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G.SKILL’S NEW ‘ROYAL’ MEMORY DEMANDS ALL OTHER RAM KITS TO BEND THE KNEE

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RAM that’s fit for a king or queen.

G.Skill has gone all fancy with its newest DDR4 memory kit. The company just launched its Trident Z Royal series, and what sets it apart from other RAM is a full-length crystallin­e light bar plopped on top of a polished heatspread­er, with 8-zone RGB lighting, naturally.

It’s unique enough that G.Skill filed for a patent on the design, which it says is currently pending. “The patent of the crystallin­e design on PC components has been applied for across major countries,” G.Skill says.

The new memory kit is available with gold and silver heatspread­ers, depending on your preference. Both versions sport the crystallin­e light bar, which is “meticulous­ly crafted to display just the right amount of light refraction.” G.Skill also includes a microfiber cloth with these kits so you can wipe away finger smudges and dust.

Beyond the bling, these are high performanc­e kits available in a variety of speeds, up to DDR4-4600. There are over two dozen kits in all, including a couple of 128GB memory kits consisting of eight 16GB modules.

G.Skill didn’t say what memory chips it’s using for any of these kits, though we suspect Samsung B-die ICs might be found in some of the faster clocked ones, as G.Skill uses in some of its other Trident Z memory.

There’s also no mention of price. We’ve asked G.Skill in the past to share pricing informatio­n and was told it doesn’t do that because the market for memory often fluctuates. We’ll find out soon enough though—G.Skill says the Trident Z Royal line will hit store shelves this month.

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