The design of the G.SKILL Trident Z Neo takes the iconic Trident Z profile and adds some color and flare. The build quality certainly lends the kit a premium feel, and the sleek packaging amplifies that impression. The heat spreader retains neutral colors that will fit in with a wide variety of builds and is quite eye-catching.

For RGB LEDs, the G.SKILL Trident Z Neo has the same great implementation as the Trident Z RGB it is based on. The G.SKILL Trident Z Neo has good stock lighting effects for those who eschew extra software, and good software support for those who want it. This kit is also compatible with the lighting software from all four major motherboard vendors.

G.SKILL, of course, would never sacrifice performance in the name of fashion. For overclocking, the G.SKILL Trident Z Neo proved to have a great amount of headroom, reaching 4000 MHz stable with my ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 7 and Intel Core i9-9900K combo. That's a good result, especially at the tight 16-16-16-36 XMP timings. My Ryzen testing was even more fruitful. The G.SKILL Trident Z Neo achieved 4066 MHz with the stock XMP timings on my MSI MEG X570 ACE paired with a Ryzen 5 3600X. Manually tuning the timings at 3600 MHz, I was able to get all the way to CL14 with no trouble because of the excellent Samsung B-die ICs G.SKILL has used in the Trident Z Neo.

Finally, we come to the price. The G.SKILL Trident Z Neo comes in at US$154.99. Not a cheap kit by current market standards. That doesn't mean this kit isn't worth it to the right buyer. If you want a great-looking kit from a top brand that will get you the absolute most out of your new AMD system, the Trident Z Neo is where you should look first.