G.Skill's RAM memory modules, the Trident Z, have managed to reach a stable frequency of 5.000MHz through active air cooling, something until now only possible with liquid nitrogen.

Overclocking is quite a popular practice, especially among more advanced users within the industry. The normal thing is to do it to the processor and the graphics card, but the RAM memories can also be subjected to this practice and we can save profiles thanks to Intel XMP technology. One of the biggest manufacturers of RAM is G.Skill, who has announced that it has managed to reach 5.000MHz in its Trident Z modules, with air cooling. This is a milestone in this practice and a frequency never before achieved.

G.Skill has put a Trident Z memory kit to work at 5.000MHz, supported by an air cooling system and a Dual Channel configuration. These frequencies, until now, could only be achieved under extreme cooling, either with dry ice or with liquid nitrogen. This has been achieved on an MSI Z370I Gaming Pro Carbon AC motherboard and the Intel Core i7 8700K processor.

Above all, the higher-end G.Skill modules are based on high-quality DDR4 chips, which have been manufactured by Samsung, even in some RAM kits the chips are chosen one by one. This is the reason why they have been able to reach 5.000MHz and we could see in the future RAM kits that work at these frequencies.

The manufacturing process of chips for DDR4 is increasingly refined and that is why these working frequencies are achieved, yes, what is not refined is production, since the high price of these products is being a headache for those who mount new equipment. We will see if prices drop shortly.