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Hey guys,

 

im interested in the 16 gb G.Skill Trident Z Royal gold ram sticks. My CPU is the ryzen 7 3700x. Im going with 3600mhz but i am not sure which one to choose because there are different cl timings and i dont know how much it would impact the perfomance.

1. G.Skill Trident Z Royal gold DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3600, CL16-19-19-39 137Euros

2. G.Skill Trident Z Royal gold DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3600, CL17-18-18-38 169Euros 

3. G.Skill Trident Z Royal gold DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3600, CL16-16-16-36 210Euros 

Which one would you reccomend me. the 3rd option for 210Euro will probably have the best perfomance but its sold out right now. will it be really that noticeable from the 2nd or 1st, or should i just buy the 2nd?

 

 

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1. Decent Micron Rev.E

2. Ok Samsung B-die

3. Better Samsung B-die

 

You will be hard pushed to see any difference between them without manual overclocking. Even if you do manually overclock them you can only feel the difference in select tasks that heavily uses the memory.

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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25 minutes ago, kellogs12 said:

Hey guys,

 

im interested in the 16 gb G.Skill Trident Z Royal gold ram sticks. My CPU is the ryzen 7 3700x. Im going with 3600mhz but i am not sure which one to choose because there are different cl timings and i dont know how much it would impact the perfomance.

1. G.Skill Trident Z Royal gold DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3600, CL16-19-19-39 137Euros

2. G.Skill Trident Z Royal gold DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3600, CL17-18-18-38 169Euros 

3. G.Skill Trident Z Royal gold DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3600, CL16-16-16-36 210Euros 

Which one would you reccomend me. the 3rd option for 210Euro will probably have the best perfomance but its sold out right now. will it be really that noticeable from the 2nd or 1st, or should i just buy the 2nd?

 

 

personally i'd just go first because 1fps isnt worth 32 quid to me, and 2fps isnt worth 73.

Now im not a overclocker but i think first one may be better anyway cuz the first numbers the important-er ones i think. You might just be able to oc the first one down as low if not lower if you wanted that extra frame anyway.

Other answers will follow.

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29 minutes ago, kellogs12 said:

Hey guys,

 

im interested in the 16 gb G.Skill Trident Z Royal gold ram sticks. My CPU is the ryzen 7 3700x. Im going with 3600mhz but i am not sure which one to choose because there are different cl timings and i dont know how much it would impact the perfomance.

1. G.Skill Trident Z Royal gold DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3600, CL16-19-19-39 137Euros

2. G.Skill Trident Z Royal gold DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3600, CL17-18-18-38 169Euros 

3. G.Skill Trident Z Royal gold DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3600, CL16-16-16-36 210Euros 

Which one would you reccomend me. the 3rd option for 210Euro will probably have the best perfomance but its sold out right now. will it be really that noticeable from the 2nd or 1st, or should i just buy the 2nd?

 

 

Not really noticeable.

Also you can set OC the timings yourself.

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There is a gain to buy the more expensive stuff, that being said is it worth the money? You can buy the cheapest sticks and OC it.

Main System: Ryzen 2700, Asus Crosshair VII Hero, EVGA GTX 1080ti SC, 970 EVO Plus NVMe, Crucial Ballistix 3200mhz CL14, CM H500, CM ML240L cpu cooler.

Second System: Ryzen 2400G, Gigabyte B450 DS3H, RX 580 Nitro+, Kingston A400 SSD, Team T-Force 3200mhz CL15

If it ain't overclocked it ain't good...

 

AM4 boards VRM rating list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d9_E3h8bLp-TXr-0zTJFqqVxdCR9daIVNyMatydkpFA/htmlview?sle=true#gid=639584818

Buildzoid's AM4 motherboard roundup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti38JS8RuPU

 

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