and the serial number which is listed and has a barcode. The only thing that is interesting here is up at the top edge of the heatspreader we can see where the front half hooks around. That wouldn’t be noteworthy but the packaging did mention that this has a porous one piece cooling design. I guess they considering the front half which wraps around and has holes in it, but it is two pieces just like every other memory kit.
The simplicity is there on the top edge as well. Like I mentioned before the front half of the heatspreader wraps around the top and has a series of holes in it. The holes stop in the center with a flat area where they have the T-CREATE branding printed in gold. The heatspreader design is low profile which means better compatibility depending on what I want to do for cooling as well.
The heatspeader is attached using adhesive thermal pads which run the length of the heatspreader. This makes sure it is in contact with each chip and is going to stay attached firmly as well. The bottom corners are rounded as well.
