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I have b350 tomahawk then i have ryzen 5 2600 and ram corsair vengeance lpx 2666mhz 8x2. Ryzen needs more speed or 2666 already good for my setup? 

Ryzen 5 2600 / MSI B350 Tomahawk / GALAX RTX 2060 6GB (1-Click OC) / Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666Mhz 8x2GB / ADATA SX6000 LITE 512 M.2 NVME / KLEVV 128 GB SATA / Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm / Seasonic Focus Gold 550W / Tecware Nexus C

Upgrade Plan: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 RAM: GSkill TridentZ RGB 3200MHz/3600MHz MB: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX

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Most will say absolutely and don't go below 3200Mhz. Because it has been pretty established that at 3000 or 3200Mhz is when Ryzen's extra performance from memory speed begins to diminish. Since you already have the 2666Mhz RAM it isn't worth to spend another 60$ or so to get a 3000/3200Mhz RAM just to replace your 2666Mhz. There are a lot of RAM Speed charts out there that I suggest you Google to find. Then you can figure out if spending is worth the difference between 2666 vs 3000/3200 for your use case.

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As other said it is not worth deal with it and it will be ok, i do not agree.

It is absolutely worth getting the correct RAM of 3200Mhz to get all the potential of your PC 

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29 minutes ago, phongle123 said:

Most will say absolutely and don't go below 3200Mhz. Because it has been pretty established that at 3000 or 3200Mhz is when Ryzen's extra performance from memory speed begins to diminish. Since you already have the 2666Mhz RAM it isn't worth to spend another 60$ or so to get a 3000/3200Mhz RAM just to replace your 2666Mhz. There are a lot of RAM Speed charts out there that I suggest you Google to find. Then you can figure out if spending is worth the difference between 2666 vs 3000/3200 for your use case.

What is ram use? Stability or memory for multitasking like opening many app? 

Ryzen 5 2600 / MSI B350 Tomahawk / GALAX RTX 2060 6GB (1-Click OC) / Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666Mhz 8x2GB / ADATA SX6000 LITE 512 M.2 NVME / KLEVV 128 GB SATA / Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm / Seasonic Focus Gold 550W / Tecware Nexus C

Upgrade Plan: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 RAM: GSkill TridentZ RGB 3200MHz/3600MHz MB: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX

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Are you having performance issues? Higher clocked RAM does really help Ryzen, but unless you're having issues then there's no need to upgrade. 

 

Just now, XandersWithS said:

What is ram use? Stability or memory for multitasking like opening many app? 

What? Are you asking what RAM is used for? 

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2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Are you having performance issues? Higher clocked RAM does really help Ryzen, but unless you're having issues then there's no need to upgrade. 

 

What? Are you asking what RAM is used for? 

Yes, im sorry for my bad english and grammar also. 

Ryzen 5 2600 / MSI B350 Tomahawk / GALAX RTX 2060 6GB (1-Click OC) / Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666Mhz 8x2GB / ADATA SX6000 LITE 512 M.2 NVME / KLEVV 128 GB SATA / Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm / Seasonic Focus Gold 550W / Tecware Nexus C

Upgrade Plan: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 RAM: GSkill TridentZ RGB 3200MHz/3600MHz MB: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX

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Just now, XandersWithS said:

Yes, im sorry for my bad english and grammar also. 

Ah, RAM is just Random Access Memory. It's much faster than any HDD or SSD, so your PC loads most apps you have open into it, so the CPU can then access it very quickly. Same as VRAM on GPUs (which is even faster), games load a lot of files into that so it can feed it very quickly to the GPU core. RAM is used for literally everything, GPU VRAM is used only for stuff that actually needs to be rendered on the GPU. 

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RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 24GB Micron LPDDR5 4x8GB 1333MHz ECC DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

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Just now, Zando Bob said:

Ah, RAM is just Random Access Memory. It's much faster than any HDD or SSD, so your PC loads most apps you have open into it, so the CPU can then access it very quickly. Same as VRAM on GPUs (which is even faster), games load a lot of files into that so it can feed it very quickly to the GPU core. RAM is used for literally everything, GPU VRAM is used only for stuff that actually needs to be rendered on the GPU. 

Ryzen 5 2600 rtx 2060 with 2666mhz ram should be fine right? 

Ryzen 5 2600 / MSI B350 Tomahawk / GALAX RTX 2060 6GB (1-Click OC) / Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666Mhz 8x2GB / ADATA SX6000 LITE 512 M.2 NVME / KLEVV 128 GB SATA / Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm / Seasonic Focus Gold 550W / Tecware Nexus C

Upgrade Plan: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 RAM: GSkill TridentZ RGB 3200MHz/3600MHz MB: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX

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16 minutes ago, XandersWithS said:

Ryzen 5 2600 rtx 2060 with 2666mhz ram should be fine right? 

You're buying new or you already have it? If you already have it, you're probably fine (unless you have performance issues, depends on what you're doing and/or what games you play). If you're buying new, get 3200Mhz CL16 or 3200Mhz CL14 RAM. 

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Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

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GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

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Case: Silverstone Sugo 14 Dell Inspiron 530S Mac16,12 chassis (13" MBA) 2009-2012 Mac Pro "Cheese Grater"

OS: Gentoo Linux TrueNAS Scale macOS 26 Tahoe Fedora Linux

 

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Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

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1 hour ago, Zando Bob said:

You're buying new or you already have it? If you already have it, you're probably fine (unless you have performance issues, depends on what you're doing and/or what games you play). If you're buying new, get 3200Mhz CL16 or 3200Mhz CL14 RAM. 

Already have it, Some game had a problem with Fps. I thought this setup will have a VERY STABLE. Its my bad tho. too expected too much from my setup

Ryzen 5 2600 / MSI B350 Tomahawk / GALAX RTX 2060 6GB (1-Click OC) / Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666Mhz 8x2GB / ADATA SX6000 LITE 512 M.2 NVME / KLEVV 128 GB SATA / Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm / Seasonic Focus Gold 550W / Tecware Nexus C

Upgrade Plan: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 RAM: GSkill TridentZ RGB 3200MHz/3600MHz MB: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX

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7 hours ago, XandersWithS said:

Already have it, Some game had a problem with Fps. I thought this setup will have a VERY STABLE. Its my bad tho. too expected too much from my setup

Depends on the game, some are never very stable, either due to being very hard to run, badly built, or both. What games are having issues? 

Gaming PC NAS Laptop Workstation

CPU: i5 12600KF 6P+4E Ryzen 7 3700X M4 SoC 4P+6E Xeon X5690 6c12t

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S Wraith Stealth w/NF-A9 Passive Apple CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 24GB Micron LPDDR5 4x8GB 1333MHz ECC DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40 None LG GP65NB60 USB DVD Writer Don't know

PSU: EVGA 850W GM Silverstone SST-TX300 53.8Wh LiPo Battery Delta DPS-980BB

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14 Dell Inspiron 530S Mac16,12 chassis (13" MBA) 2009-2012 Mac Pro "Cheese Grater"

OS: Gentoo Linux TrueNAS Scale macOS 26 Tahoe Fedora Linux

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 14" M5P MacBook Pro (work) - iPhone 17 Pro - Apple Watch S11

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, iFlash Solo w/128GB SD Card, Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

Vehicles: 2002 Ford F150, 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, 2022 Kawasaki KLR650, 1994 DR350SE

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10 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Depends on the game, some are never very stable, either due to being very hard to run, badly built, or both. What games are having issues? 

CSGO, and other game like black desert mobile. I dont know it can runs at higher settings than before. Its normal because rtx 2060 > gtx 1060 3gb. Hmmm some game like have high fps but dropped so much like 30 or 50 fps like that. But no stutter, sometimes yes

Ryzen 5 2600 / MSI B350 Tomahawk / GALAX RTX 2060 6GB (1-Click OC) / Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666Mhz 8x2GB / ADATA SX6000 LITE 512 M.2 NVME / KLEVV 128 GB SATA / Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm / Seasonic Focus Gold 550W / Tecware Nexus C

Upgrade Plan: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 RAM: GSkill TridentZ RGB 3200MHz/3600MHz MB: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX

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