Gigabyte And V-Color Team Up On First DDR5 Memory With An OLED Display

Up until now, the hyper-focused mantra by hardware makers has been to 'RGB all the things!', and they've been doing exactly that. They're still doing it, of course, but they're also pivoting to putting built-in displays on all the things, like case side panels (looking at you, ASRock), motorized standing desks (hello, Lian Li), mini PCs (hi there, Miniproca), and now for the first time, DDR5 memory kits. Yes, really.

Gigabyte and V-Color are teaming up on what they're pitching as a a "groundbreaking" endeavor, with V-Color's new XFinity+ DDR5 modules sporting an OLED module delivering real-time monitoring stats.

"Designed for overclocking enthusiasts and hardware lovers, XFinity+ is the result of a close collaboration with the Gigabyte engineering team. It introduces a built-in real-time monitoring display directly on the memory module 'no additional connectors or cables required'. This display communicates with the motherboard in real ...