A Closer Look

A quick look at the KLEVV Bolt V after removing it from the packaging, it has little resemblance to the DDR4 Bolt series that came before it. This is a new design and currently is only available with one color type for the heatspreaders (shown here). These are also quite low in Z-Height and without any RGB elements either.


In the top center has the product name (BOLT V), with word "KLEVV" in the corner written in white to contrast the gray aluminium heatspreaders. It also doesn't matter which side you look at, they have the same markings.


On one side of each DIMM module is the identification sticker listing the SKU, rated XMP operating frequency at its corresponding voltage of 1.35, and XMP/EXPO related timings. KLEVV keeps the information in an easy-to-read format, which is great for those who aren't that tech-savvy and will have a hard time deciphering a block of text into something useful.


Laying the DIMMs on the side, we can see the word "KLEVV" written in white on one corner.


The KLEVV Bolt V DDR5-6800 Z-Height is 34 mm after rounding up with calipers and weighs in at 37 g on the scale.


After taking the heat spreader off, we see that these are single-sided DIMMs with eight 2 GB ICs. This is as expected for a DDR5 32 GB kit, since densities increased with DDR5. The thermal pad covers all the memory ICs. This particular kit does have coverage for the PMIC and surrounding components.


A closer look at the ICs and KLEVV covers up the actual maker with its own silkscreen. Currently, Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix are the three big suppliers of DDR5 ICs. CPU-Z tells us this is SK Hynix and, from the bin frequency alone, we can tell these are the A-Die revision.


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, as with DDR4. The PMIC has the part number "OP=AH FG1", software reports this as Richtek being the manufacturer.