When we see a reputable company, we think of a brand as well. In most fields, such as LG Electronics’ OLED TV, Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy, Apple’s iPhone, Hyundai Motor’s Ioniq, and Big Hit Music’s BTS, brands are a means and symbol of representing companies.
Of course, the trend is the same in the PC hardware field, so many companies have their own brands. For ‘G.SKILL’, which is famous for high-performance memory, the brand ‘TRIDENT’ is representative.
It is a representative PC memory brand of G-Skill, which has been around for almost 15 years to the present, and there are many products that have attracted the attention of PC users with impressive overclocking performance and a heat sink with a unique design since the DDR2 era.
Recently, DDR5 memory products are being released under the name of ‘Trident Z5’. In this article, we will look at one of them, ‘G.SKILL DDR5-6000 CL36 TRIDENT Z5 RGB Package’ (hereinafter, Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000).
Trident brand that has been around for nearly 15 years
G-Skill is a computer hardware manufacturer founded in Taiwan in 1989, and Trident brand memory was first introduced as a DDR2 product. Trident Memory drew the attention of gaming PC users because of the large and colorful heat sink, which was rare at the time, and the fact that it provides higher performance with overclocking.
From the next generation of DDR3 memory, ‘Trident X’ memory with a more flashy design heat sink and wider overclock than before has appeared. There was also an improvement in convenience by using Intel ‘XMP’ (eXtreme Memory Profile, Extreme Memory Profile) technology that allows anyone to easily overclock by storing overclocking settings in memory.
In addition, some models also come with a cooling fan to dissipate heat from the memory, so it has the advantage of quickly dissipating heat caused by overclocking.
Moving on to the DDR4 memory generation, G-Skill introduces the ‘Trident Z’ memory. Since the model is more subdivided than before, various models such as RGB · NEO · ROYAL · ROYAL Elite have been released. Depending on the model, the RGB LED and memory heat sink design are different to satisfy the tastes of various consumers, and the overclocking performance has also been advanced.
In 2021, the DDR5 memory ‘Trident Z5’ was released. There is also a ‘Trident Z5 RGB’ model equipped with RGB LEDs, and it shows overclocking performance of up to 6600MHz by taking advantage of DDR5, which has increased clock and memory bandwidth compared to DDR4.
As such, G-Skill’s Trident brand memory has been developed according to the times in terms of performance and design, and based on this, it has been trusted by those who are looking for high-performance memory for a long time.
High-performance DDR5 memory ‘TRIDENT Z5 RGB’
The Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000 is equipped with an aluminum heat sink. The curved dual texture design with the exterior of a hypercar as a motif and a black brushed aluminum strip across the center of the heatsink are applied, giving off a luxurious atmosphere. The heat sink has two colors, black and silver, and the RGB LED is built-in at the top.
Meanwhile, the Trident Z5 RGB memory also won the ‘Red Dot Design Award 2022’ product design category. The Red Dot Design Award is a global design competition.
Trident Z5 RGB won the Red Dot Design Award 2022 for its not huge and simple design, but for its high cooling efficiency heat sink, RGB LED designed to spread light evenly, and the ability to synchronize RGB LED lighting with other hardware. did.
Beautifully Glowing RGB LEDs
When you turn on the PC with Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000 installed on the motherboard, the RGB LED lights start to glow. It is not too bright and only brightens the memory area, so it is suitable for LED tuning by combining RGB LEDs of various hardware such as motherboards, graphics cards, and case cooling fans.
If you want to change the RGB LED lighting color of the Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000 or change the lighting mode, you need to use the RGB LED software provided by the motherboard manufacturers.
Asus’ ‘AURA Sync’, GIGABYTE’s ‘RGB Fusion’, MSI’s ‘MYSTIC LIGHT SYNC’, ASRock’s ‘Poly’ There are many such as ‘POLYCHROME SYNC’. You can choose and install the same company’s software as your motherboard.
Using Asus’ Aura Sync, I changed the RGB LED lighting color and lighting mode of Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000 one by one. With a variety of colors and multiple lighting modes, it is possible to adjust the RGB LEDs to suit the user’s taste.
Overclock to 6000MHz with XMP 3.0
Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000 is Intel XMP 3.0 applied. Therefore, if you install Intel XMP 3.0 on a compatible motherboard, you can simply overclock to DDR5-6000MHz in the motherboard BIOS. In the default state, the Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000 clocks at 4800 MHz, and needs to be overclocked with XMP 3.0 to increase to 6000 MHz.
For reference, even with a motherboard that can use XMP 3.0, there are cases where the memory overclock limit is less than 6000 MHz depending on the specifications.
If you want to overclock DDR5 memory without such worries, you need a high-end Z690 motherboard. Considering that, Men’s Lab used ‘ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 APEX Intek & Company’. It is a motherboard that supports memory overclocking up to DDR5-6600MHz, and there are heat sinks attached to various parts of the board to prevent heat generated by overclocking.
The CPU used ’12th generation Intel Core i9-12900KS Intek & Company’. As of now, it is the highest product among desktop processors that can be used with DDR5 memory. The base clock is 3.4 GHz and the maximum clock is 5.5 GHz, and it operates with 16 cores and 24 threads. It is also possible to increase the performance further by overclocking in the motherboard BIOS.
If you go into the motherboard bios and look at the overclocking item, you will see XMP. After changing the ‘auto’ selected to XMP, saving the settings and restarting the system, the Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000 is overclocked.
For reference, even for motherboards that can use XMP 3.0, the BIOS often says just XMP. There are two items on the Asus motherboard, ‘XMP Ⅰ’ and ‘XMP Ⅱ’. This method uses only the XMP profile.
After setting XMP 3.0 in BIOS, go to task manager and check that the memory clock is displayed as 6000MHz.
To see how much the memory performance of the Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000 improves when overclocked with XMP 3.0, we tested the memory bandwidth with Sandra Wright 2021.
As a result of testing, the Trident Z5 DDR5-6000 memory bandwidth was 56.748 GB/s (gigabytes per second) at the base clock and 66.266 GB/s when overclocked with XMP 3.0. That is, the memory bandwidth increased by about 16.7% depending on whether or not overclocking was applied.
The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the writing and reading speed of data in memory, so overall PC performance can be expected to improve through overclocking.
High-performance memory for those who want the best
G-Skill’s Trident is a brand that has long been known as a synonym for high-performance memory. From the DDR2 generation to the DDR5 generation, it was possible to build the same recognition as it is now because it has continuously evolved in terms of performance and design.
Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000 provides high performance with a high clock of 6000MHz, and it is a product that proves that the weight accumulated by the Trident brand was not in vain because of its excellent design that it was awarded the Red Dot Design Award.
If you are currently looking for DDR5 memory information to assemble a high-performance gaming PC, you may be satisfied with the Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000.
