Is it worth paying an extra £10 for 3600mhz RAM over 3200Mhz?
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I would say so if it is a Ryzen build.
As long as you've also got enough of it to futureproof yourself until the move to DDR5, and it's fast enough, it could well do the job with the Ryzen 4* series (assuming you dont have to do a platform upgrade)
As long as you've also got enough of it to futureproof yourself until the move to DDR5, and it's fast enough, it could well do the job with the Ryzen 4* series (assuming you dont have to do a platform upgrade)
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Ryzen loves higher clocked ram
What specs for the build have you gone for?
What specs for the build have you gone for?
Yes
Ryzen 3600
Vega 64
B450 Tomahawk
Still waiting for a good power supply deal to show itself to me.
Soldato
PSU... maybe this?
MOBO... B550s just coming out now, may as well go for it? the B550 Tomahawk, or this Gigabyte Aorus Elite will do you well also.
RAM wise... for the sake of £10, yeah why not get a 3600MHz kit, Ryzen loves better RAM speeds. 3200 is the 'sweet spot', but 3600 is also a a small 2-5 fps difference in some game benchmarks I've seen.
MOBO... B550s just coming out now, may as well go for it? the B550 Tomahawk, or this Gigabyte Aorus Elite will do you well also.
RAM wise... for the sake of £10, yeah why not get a 3600MHz kit, Ryzen loves better RAM speeds. 3200 is the 'sweet spot', but 3600 is also a a small 2-5 fps difference in some game benchmarks I've seen.
It depends on the RAM.
If you go from low latency 3200 to high latency 3600 at worst you could lose performance, it isn't as black and white as raw clockspeed.
How much are you intending to spend on RAM and which RAM are you considering?
Also give this a read: https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3508-ryzen-3000-memory-benchmark-best-ram-fclk-uclock-mclock
If you go from low latency 3200 to high latency 3600 at worst you could lose performance, it isn't as black and white as raw clockspeed.
How much are you intending to spend on RAM and which RAM are you considering?
Also give this a read: https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3508-ryzen-3000-memory-benchmark-best-ram-fclk-uclock-mclock
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Depends if the 3600 Ram has good timings. No point paying £10 over 3200 if the 3600 kit is something like CL18/CL19 and the 3200 kit is CL16. Won't make any noticeable difference, and you can use Ryzen dram calc to tweak it anyway.
How much are they individually? There might be better in the price range.
Regardless, the 3600 is CL18, I'm not sure if I'd bother.
Chances are there's better within the price range, there definitely is on OCUK given the Corsair LPX 3200 is £89.99, such as the following:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Regardless, the 3600 is CL18, I'm not sure if I'd bother.
Chances are there's better within the price range, there definitely is on OCUK given the Corsair LPX 3200 is £89.99, such as the following:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3333MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX433C16PB3K2/16)= £82.99
Total: £82.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)
Various Youtuberrs have done tests and found it to give benefits when gaming.
I can't find the LPX Vengeance 3200 for £62 so I'm not sure what their specs are.
Sounds like a better deal then if you don't intend to overclock to 3600MHz.