How to identify your memory kit:
Basic features:
You will tell me that it is quite easy since you just have to look at the references announced by the manufacturer. Yes, but this is not enough, especially if you plan to overclock it! Some information is given by the manufacturer, but you’ll have to search or even remove the heat sinks to find out the others.
On one side of the heatsink, we find the inscription “Vengeance DDR5” and on the other, a label with the technical specifications of our copy. This is what we will look at in detail. For example, in the case of our copy of the day, here is the information we know.
- The brand : Corsair
- The model: Vengeance RGB
- The capacity: 2 x 24 GB
- The frequency: 7000 MT/s
- Timings: 40-52-52-114
- Voltage : 1,40 volt
- Revision: 3.53.02
In order to get an idea of the overclocking potential of your kit, this information is not enough and you will have to go further. Indeed, it is also very important to know the revision of the PCB as well as the model of the chips that equip your memory kit. Depending on this information, the overclocking performance of the kit will be very different.
To find this information, there is currently only one solution, dismantle the heat sinks. The Taiphoon Burner software does not currently support DDR5 kits. Moreover, there is no indication that this will be the case in the coming weeks.
CPU-Z still present:
Fortunately, our trusty CPU-Z software is still around and allows us to check this information, especially about the type of chips that equip our kit. Currently, there are three types of chips: Samsung, Hynix and Micron.
Our kit is perfectly recognized under Windows 10 and the different timings perfectly read. The memory chips that equip our kit are Microns, but under a new revision. These are the chips with a limited overclocking potential but we will see what happens with this new revision.
The PCB of our memory kit :
We are going to disassemble the heatsinks in order to be able to observe the PCB and identify the chips. Be careful not to accidentally detach the chips from the PCB! The best technique is to heat the heatsink with a hair dryer before gently prying it off and being patient. As a reminder, the design of DDR5 modules is different from DDR4 with the presence of a PMIC (power management integrated circuit) chip on board. The idea is to allow a better management of the power supply and therefore the stability of the system.
Our kit benefits from the 8 Micron chips. We are on a kit called “SR” for single rank, which means that all the chips are on one side. On the contrary, we can find ” DR ” kits for dual rank with chips on both sides of the PCB. The Micron chips have the reference ” PT040 – 56B – F2308 ” and are 3 GB versions.
