1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:08,040 In the beginning, all RAM looked like this. Green PCBs, black chips, gold 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:14,679 contacts on the bottom. Boring. 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:17,600 Today, we have plasma RAM. Yes, my 4 00:00:14,679 --> 00:00:23,800 friends, memory modules with freaking plasma tubes on the top in three 5 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:32,640 different colors. Let's have a look. 6 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:39,200 Intel's Skull Canyon Nook features a sixth generation Core i7 processor and 7 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:43,440 Thunderbolt 3. You can learn more at the link in the video 8 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:48,079 description. Now, there are actually ways to spend more money on computer 9 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:52,879 memory that offer meaningful benefits. For example, this is ECC registered 10 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:57,840 memory. It has an extra chip in the middle. It does error correction on the 11 00:00:55,920 --> 00:01:02,399 fly, meaning that's like a solar freaking, you know, flare or some crap 12 00:01:00,239 --> 00:01:08,640 flips a bit on your RAM. You are not going to compromise your data integrity, 13 00:01:04,479 --> 00:01:10,960 at least in theory. But come on, 14 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:18,320 consumers don't want that stuff. They want flash, not Dash. So that is where 15 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:20,360 the whole idea of gussying up computer 16 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:26,320 memory to make it look higher performance came from with guys like OCZ 17 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:32,000 and Corsair being among the first to take that regular boring memory I showed 18 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:33,600 you before and put heat spreaders on it. 19 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,560 Heat spreaders in theory are a great idea. They spread the heat. So they take 20 00:01:35,439 --> 00:01:41,680 the heat from the chips. They help dissipate it. And in the early days, you 21 00:01:40,079 --> 00:01:46,159 could actually get more overclocking headroom out of better cooled memory, 22 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:49,439 like with BH5s or whatever. But it's less of an issue today. From there, they 23 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:55,920 went, "Well, let's get more creative about the heat spreaders." That's where we got like stylized heat spreaders. And 24 00:01:53,520 --> 00:02:00,640 these ones from Gkill look pretty darn good. I mean, taking it to the next 25 00:01:58,079 --> 00:02:03,840 level was Corsair with LED lighting on their heat spreaders. And then, oh, 26 00:02:02,079 --> 00:02:08,000 little Windows so you could see the LED lighting even better. But today's video 27 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:13,920 is not about any of those things. Today's video is about the culmination 28 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:16,640 of flashy memory that does not perform 29 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:20,800 any better than any other RAM. That is to say, unless the other RAM is rated at 30 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:24,879 a slower speed, because that is how you determine how fast memory is by the 31 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:31,520 speed it is rated at, not by how sexy it looks. the Raiden 32 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:33,680 series from Aexier, which we have here 33 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:39,440 in three different flavors, each of which is a different color. Let's check 34 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:47,440 them out. All right, so for my first trick, I will be installing the Raiden 35 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:50,080 series 2666 MHz red Tesla ROG certified 36 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:55,040 memory modules here. What makes them ROG certified? I'm not quite sure and I will 37 00:02:53,519 --> 00:03:00,519 never know because I'm actually installing them in a non ROG motherboard 38 00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:04,400 because I am a rebel. Rebel right 39 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:12,239 here. They're actually surprisingly light. I had kind of expected them to be 40 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:17,680 heavier. Maybe I just don't have a lot of context for how much plasma 41 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:22,200 weighs. I think the tube is mostly empty. 42 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:26,680 And now we can see what they look like. 43 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:33,120 Ooh, that's cool. Oh, there goes another one. Will 44 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,120 the last one light 45 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:41,040 up? Um, wait for 46 00:03:43,239 --> 00:03:50,799 it. Yeah, there it is. That looks 47 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,799 fantastic. Let's get these lights off. 48 00:03:54,480 --> 00:04:01,360 That is gorgeous. This is great 49 00:03:58,599 --> 00:04:05,120 news because there's a train going by while we're 50 00:04:02,599 --> 00:04:12,959 filming. No, but seriously, this is great news because my intended use for 51 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:16,400 these memory modules is actually for a 52 00:04:12,959 --> 00:04:18,639 fatherdaughter build. And I asked a VEX 53 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:23,240 here, hey, what color are they? Are they really red or are they kind of pinky? 54 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:28,160 And they're like, "Oh yeah, they're red." But they're definitely kind of 55 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:31,520 pinky, which is exactly what I wanted. I'm doing like a white and pink themed 56 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:35,600 build. It's going to look freaking awesome. So, this is like the best news 57 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:41,160 I've had all day. Let's check out the other colors. Taking a gamble in life. 58 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:46,240 Which one is green and which one is blue? There's only one way to find out. 59 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:51,280 Actually, there are two ways to find out. Well, okay. I did not realize that 60 00:04:48,639 --> 00:04:56,560 they were clearly colorcoded on the dims. So, there are three ways to find 61 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:58,000 out. By looking at the box, by plugging 62 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:03,360 them in and looking at what color the plasma tubes are, or by just not 63 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:08,440 plugging them in, but looking at them at all. Three ways. Let's get these in 64 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:14,039 there. This I'm expecting to be different. And it is. First, this one 65 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:18,160 lit up, then this one, then this one. Totally different. 66 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:24,479 I think it has to do with different warm-up times for the plasma tubes. 67 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:26,960 Those look so freaking cool. What I want to know though is if they're like the 68 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:32,840 ones at Science World where they're actually attracted to your touch and 69 00:05:29,919 --> 00:05:37,780 they kind of Oh, they are. No way. Oh, you're getting a closeup of 70 00:05:35,039 --> 00:05:39,880 that, right? Oh, that is so 71 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:47,919 cool. Does the whole thing get brighter if you like touch the whole thing? How 72 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,919 do I How do I get in there? 73 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:52,960 No. Oh, it does. Look at 74 00:05:55,000 --> 00:06:02,800 that. Wasn't that fun experiencing a whole new color of plasma tubes like 75 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:05,600 that? I sure think so. And that brings 76 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:09,120 us finally to the last color and perhaps the true purpose of this video. Because 77 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:14,639 I'm sure some of you at home are sitting there going, "Minus, this isn't even 78 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:20,160 new. These things have existed for literally years going back to DDR3 at 79 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:25,039 the very least. And the purpose of this video is that a Vexier reached out and 80 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:29,440 they were like, "Hey yo, do you want to review our RAM?" I said, "Hey, no, not 81 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:32,400 really because we don't review RAM because we think it's kind of pointless. 82 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:37,520 It doesn't affect system performance much." And as far as I'm concerned, the 83 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:43,919 looks are as much of a purchasing factor for me as the speed on the side of the 84 00:06:40,319 --> 00:06:46,400 modules. But what I did say was, "But we 85 00:06:43,919 --> 00:06:50,880 do a lot of cool builds and we would love to have some of that sexy looking 86 00:06:48,479 --> 00:06:54,880 plasma RAM that we can color match to whatever builds we're doing." And they 87 00:06:53,039 --> 00:06:59,120 said, "Okay, but are you going to make a video about our RAM modules?" I said, 88 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:02,880 "Sure, we'll make a video where we install them in a motherboard and we 89 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:06,800 show all the different colors and then that way we will have those sticks for 90 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:12,639 the future when we want to do cool color matched builds with sick dope looking 91 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:16,360 plasma RAM things in them." And that my friends is the purpose of today's 92 00:07:15,039 --> 00:07:22,160 episode of Holy Plasma memory. Oh, I think the blue 93 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:28,639 color is the best actually. That is a That is a fairly deep, sexy 94 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:30,160 looking electric blue. I am liking it. 95 00:07:28,639 --> 00:07:34,080 Now, I was trying to come up with some way to kind of tie Ting into the plasma 96 00:07:32,319 --> 00:07:39,520 RAM. Like when you touch the plasma tube, it's attracted to you with the 97 00:07:37,039 --> 00:07:43,840 energy and positive energy and calling Ting and talking to a customer service 98 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:48,400 agent instead of going through like a an automated phone directory. But, uh, it 99 00:07:47,039 --> 00:07:51,840 didn't work. So, we're just going to stick to the script. TING is the mobile 100 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:57,599 carrier that's focused on customer service and customer satisfaction first. 101 00:07:54,960 --> 00:08:02,160 You pay only for what you use with the average TING bill coming in at only $23 102 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:06,759 a month per device. And if you're stuck in a contract and you go over to 103 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:11,120 ting.com, I believe it's Linus.ing.com, and you try out their 104 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:14,160 savings calculator, it will tell you. You just put in your last few bills, and 105 00:08:12,639 --> 00:08:17,919 it's like this is how much you would be paying on TING. It'll tell you if you'd 106 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:21,840 save money and if you would and you want to switch over to TING, they'll cover 107 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:26,960 25% of your cancellation fee for your current contract up to 108 00:08:23,639 --> 00:08:29,599 $75. And they are now lowering mobile 109 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:35,760 data rates across the board. Data is now just $10 per gig beyond the first 110 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:38,560 Gigabyte. Woo! Every single TING customer will be able to reap the 111 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:42,800 benefits of this change. So, head over to Linus.tain.com and try out their 112 00:08:40,479 --> 00:08:46,240 savings calculator with their new lower data rates. And when you sign up at our 113 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:50,560 link, you'll get 25 bucks in service credit or towards a new device. 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But you can discuss that with 123 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:26,440 other people and you know you can all be in agreement that I am stupid and you 124 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:31,839 know wrong or whatever else the case may be. I think there are other calls that I 125 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:34,959 do. subscribe and uh right, don't forget to check out our other videos over on 126 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:40,769 Channel Super Fun right about over there. See you next 127 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:47,560 time. Yes. Oh, that's plastic.