G.Skill
DDR5 · 5600 MT/s · CL36 · 2×16GB
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Last updated Sep 9, 2026
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G.Skill Ripjaws S5 DDR5-5600 2x16GB CL36 price history in CA: current low CA$749.99, 12-month low CA$368.44, 12-month median CA$749.99.
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Ripjaws S5 keeps G.Skill's plain, low-profile heatspreader with no lighting — a design chosen for clearing large air coolers and keeping cost down rather than for a particular look.
The family is rated 5600 MT/s across the board, but CAS latency splits it into two bins — a CL36 kit is tighter or looser than another sold at the same speed under the same name, which is the number worth comparing. This one is 2×16GB at 32GB.
It's DDR5 UDIMM, non-ECC, for standard desktop boards. As with any DDR5 kit, the rated 5600 MT/s only applies with its XMP or EXPO profile enabled in BIOS.
Flare X5 is a heatspreader-only DDR5-6000 line built for clearance-constrained builds, and within this 6000 MT/s grade every listing shares that one headline speed — the CL bin and capacity are the only things actually separating listings.
FURY Beast at 6000 spans three CL grades under one name plus a four-module 64GB option its 5600 sibling doesn't offer, which makes matching the exact SKU more important here than with most families.
DDR5 doubled the bandwidth and moved power regulation onto the module. Whether that is worth paying for depends entirely on which platform you are building.
Crucial Pro trades looks for a compatibility-first, overclocking-headroom pitch, and within this 6400 MT/s grade, CAS latency -- not the shared headline speed -- is the number that actually separates one listing from another.
16 GB is no longer comfortable, 32 GB is the sensible default, and 64 GB is a workload decision rather than a future-proofing one.
Capacity avoids stutter caused by running out of memory; speed affects how efficiently the CPU feeds data to the GPU. They solve different problems, and buying enough of the first one before spending on the second is the right order.