- Origin Code will demo its new Vortex DDR5 memory at CES 2026
- This RAM has a triple fan cooling solution (which is removable)
- That active fan cooling promises to offer 40% better performance than passive cooling, but given the RAM crisis, this memory is expected to be very expensive.
Origin Code is a lesser-known RAM brand that has a fairly novel version of the DDR5 RAM modules that the company plans to introduce at CES 2026.
We’ve heard about Origin Code’s Vortex DDR5 memory before, but the manufacturer will be demoing the RAM at CES in January, as VideoCardz reports, and the unique touch here is that the memory has a three-fan cooling system.
We can expect demos focused on “sustained overclocking” in real-world workloads, showing what Vortex DDR5 can do.
Active cooling for this memory is a triple fan unit that mounts on top of the RAM modules and is removable. Available kits start from 2 x 16GB modules (32GB total), up to quad configurations such as 4 x 48GB (for a total of 192GB).
We could also get pricing details from Origin Code at CES 2026 and, needless to say, given the current RAM price crisis, which has reached a ridiculous high at a staggering rate, this could come as a shock.
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As for that price, this is some fancy, high-end RAM, which is already getting stupidly expensive, as noted, with an innovative custom active cooling system on top, so there’s no telling how high the cost could be. Expect something flashy, naturally.
Is a cooling system like this necessary for system memory? Well, obviously it’s a bit of a stretch, but it could be valuable to enthusiasts, who are perhaps the target audience.
Origin Code is clearly confident that it will make a difference for high-end PC builds, as the company will show an active versus passive cooling comparison to demonstrate the effectiveness of the former. The marketing claim is that the fans offer a 40% improvement in cooling performance, presumably compared to passive cooling when the fan unit is removed.
And I have to admit: making your RAM look like a small graphics card, located in the middle of your motherboard with those three fans on top of the modules, is pretty cool in terms of pure visual appeal. But yes, that price will be something to see, without a doubt (if we see prices).
Although this product could be seen from another perspective in terms of cost, specifically that a few months ago a cooling add-on like this would have considerably increased the price of DDR5 modules.
Whereas now, the RAM itself will be so expensive that the triple fan will not mean such a big increase in percentage terms compared to the total cost of the Vortex memory. So this innovation makes sense in the contemporary market, in a strange way.
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