G.Skill showcases DDR5-10600 RAM overlock and DDR5-8133 CSODIMMs

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G.Skill takes Asus' new ROG Crosshair X870E Apex motherboard for a spin.

New G.Skill DDR5 memory/memory overclocks
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G.Skill has showcased a DDR5-10600 overclock featuring Asus' all-new ROG Crosshair X870E Apex motherboard, which is optimized for DRAM overclocking with its two DIMM slots. The memory manufacturer also revealed its new DDR5-8133 CSODIMM memory kit to compete with the best RAM.

Overclocker Safedisk pushed a kit of 2x24GB DDR5-8000-rated sticks (featuring SK Hynix ICs) to DDR5-10600, representing over double the memory's rated frequency performance stock. The timings were decent at CL50-62-62-88, considering the frequency. The incredible overclock was achieved with the Ryzen 5 8500G paired with liquid cooling, and the G.Skill DRAM modules were also liquid-cooled. The screenshot shows the overclock was stable up to 106% on RunMemtestPro, representing 48 minutes of stress testing.

G.Skill also showed off a Ryzen 7 9800X3D running at DDR5-6800 memory kit with CL28-40-38-55 timings at 1.65V with the memory controller and DRAM frequency synced in a 1:1 ratio on the same Apex motherboard. The memory overclock remained stable during 51 minutes of RunMemtestPro testing.

This overclock is impressive due to the architectural limitations of AMD's chipset-style Ryzen architectures (not counting Ryzen APUs with a significantly more robust memory controller). In the past, AMD's AM5 CPUs have been limited to around DDR5-6000 to DDR5-6400 for DRAM overclocking in a 1:1 ratio for the UCLK and MCLK. This new overclock blasts well past that "limit" at DDR5-6800.

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New G.Skill DDR5 memory/memory overclocks
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G.Skill also announced a new 48GB (2x24GB) CSODIMM memory kit operating at a blisteringly fast DDR5-8133. The memory kit's timings are CL46-52-52-130. CSODIMM is a more advanced counterpart to SODIMM modules that introduces a clock driver (CKD), making ultra-high DDR5 speeds such as DDR5-8133 possible.

G.Skill has partnered with ASRock to deliver the compatibility of its new CSODIMM dual-channel kit to the ASRock DeskMini B860, a small-form-factor machine supporting Intel Core Ultra 200S CPUs. The new compact kit was stress-tested with the DeskMini's integrated B860M-STX motherboard and a Core Ultra 9 285 CPU, completing a stable one-hour run of RunMemtestPro.

The company didn't reveal the pricing or availability for the DDR5-8133 CSODIMM memory kit.

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Aaron Klotz
Aaron Klotz
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Aaron Klotz is a contributing writer for Tom’s Hardware, covering news related to computer hardware such as CPUs, and graphics cards.

2 Comments Comment from the forums
  • thestryker
    The memory overclock on the 285/B860 is rather impressive compared to how things have been in ADL/RPL. Hopefully that's not just due to the engineering sample CPU.

    While I think limiting overclocking with both SKU and chipset is dumb not being able to get good memory clocks without an unlocked CPU is the worst. Given Intel has put in the ability to dynamically switch between JEDEC and XMP with ARL I think a T SKU system with high speed memory could make for an interesting low power machine.
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  • jp7189
    6800/cl28 is impressive, but @1.65v? Woof.
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