Introduction

G.SKILL is a renowned Taipei-based memory manufacturer with a long history of producing performance-oriented products. The company has ventured into other PC markets in recent years, such as SSDs, AIO coolers, and peripherals including gaming-oriented keyboards, mice, headsets, and more.

G.SKILL has multiple product lines to fit different markets, with plenty of performance-oriented memory options available. DDR4 SKUs include the Trident Z, Royal, Neo, Ripjaws and Elite series. With the launch of DDR5 in late 2021, G.SKILL brought forward the Trident Z and Ripjaws series. With AMD's AM5 platform the following year, both the Flare X and Neo series made their DDR5 debuts as well. Now, in mid 2024, the Trident Z5 Royal series has it's DDR5 debut. The Trident Z5 series offers a wide variety of memory kit configurations with binned frequencies ranging from 5200 MT/s to 8400 MT/s, with the Royal edition having a curated selection up to 8400 MT/s as well.


In this review, we will be taking a closer look at the G.SKILL Trident Z5 Royal DDR5-8000 (48 GB) memory kit. By using the larger Non-Binary DRAM module, this memory kit is designed to target content creators and PC gamers alike. Deploying a lower operating voltage of only 1.35 for the XMP profile, this Royal kit has the potential to gain consumers who are still looking for a higher end memory kit, but aren't willing to deal with some of the downsides such as temperature related errors that often accompany overclocking and enthusiast system memory. Now that we have the introduction out of the way, it is time to take this memory for a spin with plenty of testing for both AMD and Intel systems!

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