G.Skill
G.Skill Ripjaws S5 DDR5-5200 Spec and Price in the United Kingdom
DDR52x32GBUDIMM15.38 ns true latency
The low-profile Ripjaws S5 line's 5200 MT/s class runs the 64GB kit at CL40, per the documented listings — the entry speed of the S5 range for DDR5 builds that want cooler clearance and JEDEC-adjacent clocks.
Tied 89th of 139 models in the RAM catalog on Speed — 6 models share this figure.
Current best price
No tracked price — this page compares specifications alone.
Specifications
- Capacity
- 2x32GB
- True latency
- 15.38 ns
- Memory type
- DDR5
- Speed
- 5200 MT/s
- CAS latency
- Form factor
- UDIMM
- Modules
- 2
- RGB
- No
Capacities
| Configuration | Part number |
|---|---|
| 2x32GB | F5-5200J4040A32GX2-RS5K |
What owners and reviewers say
Summarised from 2 source(s), reviewed September 14, 2026. A source is counted only where it names this model exactly. How we track prices
Commonly praised
- Reviewers found a small but consistent performance gain over baseline DDR5-4800, and judged the modest price step worth taking.
- Its 33 mm low-profile aluminium heat spreaders suit small-form-factor builds, and the sample overclocked to DDR5-5600 at 1.2V.
- Owners report the modules running at their rated or higher speeds once XMP is enabled on a wide range of Intel and AMD boards.
- The low-profile, non-RGB design and good thermals are recurring points of praise.
- Owners describe it as an affordable way into DDR5 and good value at the price.
Commonly criticised
- Availability of the kit was limited at review time, and reviewers were not fond of its black-and-white colour scheme.
- Owners repeatedly note that RAM was overpriced at purchase and that prices fell soon after.
- Owners warn of long first-boot memory training on AM5 systems, with a BIOS update needed before speeds settle.
Guides for this category
How much RAM you actually needHow to size memory from the pressure your machine is under now, why running short quietly costs speed, and when a matched pair beats one stick.RAM speed and latency, and when they matterWhat a kit's MT/s and CAS latency each measure, why true latency is the two together, and the machines where the numbers actually change anything.SO-DIMM vs DIMM: the memory a laptop takesWhy laptop memory is a different module from desktop memory, how DDR4 and DDR5 are keyed apart, and why some machines take no module at all.What is ECC memory, and when you need itWhat error-correcting memory actually catches, how registered and load-reduced modules differ from unbuffered ones, and why the platform decides.
Sources
Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.