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Hey there, I'm about to build a new computer and I've chosen all the parts already. The goals were: Compact and quiet - and as cool as possible with air. Case: Fractal Design Define C (Non-windowed, I'm sick of RGB) Fans: BeQuiet Silent Wings 3 PWM and their high-speed variants (chosen for their good performance while still staying quiet af) CPU: AMD Ryzen 3900X RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT (2x 16GB, 3000 MHz, Micron E-Die) Board: AsRock X570 Taichi GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (some custom model, haven't decided on that one yet) PSU: BeQuiet Straight Power 11 750W Storage: One NVMe and one SATA SSD As you already know by reading the title: I don't know how the fan configuration should look like. Yes, I know I should maintain positive airflow. But I'm wondering if my current idea really cuts it. In this configuration, I only picked 120mm fans, the 3 in the front are "high-speed" while the others are lower rpm and the top is blocked. I now think that the fan in the back would need some help to handle everything. Should I maybe add 2 more fans in the top? Should I exchange the front fans for two 140mm ones? Is the bottom fan maybe even pointless? I hope you can help me with that. (And sorry, I'm not speaking English natively which you maybe already noticed.)

I wanted to have 32GB Trident Z RGB to go along with my Ryzen 7 1700. I focused maximum clock over everything else. So I got 2x 16GB DDR4-3600 CL17. My result: It was running nicely @2933MHz, but I was unable to push it ANY higher. So I returned it. Just ordered the same kit, but DDR4-3200 CL14 this time. Maybe I can get it working at 3200. If not: It's not that bad, so I got at least better timings this time.

According to the thread on reddit you mentioned earlier, the 3600 CL17 (F4-3600C17D-32GTZR) I mentioned before is b-die as well (no information about the 3466 CL16). But since RAM clock is more important than latency, I'll go with the 3600 and try to get it as high as I can. Thank you so much for this thread and your reply. It helped a lot.

In case that's a reply to my questions: I already made my decision to buy Ryzen. I'm not building an entire new rig, just upgrading my current one. I already have a GPU and a CPU cooler I can still use. I'm not on a fixed budget or something. Just wanna have the best possible performance and don't wanna spend a fortune on DIMMs which may get outperformed by cheaper ones.

Hey, I have plans on upgrading to Ryzen and I want that fancy Trident Z RGB DIMMs, too. But I want 32GB of RAM and that again opens up some questions for me. I was already able to figure out most things by myself, but still want a confirmation - just to see if I am right. Please note that I'm not a noob when it comes to building a pc, I even know how to overclock a CPU, but RAM OC is totally new to me. G.Skill uses different dies for their DIMMs. For best performance, I still should go for something with Samsung B-Dies. Using only 2 DIMMs puts less pressure to the IMC, so I should go for 2x16 instead of 4x8. 16GB sticks are dual ranked - giving better performance than 8GB single ranked would do. (Which results also in less pressure to IMC but still better performance when only comparing those 2 scenarios with 32GB) I have a few kits to choose from, priced almost the same: 3200 CL14, 3466 CL16, 3600 CL17 - I should go for the highest clock and do not care much about timings in the first place. Do I really have to care about speeds and timings anyways since I have to fine-tune? Or should I just go for the cheapest one with B-Dies and tune myself? My questions may look a lil' bit "nooby", but in fact I spend lots of hours to figure out everything. And since AGESA updates change a lot all the time, I often find outdated information - not knowing what's still true and what's not. I hope everything was understandable since I'm not speaking English natively. Thanks in advance to anyone helping me out. Botlike