Introduction

G.SKILL is a renowned Taipei-based memory manufacturer with a 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 DDR4 options available. These 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 new AM5 platform the following year, both the Flare X and Neo series made their DDR5 debuts as well. Early in 2023, G.SKILL announced new Trident Z5 memory kits with higher Non-Binary capacities using 3 GB ICs for each DRAM module. This increase allows higher capacity kits in configurations of 48 GB (2x 24 GB) and 96 GB (2x 48 GB) for both Intel and AMD platforms that support DDR5.

In this review, we will be taking a closer look at the newly released G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-7200 (48 GB) memory kit, which targets content creators and PC gamers alike. The Trident Z5 series offers a wide variety of memory kit configurations with binned frequencies ranging from 5200 MT/s to 8200 MT/s. G.SKILL is blurring the line between traditional low-capacity performance system memory and the “slower” high-density memory kits available to consumers today. Follow along as we take this memory for a spin with plenty of benchmarks!

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