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Cysquatch
By Cysquatch
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Im currently using slower ram, Gskill 2400mhz, on my current gaming PC.  I want to be sure I'm getting the most out of my setup.  I forever hear how well Ryzen scales with RAM speed.  My confusion comes when looking at the supported RAM for my motherboard (ASRock AB350 Pro4).  There seems to be very little 3200mhz RAM supported according to Asrock's specs.  Do I just take a chance with some RAM and hope I can get it to run at 3200mhz?  Does someone have any suggestions, advice, or a similar setup that they can verify that works well?  Thanks

 

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I personally wouldn't replace RAM in your system, it is more or less balanced as is.

 

I'd save up for a new CPU first if you want more performance.

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18 minutes ago, Cysquatch said:

Do I just take a chance with some RAM and hope I can get it to run at 3200mhz?

Yes, because you're using a 1st gen CPU.  Even 3200MHz is dodgy, quite often they top at 2933MHz on 2 8GB sticks, some only capable of 2666 or 2800. The low end board does not help of course

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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Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 2x8GB CL16 Kits with 3200Mhz USUALLY work without issues with 1st gen boards-cpu-s... 

BLS2K8G4D32AESBK

BLS2K8G4D32AESTK

 

On 2nd-3rd gen Ryzens, these RAM-s are capable of 3600+ Mhz frequencies, CL16 or even tighter (CL14).

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Life is really challenging. I don't always suceed: )

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12 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Yes, because you're using a 1st gen CPU.  Even 3200MHz is dodgy, quite often they top at 2933MHz on 2 8GB sticks, some only capable of 2666 or 2800. The low end board does not help of course

I figured the board didn't help the situation.  I really wanted to upgrade this generation, but the setup has been so reliable.

5 minutes ago, Vejnemojnen said:

Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 2x8GB CL16 Kits with 3200Mhz USUALLY work without issues with 1st gen boards-cpu-s... 

BLS2K8G4D32AESBK

BLS2K8G4D32AESTK

I was actually looking at (BLS2K8G4D32AESBK) this set.  Its pretty cheap, which I was thinking of giving them a shot.

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19 minutes ago, Lorant said:

I personally wouldn't replace RAM in your system, it is more or less balanced as is.

 

I'd save up for a new CPU first if you want more performance.

I figured someone was going to mention, maybe I should've clarified in my first post.  When the next generation releases I will be upgrading.  Thanks for the input!

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3 minutes ago, Cysquatch said:

I figured the board didn't help the situation.  I really wanted to upgrade this generation, but the setup has been so reliable.

I was actually looking at (BLS2K8G4D32AESBK) this set.  Its pretty cheap, which I was thinking of giving them a shot.

Go for it then. Never heard anyone complaining about those. 

Life is really challenging. I don't always suceed: )

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