Recently, with the emergence of new opportunities on the market, overclockers are actually squeezing the last juices from DDR5 RAM. The case in question is related to the team from GIGABYTE, who were able to break the record previously recorded on the ASUS ROG Z790 APEX motherboard. The success achieved certainly means that we are already reaching the upper limit when it comes to the possibilities of the DDR5 standard.
Taiwan-based HiCookie, GIGABYTE’s in-house overclocker, has set a new speed record for DDR5 memory by using liquid nitrogen for cooling, boosting the speed of a single module to 11136MHz.
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A renowned overclocking expert used the GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Tachyon motherboard for this. It features a dual-DIMM design and is built to withstand extreme workloads. It was supported by the Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU, but memory was key in all this. Specifically, it was about AORUS DDR5-8333 modules with the serial number “ARS32G83D5”. When it comes to memory kits, it’s hard to find better batches in the current market these days. So let’s get to the actual process.
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Naturally, the effect was achieved by using liquid nitrogen, which overclocked a single memory module to an effective frequency of 11136 MHz (clock: 5567.5 MHz). The throughput was thus 11 Gbps with CAS delays set to CL64-127-127-127-127-2. While it is not specified whether the factory voltage was used, it is rather safe to assume that the memory has been slightly upgraded. Either way, it’s a major achievement for GIGABYTE, which also puts us a little closer to the DDR5-12600 speed limit for the DDR5 standard. Full validation – initially presented in the screenshots in the news – is available successively on the pages HWBOT and CPU-Z.
Source: WCCFTech