TEAMGROUP Elite DDR5 16GB Kit (2x8GB) 5200MHz (PC5-41600) CL42 Non-ECC Unbuffered 1.1V UDIMM 288 Pin PC Computer Desktop Memory Module Ram Upgrade – TED516G5200C42DC01

Solid Performance
Purchased a few for some builds (16GB and 32GB kits) and they always worked as expected.Pro 1: Plug and play. No XMP or EXPO profiles necessary.Pro 2: Has been error free after months of use.Pro 3: The cost at the time of purchase makes it really easy to jump into DDR5.Pro Tip: Using a RAM overclocking profile can void your warranty.

Hynix IC?
As you may have noticed, the product title has “Hynix IC. SK Hynix is (as of this review) the best DDR5 manufacturer and leads in overclocking and high-clock speed RAM. This review is more based on kits from people I’ve helped get the best performance from the SK Hynix IC teamgroup elite (which includes single dimm versions). My original product when it came to me seemed to already be opened, so I had to return it.Teamgroups have been changing their kits around from M-DIE (best for Ryzen, can be tight for latency) to A-DIE (best for Intel high frequency, latency “compares” at high). The dual kits that I’ve seen so far have mostly been A-die and, on the rare occasion, M-die, as you can check by the labeling on the small chips on the ram (google the numbering X—-). These sticks are great as you won’t have to personally take heatsinks off of other kits, and you can use your own thermal pads. This allows you to functionally take control of your memory and keep it stable. Many companies working on DDR5 products are mishandling their products by not putting thermal pads on the PMIC (the DDR5 VRM Controller gets hot) and cheapening out on thermal tape, which causes your sticks to get hot over time and reduces their performance.For most people, if you are using an Intel system with a “decent” motherboard/cpu combo, you can probably get near 7000 mhz with some time tuning the numbers and voltages. I was able to get 8000 mhz stable through VST/TM5, for example, but your milage may vary.

Did not work at all in Dell PC’s I tested with. Will not POST with this RAM installed.
I purchased three of these 16GB Kit’s for PC upgrades. The systems would not even POST with this memory installed. I tested with Dell XPS 8950 and Dell Inspiron 3020S systems. Both were running current BIOS as of the date that I wrote this review ( Sept 2024). On the other hand, Crucial DDR5 RAM worked well in these systems in the various configurations and speeds that I tested.I’ve normally had good luck with TEAMGROUP RAM. But in this case, it was a complete failure. My return window has closed at Amazon so I’ll have to RMA these with TEAMGROUP.

Good for price
It’s good for the price you pay

Good

16gb (2x8gb) 5200 mhz.I had bought this kit as a stand in while I RMA a larger kit from a different brand.This kit has been great and pretty much plug and play. I enabled XMP in BIOS and haven’t had any stability issues or other. The kit is currently in my workstation/personal rig while a larger kit is being RMA’d. While the size limits my use cases, this could serve others as a great budget option for their main kit. 16gb is still pretty good in the current landscape of applications, especially if your main use is gaming.Speaking of gaming. I haven’t experienced any issues while gaming with this kit. Especially with games that are notorious for their bad caching and RAM usage like Tarkov. Most other games run fine alongside other applications running in the background. I’m also very disorganized when it comes to multiple tabs open in a browser, so this kit has been handling my browsers like a champ.I’m overall satisfied with this kit. I’ll probably keep it around for testing mobo’s and as a replacement kit in a pinch.