G.Skill
DDR5 · 6000 MT/s · CL28 · 2×16GB
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Last updated Sep 30, 2026
G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB CL28 price history in CA: current low CA$1,147.11, 12-month low CA$1,147.11, 12-month median CA$1,479.99.
Price history is aggregated from tracked listings at Newegg Canada.
Great time to buy — current price is 22% below the 3-month median.
Price history is aggregated from tracked listings at Newegg Canada.
The Neo RGB branch of Trident Z5 is G.Skill's kit validated against AMD's EXPO profile rather than the Intel-first XMP that the standard Trident Z5 ships with. Every kit in this family carries the RGB light bar across the top — it isn't an optional trim level here.
Capacity is where the range spreads out more than speed does: 2×16GB gives 32GB in this listing, and the family runs from smaller paired kits up to sets meant for boards with four slots populated. Rated 6000 MT/s CL28 is only reached once EXPO — or XMP, on Intel boards that support translating it — is switched on in firmware; left on defaults, the same stick runs well under its rating.
This is DDR5 UDIMM, tall enough that it's worth checking clearance against a large air cooler before ordering.
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.