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Excludes sibling models and other generations."},{"id":"gtins","label":"GTIN / EAN","group":"General","type":"list","compare":false,"item":"text","variant":true},{"id":"announce_date","label":"Announced","group":"General","type":"date","help":"The maker's first announcement of this model. This is separate from first retail availability."},{"id":"status","label":"Status","group":"General","type":"enum","options":{"available":"Available","discontinued":"Discontinued","cancelled":"Cancelled"}},{"id":"predecessor","label":"Predecessor","group":"General","type":"product","compare":false,"help":"The model this one directly replaced, in the same line, tier and size, as the maker or a trusted review names it."},{"id":"successor","label":"Successor","group":"General","type":"product","compare":false,"help":"The model that directly replaced this one, in the same line, tier and size. A revision such as a Slim or OLED model does not count when a next generation exists."},{"id":"launch_price_usd","label":"Launch price (US)","group":"General","type":"number","unit":"USD","variant":true,"help":"The maker's US launch MSRP for the stated configuration, excluding tax. Current store prices and later discounts do not qualify."},{"id":"launch_price_eur","label":"Launch price (EU)","group":"General","type":"number","unit":"EUR","variant":true,"help":"The maker's euro launch price for the stated configuration, including VAT as published. Current store prices and later discounts do not qualify."},{"id":"markets","label":"Markets","group":"General","type":"list","item":"text","variant":true,"help":"ISO country or region codes where this exact model or variant is sold. A source page's language does not establish availability."},{"id":"colors","label":"Colours","group":"General","type":"list","item":"text","variant":true,"help":"The maker's own colour names"},{"id":"manufacturer_url","label":"Product page","group":"Links","type":"url","compare":false},{"id":"spec_sheet_url","label":"Spec sheet","group":"Links","type":"url","compare":false},{"id":"manual_url","label":"Manual","group":"Links","type":"url","compare":false},{"id":"eprel_registration_number","label":"EPREL registration number","group":"Links","type":"text","compare":false,"variant":true,"help":"Id in the EU energy label database. Each size or model of a series has its own id, so it is per variant."},{"id":"warranty_years","label":"Manufacturer warranty (source market)","group":"Warranty","type":"number","unit":"years","help":"The maker's warranty period for the exact SKU or configuration and market named in the source note. It applies only to that stated market, not every regional variant. Statutory consumer rights are excluded. The base term is stored. An extension that needs registration goes in the source note."},{"id":"ram_type","label":"Memory type","group":"General","type":"enum","options":{"ddr4":"DDR4","ddr5":"DDR5","lpddr5x":"LPDDR5X","other":"Other"},"help":"Memory generation. A kit line sold in two generations is two products."},{"id":"module_type","label":"Module type","group":"General","type":"enum","options":{"udimm":"UDIMM","cudimm":"CUDIMM","sodimm":"SO-DIMM","csodimm":"CSODIMM","rdimm":"RDIMM","camm2":"CAMM2","lpcamm2":"LPCAMM2"},"help":"UDIMM is the standard desktop module and SO-DIMM the laptop module. CUDIMM and CSODIMM add a clock driver on the module. RDIMM is a registered server or workstation module. The clock driver decides. A kit with a clock driver on the module is CUDIMM even when the maker's spec table or sheet title says UDIMM."},{"id":"ram_gb","label":"Kit capacity","group":"Kit","type":"list","item":"integer","unit":"GB","variant":true,"short_label":"Capacity","help":"Total of all modules in one kit, e.g. 32 for 2 x 16 GB."},{"id":"module_count","label":"Modules per kit","group":"Kit","type":"list","item":"integer","variant":true},{"id":"module_capacity_gb","label":"Capacity per module","group":"Kit","type":"list","item":"integer","unit":"GB","variant":true},{"id":"ram_rated_speed_mts","label":"Rated speed","group":"Speed and timings","type":"list","item":"integer","unit":"MT/s","variant":true,"short_label":"Speed","help":"Data rate of the kit's fastest XMP or EXPO profile, the speed on the label. A kit without a profile shows its JEDEC speed. A speed the maker writes in MHz, such as 6000MHz, is the data rate, so it is 6000 MT/s."},{"id":"cas_latency","label":"CAS latency (CL)","group":"Speed and timings","type":"list","item":"integer","variant":true,"short_label":"CL","help":"CAS latency at the rated speed, in clock cycles. Lower is quicker at the same speed."},{"id":"timings","label":"Timings","group":"Speed and timings","type":"list","item":"text","variant":true,"filter":"contains","help":"Primary timings at the rated speed in the order tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS, as the maker writes them. Timings of the profile on the label, which is profile 1 when the maker numbers them. Other profiles at the same speed go in the source note."},{"id":"voltage_v","label":"Voltage","group":"Speed and timings","type":"list","item":"number","unit":"V","variant":true,"help":"DRAM voltage at the rated speed."},{"id":"oc_profiles","label":"Overclocking profiles","group":"Speed and timings","type":"list","item":"enum","variant":true,"options":{"xmp_2":"Intel XMP 2.0","xmp_3":"Intel XMP 3.0","expo":"AMD EXPO","expo_ull":"AMD EXPO ULL","none":"None (no XMP or EXPO)"},"help":"Profiles stored on the modules. EXPO ULL is AMD's EXPO Ultra Low Latency profile. None means the kit has no XMP or EXPO profile and runs from its default SPD settings. This includes a faster default speed with no profile, such as Kingston Plug N Play. Every DDR5 kit listed as Intel XMP is XMP 3.0. Every DDR4 kit listed as Intel XMP is XMP 2.0. The order follows the maker's list, profile 1 first."},{"id":"jedec_speed_mts","label":"Default speed (JEDEC)","group":"Speed and timings","type":"list","item":"integer","unit":"MT/s","variant":true,"help":"Speed the kit runs at without a profile. Makers call it SPD speed or default speed. The data rate in MT/s. A maker's SPD speed written in MHz, such as 5600MHz, is 5600 MT/s. A tool such as CPU-Z shows half the data rate, so DDR5-2400 in CPU-Z is 4800 MT/s."},{"id":"jedec_cas_latency","label":"Default CAS latency (JEDEC)","group":"Speed and timings","type":"list","item":"integer","variant":true,"help":"CAS latency at the default speed. The kit's own default timings from its datasheet count, even when they differ from the JEDEC standard bin, as on Kingston Plug N Play kits."},{"id":"jedec_voltage_v","label":"Default voltage (JEDEC)","group":"Speed and timings","type":"list","item":"number","unit":"V","variant":true,"help":"DRAM voltage at the default speed."},{"id":"module_ranks","label":"Rank","group":"Modules","type":"list","item":"enum","variant":true,"options":{"single":"Single rank","dual":"Dual rank"},"help":"Ranks on one module, from the maker's datasheet or a review. Single-sided or double-sided does not give the rank on DDR5, so it is not used to set it."},{"id":"dram_chips","label":"DRAM chips","group":"Modules","type":"list","item":"text","variant":true,"filter":"contains","help":"Chip maker and die as named by the maker or found in a review. The same part number can ship with other chips over time. Only when a photo or teardown shows the chips or the maker states them. The row names the tested part number."},{"id":"ram_ecc","label":"ECC","group":"Modules","type":"boolean","help":"Modules sold as ECC, with error correction across the whole module. The on-die ECC inside every DDR5 chip does not count."},{"id":"heat_spreader","label":"Heat spreader","group":"Modules","type":"boolean","help":"A heat spreader or cover is fitted on the modules."},{"id":"height_mm","label":"Module height","group":"Modules","type":"number","unit":"mm","help":"Height of one module from the bottom edge of the contacts to the top, with the heat spreader and light bar as sold. It decides the clearance under large CPU air coolers. This is the vertical height standing in the slot, not the board thickness. Makers write L x W x H, and some call the standing height W. Use the middle number of the three. A size with only two numbers gives length and height, so the smaller is the height. The longest is the module length and the smallest the thickness."},{"id":"rgb_lighting","label":"RGB lighting","group":"Lighting and software","type":"boolean","help":"Lighting the user can set."},{"id":"lighting_ecosystems","label":"Lighting sync","group":"Lighting and software","type":"list","item":"text","help":"Motherboard and app lighting ecosystems the maker lists, as a short name without a version: ASUS Aura Sync, MSI Mystic Light, Gigabyte RGB Fusion, ASRock Polychrome Sync, CORSAIR iCUE. When the maker names only motherboard brands for lighting control, each brand is written as its system, such as ASUS Aura Sync for ASUS."},{"id":"software_name","label":"Software","group":"Lighting and software","type":"text","help":"Maker's app for lighting or settings."},{"id":"measured_aida64","label":"AIDA64 memory test (measured)","group":"Measured","type":"table","columns":[{"id":"model_number","label":"Part number","type":"text"},{"id":"cpu","label":"CPU","type":"text"},{"id":"speed_mts","label":"Speed","type":"integer","unit":"MT/s"},{"id":"timings","label":"Timings","type":"text"},{"id":"read_mbs","label":"Read","type":"integer","unit":"MB/s"},{"id":"write_mbs","label":"Write","type":"integer","unit":"MB/s"},{"id":"copy_mbs","label":"Copy","type":"integer","unit":"MB/s"},{"id":"latency_ns","label":"Latency","type":"number","unit":"ns"}],"help":"AIDA64 Cache and Memory Benchmark results from a reviewer, one row per tested kit and setting. Read, write and copy are in MB/s as AIDA64 prints them, where 1 MB is 1,048,576 bytes. Results depend on the CPU and board, so compare rows from the same CPU only. AIDA64 switches a result of 100 GB/s or more to GB/s, where 1 GB is 1024 MB, so 113.64 GB/s is stored as 116367 MB/s, rounded to a whole MB/s. The printed figure goes in the source note."},{"id":"measured_overclock","label":"Overclock reached (measured)","group":"Measured","type":"table","columns":[{"id":"model_number","label":"Part number","type":"text"},{"id":"cpu","label":"CPU","type":"text"},{"id":"speed_mts","label":"Speed","type":"integer","unit":"MT/s"},{"id":"timings","label":"Timings","type":"text"},{"id":"voltage_v","label":"Voltage","type":"number","unit":"V"}],"help":"Highest stable setting a reviewer reached with their sample. Other samples can reach less."},{"id":"lifetime_warranty","label":"Lifetime warranty","group":"Warranty","type":"boolean","help":"The maker gives a limited lifetime warranty. 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