Help with RAM

[martward]

Hi all,

 

I'm looking for RAM to go with the R5 3600 and the msi b450 gaming plus max. I'm not much of an oc'er, so I will not be fidgetting with timings manual and all that.

 

(65eur) I saw a 3000MHz kit that is in the QVL and supports the speed and 4 dimms (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FNprxr/gskill-aegis-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3000-memory-f43000c16d16gisb)

(71eur) I saw a 3200MHz kit that is in the QVL and supports the speed but only 2 dimms (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Cf98TW/gskill-memory-f43200c16d16gvkb)

(90eur) And I saw this ugly kut in the QVL that supports the speed and 4 dimms (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QDhKHx/corsair-vengeance-rgb-pro-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3200-memory-cmw16gx4m2c3200c16)

 

I'm planning on 16GB now and then add another 16 when needed (might get more into 3D modelling etc).

I have no idea what to pick. 25 euro sounds like a lot for 200MHz more, but Ryzen seems to favor high speeds. Also I don't know how serious to take the QVL of the motherboard when it says that two dimms work fine but there is no check-mark with 4.

 

I live in the Netherlands, a lot of the memory on PCPartpicker that would be great costs around 120 euro here for some reason.

Any help would be appreciated

[BrinkGG]

13 minutes ago, martward said:

Hi all,

 

I'm looking for RAM to go with the R5 3600 and the msi b450 gaming plus max. I'm not much of an oc'er, so I will not be fidgetting with timings manual and all that.

 

(65eur) I saw a 3000MHz kit that is in the QVL and supports the speed and 4 dimms (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FNprxr/gskill-aegis-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3000-memory-f43000c16d16gisb)

(71eur) I saw a 3200MHz kit that is in the QVL and supports the speed but only 2 dimms (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Cf98TW/gskill-memory-f43200c16d16gvkb)

(90eur) And I saw this ugly kut in the QVL that supports the speed and 4 dimms (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QDhKHx/corsair-vengeance-rgb-pro-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3200-memory-cmw16gx4m2c3200c16)

 

I'm planning on 16GB now and then add another 16 when needed (might get more into 3D modelling etc).

I have no idea what to pick. 25 euro sounds like a lot for 200MHz more, but Ryzen seems to favor high speeds. Also I don't know how serious to take the QVL of the motherboard when it says that two dimms work fine but there is no check-mark with 4.

 

I live in the Netherlands, a lot of the memory on PCPartpicker that would be great costs around 120 euro here for some reason.

Any help would be appreciated

In my experience, if it's on the QVL as a single stick, but the identical 16GB (2x8GB kit) isn't there, it's because it would be a redundant test as they're the exact same just sold in a pair. I also agree, 25 euro is not worth the 200Mhz speed increase even on Ryzen. 3000MHz would be fine. 

[martward]

4 minutes ago, BrinkGG said:

In my experience, if it's on the QVL as a single stick, but the identical 16GB (2x8GB kit) isn't there, it's because it would be a redundant test as they're the exact same just sold in a pair. I also agree, 25 euro is not worth the 200Mhz speed increase even on Ryzen. 3000MHz would be fine. 

So they show 1|2|4 dimm en then there are either 1,2 or 3 check marks for each entry. The €71 set has 2 check marks whereas the €65 one has three. Now I interpret that as "If you buy two of these sets and put them in one system the may/will not work at the advertised speed", but I could be wrong.

I find the whole experience of choosing memory terribly confusing.

G.Skill has their own QVL but that one isn't specific at all, just says all these sets ar fine with that motherboard.

[BrinkGG]

5 minutes ago, martward said:

So they show 1|2|4 dimm en then there are either 1,2 or 3 check marks for each entry. The €71 set has 2 check marks whereas the €65 one has three. Now I interpret that as "If you buy two of these sets and put them in one system the may/will not work at the advertised speed", but I could be wrong.

I find the whole experience of choosing memory terribly confusing.

G.Skill has their own QVL but that one isn't specific at all, just says all these sets ar fine with that motherboard.

The first of your three links has 3 checkmarks for me, and it's an Aegis kit so it's definitely fine.  Model prefix I have is: F4-3000C16D

Second one is 2 checkmarks, but my guess is they either didn't validate it with 4 sticks, or it doesn't run at the full advertised speed. (Model prefix: F4-3200C16D) 

Either way, It's honestly personal preference. I'd go with the slightly slower kit for a little less money because the performance difference will be fairly small. (Less then 2%)