G.Skill’s EXPO ULL kits just went live with comically high pricing. AMD previously suggested these sticks would hover near standard EXPO prices, but the Trident Z5 NeoX lineup hit retail carrying a premium that inflates from 9% to nearly 80%.
The base CL36 kit is $549.99, and the CL26 flagship goes full yikes at $1,099.99. The CL28 variant at $999.99 gets hit hardest, demanding almost 80% over its $560 regular EXPO cousin, while the CL26 carries a 57% surcharge.
What you get are crazy tight subtimings. tRAS plummets from 96 cycles down to 32, and secondary settings like tREFI, tRRDS, and tWR receive major tightening.
Every NeoX stick runs at 1.35V while some normal EXPO modules demand up to 1.45V, lowering heat and leaving headroom. But the real cost comes from AMD’s brutal binning process, which hunts for ICs that can keep these aggressive timings at such low voltage.
Expect to drop four figures on the CL26 kit, a hard flex for deep-pocketed enthusiasts.
The base CL36 kit is $549.99, and the CL26 flagship goes full yikes at $1,099.99. The CL28 variant at $999.99 gets hit hardest, demanding almost 80% over its $560 regular EXPO cousin, while the CL26 carries a 57% surcharge.
What you get are crazy tight subtimings. tRAS plummets from 96 cycles down to 32, and secondary settings like tREFI, tRRDS, and tWR receive major tightening.
Every NeoX stick runs at 1.35V while some normal EXPO modules demand up to 1.45V, lowering heat and leaving headroom. But the real cost comes from AMD’s brutal binning process, which hunts for ICs that can keep these aggressive timings at such low voltage.
Expect to drop four figures on the CL26 kit, a hard flex for deep-pocketed enthusiasts.
