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G.Skill Ripjaws S5 DDR5-5200 2x32GB
DDR5 · 5200 MT/s · CL40 · 2×32GB
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64 GBSpeed
5,200 MT/sCAS latency
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Overview
Ripjaws S5 is G.Skill's plain-finish line in DDR5: a low-profile heatspreader with no lighting, shaped to clear tall air coolers without a fight, rather than one of the taller finned designs the brand also sells.
This 64GB kit is configured as 2×32GB, rated 5200 MT/s CL40. At this end of the DDR5 range the CAS rating matters as much as the transfer speed for how the family actually behaves — a slower CAS at a higher MT/s figure is not automatically the quicker module. Enable the XMP or EXPO profile in BIOS to actually reach 5200 MT/s; without it the kit runs at a JEDEC fallback.
It's UDIMM, unbuffered and non-ECC — standard desktop board territory, not a fit for boards that require registered memory.
Technical Specifications
Memory
- Memory type
- DDR5
- Capacity
- 64 GB
- Modules
- 2
- Module size
- 32 GB
Speed & timings
- Speed
- 5,200 MT/s
- CAS latency
- CL40
Form factor & features
- Form factor
- UDIMM
- Category
- desktop
- Brand
- G.Skill
- ECC
- ✗
- RGB
- ✗
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