The last word:
GSKill offers us with this Trident Z5 NEO kit a very interesting kit for the new AMD platforms based on the X670 and B650 chipsets. Priced at $229,99 or 454,95 euros, it is finally as expensive as the Corsair kit we reviewed last week. Our sample of the day has a perfect finish and above all an ultra sober design. It’s black, no RGB and this kit will fit on any motherboard design. The performance out of the box and with the EXPO profile is good. On the other hand, this GSKill Trident Z5 NEO kit shows its full potential when the subtimings are tightened, especially with the profiles available on our ROG Crosshair X670E Gene. The good news is that this GSKill kit does not have its voltage locked and unlike the Corsair kit, we can use voltages above 1.435 volts.
DDR5 performance is starting to improve on our X670E platform and hopefully we will see GSKill release an even more optimized kit with a frequency above 6000 MT/s before too long. Now some of the work is in the hands of AMD and it’s hard to see high frequency kits coming out with the limitations of the platform especially because of the ratio imposed by mclk, uclk and fclk.
GSKill Trident Z5 NEO 6000 MT/s CL30 EXPO:
We liked:
- The look of the heatsinks and especially their sobriety that will fit any motherboard
- The quality of finish of the memory modules
- The excellent overclocking potential of the Hynix M-die chips and the BIOS of our Crosshair
- Unlocked VDD/VDDQ voltages
- Lifetime warranty
- Performance with the EXPO profile
We would have liked:
- A lower price in Europe even if some versions are cheaper while keeping good performances
Just like the Corsair kit, the out of the box performance is good but it is really the overclocking that allows to boost the performance and have results close to what we get on an Intel platform. The big advantage of this GSKill Trident Z5 NEO kit is that it doesn’t have its VDD/VDDQ voltages locked, which allows it to take full advantage of its overclocking potential. If you want to gain performance, this kit is a great choice!
Thanks to GSKill for making this sample available.
