The G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Elite is a work of art, plain and simple. The faceted light bar on the Royal kits remains my top pick for the best RGB diffusion implementation, relying on the geometry of the surface rather than opacity to prevent "hot spots." The patterned silver finish is beautiful and uniform, and the fit and finish is excellent in general. The downside of the stunning Royal aesthetic is that it is not as easy to fit into most builds as other popular designs.

The G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Elite also performed very well in testing. This sample of the G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Elite proved to have reasonable overclocking headroom, reaching 4200 MHz on my MSI MEG Z590 ACE Intel test bed and 4133 MHz stable with my MEG X570 ACE. I also had no issues down-clocking the kit and tightening the timings to the "Fast" B-die preset.

This specification of the G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Elite is currently available for US$319.99. At this price, I would recommend this kit to anyone who wants top-tier out of the box performance on Intel or a highly binned B-die kit for overclocking.