Ram buyers help

[theskeleti]

Hey all,

 

I got a MSI Tomahawk B450 MAX and a Ryzen 5 3600 and looking for some new Ram now. Found a G Skill Trident Z 16GB Kit (3600MHz and CL 18) for around 100€ in Germany.

Should i take it and what would you take?

 

Thanks for your opinion

[Metallus97]

Yep take it. CL16 would be nicer but probably not worth the money for just gaming

Trident Z seem to be the best bang/buck at the moment.

I have Z Neos on order for my 3900x.

[theskeleti]

what should i prioritise? Ram Speed or Cas Latency?

I also found a Kit of a 3000MHz Cl14 Kit for a bit more.

[Statik]

1 hour ago, theskeleti said:

what should i prioritise? Ram Speed or Cas Latency?

I also found a Kit of a 3000MHz Cl14 Kit for a bit more.

Ryzen likes fast ram. I would recommend 3600Mhz

[Metallus97]

4 minutes ago, theskeleti said:

what should i prioritise? Ram Speed or Cas Latency?

I also found a Kit of a 3000MHz Cl14 Kit for a bit more.

you can calculate here: https://notkyon.moe/ram-latency.htm

But with ryzen this is not the whole story. The infinity fabrics speed (that connects the CPU cores to each other and everything else) is tied to RAM speed. With 3000Mhz Ram you will make it runn slower than it is able to. With 3600Mhz ram you can max it out. Therefore get the 3600 Kit enable XMP (or however AMD calls that) and be golden!

[theskeleti]

So i was looking a bit further and just bought me a Trident Z Neo 16GB 3600MHz CL16 Kit. Thanks for your posts