2nd Gen Ryzen recommended ram speed

[Snarky]

Planning to get a ryzen 5 2600 to get me started in pc building and I was wondering if I could get a 3600 mhz 2x8GB kit for future proofing and run it at 3200 mhz.

[Haro]

Depends on what the imc and the Interconnect can handle. Technically anything over 2933 is not guaranteed though. 

1 minute ago, Snarky said:

kit for future proofing and run it at 3200 mhz

You can technically. 

 

1 minute ago, Snarky said:

ryzen 5 2600

Consider a 1600 af (basically a lower binned 2600). Or a 3300x those will probably be cheaper and the 3300x will be better in most cases unless that workload is heavily multi threaded. 

[Slammer]

5 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

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As you already said it is technically possible but it could not work sometimes. I can't even run my 2600 with ramspeeds above 2933 or it will crash no matter what i do. Its a matter of trial and error for those things. 

[Haro]

4 minutes ago, Slammer said:

can't even run my 2600 with ramspeeds above 2933

Well yes I just said anything over 2933 is technically not guaranteed. 

[GoldenLag]

Just stick tl 3200mhz cl16, unless you have an exceptional deal on 3600mhz cl16 id just grab the cheaper kit as its relativly minor gains. 

 

Grabbing a crucial ballistics kit if you want to overclock it in the future, as those kits are for the most part Rev E.