How to identify your memory kit:
Basic features :
You’re going to tell us that this is pretty easy, since all you have to do is look at the references advertised by the manufacturer. Yes, but that’s not enough, especially if you’re planning to overclock it! Some information is given by the manufacturer, but you’ll have to dig around – or even remove the heat sinks – to find out the rest, or search the web for confirmation.
One side of the heatsink reads “Trident Z5 RGB”, while the other has a label with the technical specifications of our example, which looks more like a code name: “F5-8000J4048F24GX2-TZ5RK”. This is what we’re going to look at in detail. For example, in the case of today’s model, here’s the information we know.
- Brand: G.SKill
- Model: Trident Z5 RGB
- Capacity: 2 x 24 GB
- Frequency: 8000 MT/s
- Timings: 40-48-48-128
- Voltage : 1.35 volts
- Review: –
In order to get an idea of the overclocking potential of your kit, this information is insufficient and you’ll need to go further. It’s also very important to know the revision of the PCB and the model of the chips used in your memory kit. Depending on this information, the kit’s overclocking performance will be very different.
To find this information, there is currently only one solution: disassemble the heat sinks. The Taiphoon Burner software does not currently support DDR5 kits. Nor is there any indication that this will be the case in the future.
CPU-Z always present :
Fortunately, our trusty CPU-Z software is still at work, enabling us to verify this information, particularly with regard to the type of chips used in our kit. At present, there are three types of chip: Samsung, Hynix and Micron.
Our kit is perfectly recognized under Windows 10 and the various timings perfectly read. The memory chips used in our kit are Hynix. These are the chips with the best overclocking potential. As this is a 2 x 24 GB kit and not a 2 x 16 GB, we already know with virtual certainty that these are second-generation Hynix M-die chips.
Our memory kit PCB :
Our kit benefits from 3 GB chips, of which there are 8. We’re using Hynix M-die here, not A-die, but this is a new generation which further improves frequency rise. Our kit is an “SR” model for single rank, meaning that all the chips are on a single side. On the other hand, there are “DR” kits for dual rank , with chips on both sides of the PCB.
