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Ryzen 5 2600X - should I go for 3200 MHz RAM or is 3000 fine?

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Hi Guys,

 

I am building my first pc in a couple years this month and I was wondering if you guys think its worth paying extra for 3200 mhz ram or would there be no difference in buying 3000mhz? 

 

I'm pairing it with a Ryzen 5 2600X and Vega 64 

 

Thanks for the help!

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For a 2600X it's not really worth springing for the 3200Mhz RAM kits, as you will begin to run into other performance limitations before you run into the limitations posed by your RAM being less than 3200Mhz.

 

3000Mhz is more than sufficient for it. Tighten your timings anyway for extra performance, though this can take some effort depending on what RAM you buy, what motherboard you have, and the BIOS version.

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If it was an Intel CPU 3000Mhz would be fine.

But i think for Ryzen 3200Mhz will work better

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Just now, Phentos said:

For a 2600X it's not really worth springing for the 3200Mhz RAM kits, as you will begin to run into other performance limitations before you run into the limitations posed by your RAM being less than 3200Mhz.

 

3000Mhz is more than sufficient for it. Tighten your timings anyway for extra performance, though this can take some effort depending on what RAM you buy, what motherboard you have, and the BIOS version.

Okay thanks! Would it be worth upping the cpu to a r7 2700 if the pc is just for gaming?

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Just now, Radioactive Snowman said:

Okay thanks! Would it be worth upping the cpu to a r7 2700 if the pc is just for gaming?

no

a 2600 + 20-30$ air cooler + OC is actually better and cheaper

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Most ram can be OC'd a little over their given timings, but if you can get the 3200 them go for it.

 

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7 hours ago, Radioactive Snowman said:

I am building my first pc in a couple years this month and I was wondering if you guys think its worth paying extra for 3200 mhz ram or would there be no difference in buying 3000mhz? 

Depends on the Price.

For 5-10€ I'd go with the 3200 one

For more than that I'd stick with DDR4-3000

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6 hours ago, Ben Quigley said:

Most ram can be OC'd a little over their given timings

This.

Most AM4 B450 boards can support 3200Mhz anyway, just go into the BIOS and tweak it the speed & timings manually. I don't know about other manufacturers but ASRock's BIOS is pretty much fool-proof to do so

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3200mhz unless your comfortable overclocking a 3000mhz kit.

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just get 3000 and overclock to 3200 save some money

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