Another speed bar was officially broken in the DDR5 generation – and for a pair of modules with a total volume of 32GB you will have to pay over 500 dollars before tax
It’s been on the horizon for the last few months, and now it’s here – the top DDR5 memories are officially moving for the first time from prefix 7 to prefix 8 with the launch of the first model tested and verified in operation at a speed of 8,000MT/s (or 8,000 million data transfer operations per second), from G.Skill of course.
The Taiwanese company, which was responsible for several first-of-its-kind innovations in the DDR5 category in the past year, both in terms of verified speeds higher than those of the competitors and in terms of shortened dwell times – is officially starting to market a set of a pair of modules with a volume of 16GB each, or 32GB per set, with an additional Performance of 200MT/s compared to the previous leading memories and with timings of CL38-48-48-128 (in the arrangement of CAS-TRP-TRCD-TRAS in milliseconds, as usual), a basic working voltage of 1.45 volts and a hearty recommendation to use them alongside the ROG Maximus Apex board Asus’s luxurious and sophisticated Z790.
The increased speed is not just a theoretical gimmick, but one that has already been added to the official XMP 3.0 list from Intel – which means that consumers will be able to set the settings in their system with the push of a button through the UEFI interface.
The memories belong to G.Skill’s Trident Z5 family, with built-in RGB lighting and a black or silver finish – and became available on the Newegg online store at a price of $530 before tax for a short period of time, before they ran out of stock. This is a price of no less than NIS 1,800 before the addition of VAT, which is 4.4 times higher than the price of the most basic 32GB DDR5 memories available today, and also 43 percent higher than the price for advanced DDR5 memories of the same brand, with verified speed of 7,200MT/s and CL34 timings are superior.
During the year 2023, will we see many more models that cross the 8,000 line and help the prices become a little more sane – at the same time as the gradual entry of modules with a speed of 7,000MT/s and above into the mainstream of users? We’re keeping our fingers crossed, even if for now it seems that the good old DDR4 memories continue to offer unbeatable value.
