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Did you know that DDR5 is available in 48GB kits - and this G.Skill option is $130 at Newegg?A half-way house between a 32GB and 64GB setup, ideal for content creation.
A half-way house between a 32GB and 64GB setup, ideal for content creation.
Image credit:G.Skill/Rock Paper Shotgun
Image credit:G.Skill/Rock Paper Shotgun
This new capacity requires a BIOS update for most motherboards, but pricing on it can be quite good - and that’s what we’re seeing today, with extremely rapid DDR5-6400 CL36 RAM available in a 48GB capacity for $130 after a $18 price drop.
Get 48GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB DDR5-6400 CL36 dual-channel RAM kit for $130 (was $148)
These G.Skill modules also come with RGB, if you’re into that, and look pretty nifty with a swooping design that has a bit more character than Corsair’s typical bar-of-light approach.
The advantage of this amount of RAM, obviously, is that you get more RAM than you would with a 32GB kit at a lower cost than other options, eg a 64GB kit. Games, as a rule, don’t require more than 16GB, but there are certainly other tasks - like 3D rendering or video production - that can require more than 32GB. Therefore, having a cheaper option that hits that requirement can be useful.
Of course, you’d also be free to combine two of these kits for 96GB of RAM, though on consumer platforms this would remain in dual-channel mode and you’d likely have a very hard time hitting anywhere near the rated speeds and timings.
For me though, it’s just a bit of a refreshing idea to see a number that isn’t a power of two, a real rarity in computing.
