Introduction

Neo Forza is one of the newer manufacturers of DRAM memory modules and flash memory products in the consumer market. Under the guidance of parent company Goldkey, Neo Forza is a Taiwanese company founded in 2018 that focuses on enthusiast-grade products.

Neo Forza has a number of established and successful products, of which its memory lineup is the largest. The company prides itself for selecting high-quality chips in a strict filtering process. Neo Forza DDR4 consists of Encke, Faye, Finlay and Mars product lines, while the newly released DDR5 has been given brand new names instead of just a refresh. Neo Forza DDR5 MDK5 and Trinity teased to the public in mid-2022 with RGB, and without; configurations include 32 GB (2x 16 GB) and 64 GB (2x 32 GB) memory kits with frequencies ranging from 4800 MT/s to 7200 MT/s.

What makes this memory somewhat special is that it is a dual-rank high capacity kit. Unlike the majority of DDR5 consumer system memory for sale today, dual-rank has ICs placed on both sides, which increases bandwidth and decreases access time to separate sets of data. The immediate advantage is that there is just more memory per DIMM, with the second advantage being that only two slots are required for the same capacity as four 16 GB DIMMs could provide.


In this review, we will be taking a closer look at the Neo Forza TRINITY DDR5-6000 CL40 2x 32 GB memory kit. Equipped with modest timings of 40-40-40-76 operating at 1.30 V for the 6000 MT/s X.M.P profile. This memory is well-suited for a content creators and gamers who are ideally in need of more system memory beyond 32 GB, while still keeping those performance gains that higher frequency memory can provide compared to the baseline JEDEC 4800 MT/s DDR5. Due to the increased capacity, this memory is certainly not for everyone, but we will benchmark this Neo Forza TRINITY DDR5-6000 DDR5 high capacity 64 GB kit and see how it stacks up to the competition, along with some overclocking as well!

Specifications

Packaging

The Neo Forza TRINITY DDR5-6000 comes in a blister pack with a sheet of paper behind the memory. The packaging itself has the company name in the top-left corner in bold letters with the word DDR5 seen adjacent. All the information about the actual memory can be found on the sticker for each DIMM module. Flip the blister pack around and the back has some product highlights like being "Made in Taiwan" and "Lifetime Warranty," to name a few.

A Closer Look

The Neo Forza TRINITY modules are only available in black with or without RGB lighting. These are also a complete redesign and bear no resemblance to its DDR4 siblings. That is, besides the same Neo Forza logo front and center found on a majority of the company's products.


Right in the center of one side is the Neo Forza logo, while the other side has Neo Forza written in plain text. These both contrast nicely to the bushed aluminium heatspreaders.


Laying the DIMMs on the side, you can see the words Neo Forza written in white text and direct contrast to the black heatspreaders


On one side of each DIMM module is the identification sticker listing the SKU, rated XMP operating frequency, and CAS value. These specifications are a bit harder to read without prior understanding of the formatting. The first two lines of text contain technical specifications useful to the buyer. Missing is the operating voltage, which is helpful to have, but should not be overly concerning due to the DDR5-6000 XMP profile only needing 1.30 V.


The Neo Forza TRINITY DDR5-6000 kit weighs in at 43 grams on the scale. For Z-height, it is 40 mm rounding up with the calipers.


Taking these apart we can see Neo Forza has thermal tape on both sides over the ICs. This particular kit does not have any coverage for the PMIC and surrounding components.


After removing the heatspreader, a double-sided PCB revealed, with eight 2 GB ICs per side for a total of 32 GB for each DIMM. One thing that stands out here is that some of the components that surround the PMIC on single-sided PCBs, have been placed on the other side for these.


A closer look at the ICs shows that these are SK Hynix (H5CG48MEBDX014). Currently, Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix are the three big suppliers of DDR5 ICs. When it comes to overclocking, the general consensus is that SK Hynix does provide the highest frequencies, scales better with higher voltage and has the ability to offer low primary timings that are equal, if not better than the rest. The newly released SK Hynix A-Die can go even further. The kit we have here today is using M-Die, which is the predecessor, but is still quite good in regards to overclocking. In fact the timings can go a bit lower versus A-Die, but the modules can't clock as high in frequency and require more overall voltage for similar timings and configuration.


With DDR5, one of the major changes is how the motherboard directly provides 5 V to the memory module's PMIC, which is then stepped down and split accordingly. No longer is the motherboard responsible for regulating the voltages seen with DDR4. The PMIC on this memory has part number "5100-X50K12" which shows up at "GMT." A quick google search and Global Mixed-Mode Technology comes up as the manufacturer.