Memory. Your system won’t work without it. These words, though profound, are simply the truth. And in today’s review we’ll be looking at a memory kit that doesn’t just allow your system to POST, but one that’s significantly faster than most DDR5 on the market today.
Reviewing RAM is actually how I started my journey here at PCPer, with a review of some very fast DDR3 (2666 MT/s). I even reviewed some DDR5 last week, with a 6000 MT/s kit from Lexar. But 6000 MT/s is less than 7200 MT/s, and somehow G.Skill managed to achieve that speed with only 34 CAS latency.
What am I talking about? Well, I’m talking about the G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-7200, model F5-7200J3445G16GX2-TZ5RS, of course. The timings are an impressive 34-45-45-115 at the rated speed of 7200 MT/s, although the voltage will increase from the default 1.1V to 1.4V when setting the XMP profile.
But enough about the technical details – let’s take a closer look at this kit, look a little more at the timings and other technical details (I lied) and see how it performed.