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Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB 5200 CL40
DDR5 · 5200 MT/s · CL40 · 2×16GB
0.0%CA$679.99New
Lowest price in CA across retailers
Last updated Sep 9, 2026
Out of stock in CA
Price History & Trend
Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB 5200 CL40 price history in CA: current low CA$679.99, 12-month low CA$679.99, 12-month median CA$679.99.
Price history is aggregated from tracked listings at Newegg Canada.
Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB 5200 CL40 Price Summary
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Kit profile
Price per GB
CA$21.25Lowest price
CA$679.99Capacity
32 GBSpeed
5,200 MT/sCAS latency
CL40Overview
Dominator Platinum has been Corsair's flagship memory line across several DDR generations, distinguished from its Vengeance siblings by a taller aluminum heatsink and an RGB light bar running the length of the top edge. That extra height is worth checking against very large tower coolers in tight cases.
This family spans more than one speed grade: a 5200 MT/s kit at CL40 is a notably looser or tighter bin than another sold under the same name, and 32GB is reached through 2×16GB in every listing here. Compare the CAS number alongside the MT/s figure rather than assuming the flagship badge pins down one fixed spec.
All of it is DDR5 UDIMM, non-ECC, for desktop boards — and like any DDR5 kit it needs its XMP or EXPO profile enabled in BIOS to run at its rated speed rather than the slower default it powers on at.
Technical Specifications
Memory
- Memory type
- DDR5
- Capacity
- 32 GB
- Modules
- 2
- Module size
- 16 GB
Speed & timings
- Speed
- 5,200 MT/s
- CAS latency
- CL40
Form factor & features
- Form factor
- UDIMM
- Category
- desktop
- Brand
- Corsair
- ECC
- ✗
- RGB
- ✓
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Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB 5200 CL40
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