G.Skill announced a new DDR4 SO-DIMM memory kit that it claimed is the fastest in the world.
The G.Skill Ripjaws series is known to offer blazing fast memory frequencies, and round the firm clock cycle appears to be set on releasing new and faster kits every couple of months. (yes, that is a very bad pun)
The new memory kit features hand-binned Samsung B-die DDR4 ICs, very much like the company’s previous record holder. So too, the capacity, CAS latency, and voltage are identical to the previously available DDR4-3800 kit, with the new 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-4000 SO-DIMM kit featuring CAS timings of 18-18-18-38 running at 1.35V.
The new 32GB kit of DDR4-4000 SO-DIMM memory was tested using an ASRock X299E-ITX/ac mini-ITX motherboard with an Intel Core i9-7900X processor. The new high-speed memory seems to be purpose-built for this X299 platform.
While pricing was not disclosed, the new RAM kit should go on sale in Q1 of next year.
