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Most PCs, laptops and tablets use just a few gigabytes of memory and even the average gaming PC sports just eight gigabytes according to the Steam hardware survey. But there are people out there that want more than that: the uber-high-end enthusiasts, renderers and heavy photo editors. It's for them that G.Skill's new DDR4 kit was made. Offering 64GB of space and an impressive 3,200MHz clock speed, it's a monstrous set of sticks.
Each module features a full 16GB of memory, built using high-performance Samsung ICs. They feature timings of CL14-14-14-35, despite the impressive bandwidth of the kit.
TridentZ: The only Trident that everyone wants to upgrade to
There will be smaller variants for those that don't quite need a full 64GB of RAM, with some 8GB DIMM alternatives. Those 16GB and 32GB kits will feature the same high bandwidth, low latency specifications of the larger 16GB modules selection. All of them however support XMP 2.0 standards, to make them fully compatible with the new generation of Skylake hardware and their associated Z170 chipsets.
G.Skill is promising that the new DDR4 kits will utilise the existing Trident Z brand name and will be sold alongside existing products in that same line, as well as the Ripjaws V family of memory kits. They will also be made available before Christmas. No pricing information was released for either the larger of smaller versions however.
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KitGuru Says: I've been running 8GB for a couple of years and haven't seen much reason to upgrade just yet. How about the rest of you though? Do you have tens of gigabytes at this point?
I currently have 12GB DDR3 at 1333Mhz and never seem to hit more than 60% usage at a time.
i have 8gb of ddr3 memory and i think a gamer doesnt need more than that.
Never had more 8gb till very recently and never saw the point of more, running 12gb at the moment. I must say I just started to do some video editing and i can see the need for 16gb+ …..
CL Timing of 14-14-14-35? That’s a bit slow now, isn’t it?
Not up at 3200MHz for that high density a kit. That’s much lower than 10ns access latency.
I have 32GBs due to my extreme web browser tab hoarding habit. Although even with that the usage is at around 16GB but I’d rather be safe than sorry so.
Wow! would love that. Got 16GB and just found out that its not enough for my scoring stuff. 🙁
How many tabs do you have open? I’ve had 100+ tabs with 8GB. I found that SSD helps more in this scenario. Even compared a Core 2 Duo 4GB system + SSD and it wipe the floor with Core i7 8GB + mechanical drive for tab hoarding.
Just wow!