G.Skill has reached a $2.4 million settlement to resolve a 2022 class action lawsuit regarding the marketing of its Trident Z and Ripjaw DDR4 and DDR5 memory kits. The suit alleged the company failed to disclose that overclocking is required to reach rated speeds.
Eligible U.S. consumers are now receiving cash payouts, with reported amounts ranging from $19.68 to $24.60. G.Skill denied all allegations of improper labeling but agreed to update its packaging and listings to clarify that XMP or EXPO profiles must be enabled.
The settlement highlights the gap between JEDEC baselines and advertised speeds. While kits default to lower speeds for compatibility, reaching the DDR5-5600 or DDR5-6400 specs of modern AMD and Intel CPUs now requires explicit warnings about overclocking risks.