G.Skill has revealed a plethora of high-performance DDR4 RAM kits for the Intel X299 and AMD TRX40 platforms. The new memory kits hail from the brand's Trident Z Royal and Trident Z Neo product lines and are tailored towards the latest Intel Cascade Lake-X and AMD Castle Peak-based high-end desktop (HEDT) processors, namely the AMD Threadripper 3970X and 3960X and Threadripper 3990X arriving in 2020.
Among G.Skill's recently announced offerings, there are three noteworthy memory kits. The first consists a DDR4-4000 256GBkit comprised of eight 32GB DDR4 memory modules (32GB x8). The sticks operate at a whopping 4,000 MHz with CL timings of 18-22-22-42 and a 1.35V operating voltage.
Specs
| Frequency | Timings | Voltage | Intel X299 | AMD TRX40 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDR4-2666 | 18-18-18-38 | 1.20V | 32GB x4 / 32GB x8 | 32GB x4 / 32GB x8 |
| DDR4-2666 | 19-19-19-39 | 1.20V | 32GB x4 / 32GB x8 | 32GB x4 / 32GB x8 |
| DDR4-3200 | 16-18-18-38 | 1.35V | 32GB x4 / 32GB x8 | 32GB x4 / 32GB x8 |
| DDR4-3600 | 14-15-15-35 | 1.45V | 8GB x4 / 8GB x8 | 8GB x4 / 8GB x8 |
| DDR4-3600 | 16-19-19-39 | 1.35V | 8GB x4 / 8GB x8 / 16GB x4 / 16GB x8 | 8GB x4 / 8GB x8 / 16GB x4 / 16GB x8 |
| DDR4-3600 | 16-19-19-39 | 1.40V | 32GB x4 / 32GB x8 | 32GB x4 / 32GB x8 |
| DDR4-3600 | 18-22-22-42 | 1.35V | 16GB x4 / 16GB x8 / 32GB x4 / 32GB x8 | 16GB x4 / 16GB x8 / 32GB x4 / 32GB x8 |
| DDR4-3800 | 18-22-22-42 | 1.35V | 16GB x4 / 16GB x8 / 32GB x4 / 32GBx8 | - |
| DDR4-4000 | 15-16-16-36 | 1.50V | 8GB x4 / 8GB x8 | - |
| DDR4-4000 | 18-22-22-42 | 1.35V | 16GB x4 / 16GB x8 / 32GB x4 / 32GB x8 | - |
G.Skill also has a DDR4-3600 256GB (32GB x8) kit for serious workstation users seeking a balance between capacity and performance. This particular kit comes with eight 32GB DDR4 sticks clocked at 3,600 MHz with 1.40V and CL16-19-19-39 timings.
If you don't need insane amounts of memory, there's a DDR4-4000 64GB (8GB x8) kit with optimized CL15-16-16-36 timings. In order to run at the advertised speed with the aforementioned timings, the modules require 1.50V.
As with all high-end G.Skill memory kits, the ones announced today are built with hand-screened memory ICs and custom, 10-layer PCBs. They're also backed with G.Skill's limited lifetime warranty.
G.Skill didn't share pricing or a specific release date for the memory kits but said we can expect to see them on shelves sometime this quarter.
