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TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan Alpha DDR5-5600 2x8GB 5200 CL40
DDR5 · 5200 MT/s · CL40 · 2×8GB
€262.22New
Lowest price in DE across retailers
Out of stock in DE
Kit profile
Price per GB
€16.39Lowest price
€262.22Capacity
16 GBSpeed
5,200 MT/sCAS latency
CL40Overview
Vulcan Alpha is TeamGroup's mid-range DDR5 desktop kit, sold without RGB and spanning a fair spread of speed grades under one family name — some listings sit at the lower end of DDR5 clocks, others reach considerably faster ratings, and the timings move with them rather than staying fixed.
5200 MT/s kits with tighter CL40 sit at the faster end of the range, while slower-rated listings trade clock speed for looser latency; capacity stays modest throughout, topping out at 16GB across the family. Whichever kit you're looking at, it's worth reading the exact speed off the listing rather than the product name, since two Vulcan Alpha kits can differ meaningfully in what they're actually rated at.
All of it is unbuffered, non-ECC UDIMM DDR5, built for desktop boards, and needs its XMP or EXPO profile enabled in BIOS to run at anything above JEDEC defaults.
Technical Specifications
Memory
- Memory type
- DDR5
- Capacity
- 16 GB
- Modules
- 2
- Module size
- 8 GB
Speed & timings
- Speed
- 5,200 MT/s
- CAS latency
- CL40
Form factor & features
- Form factor
- UDIMM
- Category
- desktop
- Brand
- TeamGroup
- ECC
- ✗
- RGB
- ✗
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TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan Alpha DDR5-5600 2x8GB 5200 CL40
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