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Hi! 

I am trying to build the best bang for the buck. Saw GN Steve's video and some Linus remarks about mem for Zen3 and the 4 sticks improvement over 2. Also something about 2x16 also being faster.

Memory options where I live are limited, right now I could go for this kits:

- 16GB (2x8) 3200 CL14 T-Force

- 16GB (2x8) 3466 CL16 HyperX Fury

- 16GB (2x8) 3600 CL18 AORUS

- 16GB (2x8) 4000 CL19 HyperX Predator

Most other options I have are 3200 CL16

 

I have some questions:

Should I go for frequency over CL? 

Would 4 sticks of higher frequency make it harder to work stable?

Would you spend on the 2 extra sticks?

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

 

 

 

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if you are targeting 16 gb, 2 sticks is basically your only choice. (you can go 4 sticks but thats kinda weird and a little unusual.)

2 minutes ago, lmc said:

Should I go for frequency over CL? 

take the latency into account. My main question is, are you actually going zen 3? 

PC specs:

Ryzen 9 3900X overclocked to 4.3-4.4 GHz

Corsair H100i platinum

32 GB Trident Z RGB 3200 MHz 14-14-14-34

RTX 2060

MSI MPG X570 Gaming Edge wifi

NZXT H510

Samsung 860 EVO 500GB

2 TB WD hard drive

Corsair RM 750 Watt

ASUS ROG PG248Q 

Razer Ornata Chroma

Razer Firefly 

Razer Deathadder 2013

Logitech G935 Wireless

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5 minutes ago, eeeee1 said:

if you are targeting 16 gb, 2 sticks is basically your only choice. (you can go 4 sticks but thats kinda weird and a little unusual.)

take the latency into account. My main question is, are you actually going zen 3? 

Yes, going zen3... have a 5600x on the cart, just trying to decide on the memory to press the purchase button.

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