Gskill DDR5 Trident Z5 5600Mhz Mini Review

Dave2150 · 15 Dec 2021 at 20:05

Been using a Crucial 16GB 4800Mhz Micron based kit since 20th November on my 12900k. Finally managed to get some decent RAM and thought I'd do a mini review.

Crucial 16GB 4800Mhz next to Gskill Trident Z5 32GB 5600Mhz (the heatsink less Crucial kit felt so fragile to install!):

Crucial 4800Mhz C40 (Micron, so would not overclock 100Mhz..)

Gskill Trizent Z5 5600Mhz C36 Stock:

Gskill Trident Z5 @ 6000Mhz C36 (passes 2 hours Karhu)

Installed pics (Not synced RBG's yet, plus top of case lights currently disconnected. Going with all white theme currently to match GPU)

Overall very happy with the Gskill kit, at £410 inc vat & delivered it's a bargain compared to the overpriced 4800/5200Mhz Corsair micron junk.

Glad I've got Samsung IC's, as an easy overclock to 6000Mhz [email protected]. Will test 6400, 6600Mhz over the weekend, time to play now

JollyJamma · 16 Dec 2021 at 08:49

Very very nice.

It’s a pity that DDR5 is so expensive though. It really hampers peoples buying decisions.

Do we know what die process each manufacturer is using at the moment? Eg B die, A die, Rev E?

Wonder if this version of the ram is so new that there isn’t a revision yet? Manufacturers were just happy to have something to sell.

Dave2150 · 16 Dec 2021 at 09:03

JollyJamma said:
Very very nice.

It’s a pity that DDR5 is so expensive though. It really hampers peoples buying decisions.

Do we know what die process each manufacturer is using at the moment? Eg B die, A die, Rev E?

Wonder if this version of the ram is so new that there isn’t a revision yet? Manufacturers were just happy to have something to sell.

There's only so much i can say without breaking forum rules, though for high end kits, DDR5 is roughly the same price high end DDR4 kits were on release. It's just that some retailers are scalping the price due to the stock situation. £500 for 4800Mhz basic C40 kits is just a terrible option, as this is slower than cheap 3600Mhz C16 DDR4.

There's a ton of info for DDR5 overclocking, IC's etc at https://www.overclock.net/threads/o...d-24-7-daily-memory-stability-thread.1794772/

From what I can see, your almonst guaranteed to get good Samsung chips with the Gskill 5600Mhz kits and above.

Corsair are working on engineering samples of 6000Mhz C36 Vengeance kits as well, I expect we'll see huge drops of these in Q1 2022, which should alleviate the current stock situation.

zia · 17 Dec 2021 at 07:09

Still waiting for my kingston fury ram ,ordered about 5 weeks ago,but getting tempted to just buy some g skill on ebay.....

Zia

snarloas1982 · 17 Dec 2021 at 14:19

Just got some Gskill 6000 stuff if you search the suppliers just now

random_matt · 17 Dec 2021 at 18:14

Is 5200 adata lancer worth buying for now?

JollyJamma · 18 Dec 2021 at 09:43

Dave2150 said:
There's only so much i can say without breaking forum rules, though for high end kits, DDR5 is roughly the same price high end DDR4 kits were on release. It's just that some retailers are scalping the price due to the stock situation. £500 for 4800Mhz basic C40 kits is just a terrible option, as this is slower than cheap 3600Mhz C16 DDR4.

There's a ton of info for DDR5 overclocking, IC's etc at https://www.overclock.net/threads/o...d-24-7-daily-memory-stability-thread.1794772/

From what I can see, your almonst guaranteed to get good Samsung chips with the Gskill 5600Mhz kits and above.

Corsair are working on engineering samples of 6000Mhz C36 Vengeance kits as well, I expect we'll see huge drops of these in Q1 2022, which should alleviate the current stock situation.

Thanks for this reply.

makes sense.

I’m very price sensitive so buying brand new DDR5 right now doesn’t fill me with joy.

I’m hoovering up Samsung B die at the moment with people upgrading and it’s faster than and cheaper than DDR5.

JollyJamma · 18 Dec 2021 at 09:44

random_matt said:
Is 5200 adata lancer worth buying for now?

If you can actually buy the kit, maybe.

32gig kit? Yes. 16gig kit? No.

16gig kits lose the data throughput that DDR5 is supposed to give you.

it would be an ok stopgap if you wanted to have a DDR5 motherboard with the idea of buying better ram later on.

Dave2150 · 19 Dec 2021 at 09:16

random_matt said:
Is 5200 adata lancer worth buying for now?

Depends on price. For £400+ I'd say no, as these are scalped prices. £400 should get you a 5600Mhz, 6000Mhz kit at MSRP. Once stock improves in Q1, and Corsair Vengeance 6000Mhz kits drop, the prices will normalize.

random_matt · 19 Dec 2021 at 13:34

Dave2150 said:
Depends on price. For £400+ I'd say no, as these are scalped prices. £400 should get you a 5600Mhz, 6000Mhz kit at MSRP. Once stock improves in Q1, and Corsair Vengeance 6000Mhz kits drop, the prices will normalize.

I can wait until then I guess.

snarloas1982 · 19 Dec 2021 at 17:46

random_matt said:
I can wait until then I guess.

I could help you out in a few days with XPG ram if you want. I secured some GSKILL that will arrive soon.

random_matt · 19 Dec 2021 at 17:55

snarloas1982 said:
I could help you out in a few days with XPG ram if you want. I secured some GSKILL that will arrive soon.

Perhaps, a retailer has several gskill models on the 23rd apparently. I'll see what happens.

snarloas1982 · 19 Dec 2021 at 17:56

I seen that too, if you are unluicky hit me up. Stuggling for ages and get two sets in a few days of each other. Typical!

TT158 · 19 Dec 2021 at 18:14

Nice results! Look forward to seeing further testing! Is there any word on what safe 24/7 voltage is for the current DDR5 ICs is?

Dave2150 · 20 Dec 2021 at 11:16

Good news! The Trident Z5 6000Mhz kits were in stock today, so have a 32GB set arriving tomorrow! Should be a bin or two above my 5600Mhz kit hopefully. In this climate, the kits are so easy to sell on the bay that it costs nothing to try multiple kits!

Dave2150 · 20 Dec 2021 at 11:20

TT158 said:
Nice results! Look forward to seeing further testing! Is there any word on what safe 24/7 voltage is for the current DDR5 ICs is?

1.35 is safe on included heatsinks. 1.4v, 1.5v with active cooling on better heatsinks.

redstar1 · 20 Dec 2021 at 18:15

Dave2150 said:
Good news! The Trident Z5 6000Mhz kits were in stock today, so have a 32GB set arriving tomorrow! Should be a bin or two above my 5600Mhz kit hopefully. In this climate, the kits are so easy to sell on the bay that it costs nothing to try multiple kits!

Where do you see that? Annoyed I missed it!

Dave2150 · 20 Dec 2021 at 19:30

redstar1 said:
Where do you see that? Annoyed I missed it!

Against forum rules to say sorry buddy

redstar1 · 20 Dec 2021 at 20:10

Dave2150 said:
Against forum rules to say sorry buddy

Yeah sorry, has assumed it was here. Will keep my eyes peeled.

Dave2150 · 21 Dec 2021 at 15:10

6000Mhz kits arrived today, in black and silver. Will test both and keep the one that clocks the best. Buddy at work will buy the other kit from me. Who says DDR5 is hard to find at MSRP, this is my 4th DDR5 kit! (sold the crucial kit already)