Ram Sweet spot

[xikerm61]

Hey guys/girls,

 

I recently got a little bit of dosh, I've picked out an i9 9900k (why not lol), bought the z390 MSI gaming plus this board supports up to 4400mhz, been looking around seeing what peoples verdicts on what ram speeds would be good some people say its pointless to go that high  but no one has added if dual kits or quad kits benefits or where the sweet spot speeds are for the CPU are at,  Linus mentions on an older video when 4266 ( i7 7700k model) was out but don't know if that still applies two generations later, just looking for best performance for my rig so later down the track I won't be wondering did I get the best speed and then have that ich everyday lol

 

any help would be extremely appreciated also note not interested in amd 

[PopsicleHustler]

Highly depends on specific tasks. But general rule is that going higher than 3000 is not that useful.

[Jurrunio]

Do you manually adjust frequency and timings?

 

and if anything, hitting higher CPU core clock with a better motherboard is better for your performance.

[xikerm61]

2 minutes ago, PopsicleHustler said:

Highly depends on specific tasks. But general rule is that going higher than 3000 is not that useful.

 I just game but looking towards doing some youtube videos etc

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Do you manually adjust frequency and timings?

 

and if anything, hitting higher CPU core clock with a better motherboard is better for your performance.

No, I don't that's kinda out of my knowledge base, so you're saying ram isn't really a big thing to consider towards overall performance? (i should have added more detail to my question sorry)

[MadmanRB]

DDR4 3000 should be good enough for video editing.

Above that is some diminishing returns

[xikerm61]

5 minutes ago, MadmanRB said:

DDR4 3000 should be good enough for video editing.

Above that is some diminishing returns

Awesome,

 

Thank you, everyone, for your help

[Jurrunio]

23 minutes ago, xikerm61 said:

No, I don't that's kinda out of my knowledge base, so you're saying ram isn't really a big thing to consider towards overall performance? (i should have added more detail to my question sorry)

no I didn't say that, memory is important especially when some cheap 3000MHz CL15/16 kits are approaching 2400MHz and 2666MHz ones in pricing, I wont say no to extra speed for 10-20% higher price on memory alone (which gets diluted by the overall price of the machine anyway). It's just that memory are getting so cheap that 3600MHz CL19 kits can sometimes be had for lower budget as well. Now, these kits have bad XMP profile performance, even 3000MHz CL16 are faster. However their tuning potentials are greater than 3000MHz or even 3200MHz CL16 ones, capable of reaching their timings at a higher frequency (if not both higher frequency and lower timings). That's why I asked if you will be tuning them yourself.

 

If you won't then answer is simple. Get a 2933-3200 CL15 or 16 memory kit.

[xikerm61]

5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

no I didn't say that, memory is important especially when some cheap 3000MHz CL15/16 kits are approaching 2400MHz and 2666MHz ones in pricing, I wont say no to extra speed for 10-20% higher price on memory alone (which gets diluted by the overall price of the machine anyway). It's just that memory are getting so cheap that 3600MHz CL19 kits can sometimes be had for lower budget as well. Now, these kits have bad XMP profile performance, even 3000MHz CL16 are faster. However their tuning potentials are greater than 3000MHz or even 3200MHz CL16 ones, capable of reaching their timings at a higher frequency (if not both higher frequency and lower timings). That's why I asked if you will be tuning them yourself.

 

If you won't then answer is simple. Get a 2933-3200 CL15 or 16 memory kit.

ah that makes sense why you asked, yeah sadly tuning is not my strong point, thank you for your help Jurrunio