Quick stupid RAM question [which is better ](Mhz vs CL)

[podkall]

Which is better?

DDR4

3000Mhz 18CL or 2666Mhz 16CL

CPU: Ryzen 3 1200

 

Edit: should I empty my pockets and go 3200Mhz 16 CL ?

 

edit2: Does buying faster Ram even matter, for example do you get more dps?

[WhitetailAni]

3000 CL18 - it has a bit less latency and plus Ryzen prefers faster RAM

[podkall]

2 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

3000 CL18 - it has a bit less latency and plus Ryzen prefers faster RAM

is it worth money going more expensive up to 3200Mhz 16CL or is the difference so small it has 0 reason, unless?

[WhitetailAni]

3200 CL16 is better than 3000 CL18 by 2 nanoseconds.

And 2 nanoseconds is a decent amount.

[podkall]

Just now, ragnarok0273 said:

3200 CL16 is better than 3000 CL18 by 2 nanoseconds.

And 2 nanoseconds is a decent amount.

does that translate to games though? also elephants

[podkall]

hello?

[alatron978]

12 hours ago, ragnarok0273 said:

3200 CL16 is better than 3000 CL18 by 2 nanoseconds.

And 2 nanoseconds is a decent amount.

RAM isn't that simple.

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, alatron978 said:

RAM isn't that simple.

I know that.

But I'm not looking to explain the exact details of how each one is better than another.

[alatron978]

13 hours ago, podkall said:

Which is better?

DDR4

3000Mhz 18CL or 2666Mhz 16CL

CPU: Ryzen 3 1200

 

Edit: should I empty my pockets and go 3200Mhz 16 CL ?

 

edit2: Does buying faster Ram even matter, for example do you get more dps?

A mixture of both frequency and timings are very important though which kit is better can't be determined by the information you have given. CAS latency and the frequency isn't the only factor, the only primary timings have a massive performance impact as well. Most noticeably tRCD, which is the 2nd timing you will usually see which has a larger impact on performance then CAS latency does.
Regarding faster ram making an impact this graph shows the impact it can have. This was using a 10900K though, so a ryzen system will scale even more with frequency whilst FCLK, UCLK and MCLK are 1:1:1.

 

[podkall]

2 hours ago, alatron978 said:

A mixture of both frequency and timings are very important though which kit is better can't be determined by the information you have given. CAS latency and the frequency isn't the only factor, the only primary timings have a massive performance impact as well. Most noticeably tRCD, which is the 2nd timing you will usually see which has a larger impact on performance then CAS latency does.
Regarding faster ram making an impact this graph shows the impact it can have. This was using a 10900K though, so a ryzen system will scale even more with frequency whilst FCLK, UCLK and MCLK are 1:1:1.

 

holy, anyway I figured it's whatever I buy it will be faster than my previous ram and obviously larger so.... simple cheap and effective, but thx for the detail I knew other timings existed but never knew how detremental they can be