KITGURU SHORTLISTS: THE BEST MEMORY OF 2023

TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan α DDR5-6000 is an obvious budget match for AMD Ryzen 7000. We like the compact heat spreaders that stand a mere 30mm above your motherboard. This makes it dead easy to install the largest possible AIO cooler in the roof of your case where clearance is often very tight.

G.SKILL's Trident Z Royal memory is absolutely superb. Our 4000MHz C17 kit delivered excellent performance when ran at the preferential 3800MHz clock speed with 1900MHz CPU tie-in frequencies. In most cases, the 2x16GB set of dual-rank modules delivered chart-topping performance. And overclocking to 3800MHz 14-14-14 at 1.45V was another boost that we were very happy to see.

We like the Kingston Fury Renegade RGB memory set that we tested a lot. The kit does not necessarily excel in any particular area, but its balance between performance, understated design, and cost make it a very real contender...

I really like Kingston’s inclusion of multiple EXPO and XMP modes. This is an ideal quality touch for users who perhaps updated to a flaky BIOS and need to drop the frequency a bit. And if you switch between Intel and AMD platforms, the inclusion of both EXPO and XMP is convenient.

There’s a lot to like from the G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB DDR5 kit. Out-of-the-box performance is solid in applications that will take advantage of a strong mix between 6000MHz memory frequency and tight – 36-36-36 – timings; 7-Zip file compression is the perfect example there, and gaming performance is also a little improved versus a 5200MHz C36 competitor.