BDie or Not for ryzen

baz_ · 25 Oct 2020 at 17:39

Hey guys, Im building a new rig for my son, Just wondering is Bdie such a big deal with Ryzen? Im looking at the
G.SKILL F4-3600C17D-32GTZR or the 8pack 3600 Ram. Currently moving him from an i5 8600k to possible the new 5800x Ryzen for xmas. So starting to get board etc in just now an hoping to get a CPU for xmas lol

Joxeon · 25 Oct 2020 at 18:52

Depends on what resolution you want to game at as 4K etc won't make much of a difference although at 1080p you can gain quite a bit, also bear in mind that cheaper ram will still beat B-die if you tune it yourself vs just setting XMP on B-die. The bigger gains come from manual tuning which is where B-die really shines.

michty_me · 25 Oct 2020 at 20:45

Micron rev E RAM sticks have done a lot of people on Zen 2 well.
I've OC'd my 2x16Gb sticks from 3200CL16 to 3733CL16 no issue.

koooowweeee · 25 Oct 2020 at 20:57

Why not use the ram you already have? I'm sure your son won't notice I few FPS less

baz_ · 26 Oct 2020 at 00:13

koooowweeee said:
Why not use the ram you already have? I'm sure your son won't notice I few FPS less

Because his ram will be kept for his old rig to get passed down to his younger sibling at 4yr old lol.