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Ram speed vs Timings

Rowan Schaack
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Hi, i was wondering if it is better to get ram with faster timings or faster frequency. I am considering getting the patriot viper steel 3733mhz and timings of 17-21-21-41 for £79 or patriot viper steel 3600mhz and timings of 17-19-19-39 for £76 or corsair vengeance 3200mhz with timings of 16-18-18-36 for £70.

 

If there are any better value kits in the UK for 3rd Gen ryzen (i am going to be using getting a ryzen 5 3600 and msi tommahawk b450) please could you recommend (ideally under £80) 

 

Thank you for your advice! :)

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4 minutes ago, Rowan Schaack said:

Hi, i was wondering if it is better to get ram with faster timings or faster frequency. I am considering getting the patriot viper steel 3733mhz and timings of 17-21-21-41 for £79 or patriot viper steel 3600mhz and timings of 17-19-19-39 for £76 or corsair vengeance 3200mhz with timings of 16-18-18-36 for £70.

 

If there are any better value kits in the UK for 3rd Gen ryzen (i am going to be using getting a ryzen 5 3600 and msi tommahawk b450) please could you recommend (ideally under £80) 

 

Thank you for your advice! :)

Out of the 3 you have listed I would go with the viper steel 3600 with the fast secondary timings you should beable to hit 3733 without adjusting the timings on it. I have Corsair Vengence Pro 3000Mhz 16-20-20-38 and have it OC to 3333Mhz with no adjustments at all. 

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Viper steel 3600MHz is the best from what you've listed, but this seems to be even cheaper for the same stuff underneath

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/kK3mP6/patriot-viper-4-blackout-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3600-memory-pvb416g360c7k

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1 minute ago, qm3ster said:

Does 3600 even benefit from 3733 over 3600?
Isn't 3600 what would actually be giving you 1:1 with infinity fabric most of the time?

Max potential FCLK ranges from 1800MHz to 1933MHz, so it really depends on how good your CPU is.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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