Important RAM Decision.

[WhatWouldUDo]

After 3 months of originally purchasing; 

CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600 (PC4-28800) C18 Desktop Memory – Black

 

I can still refund it, and purchase

Viper Steel DDR4 16GB (2x8GB) 4000MHz Performance Memory Kit - PVS416G400C9K

(I'll be purchasing 2 of these)

 

And it'll only cost me an extra £20

 

So i'll go from 2 x 16 GB DDR4 3600 CL18 > 4 x 8 GB DDR4 4000 CL16 (if I'm not mistaken) for + £20

 

Specs it's partnered with;

B550-F Gaming Wifi

5600x

 

Thoughts?

[Somerandomtechyboi]

10 minutes ago, WhatWouldUDo said:

After 3 months of originally purchasing; 

CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600 (PC4-28800) C18 Desktop Memory – Black

 

I can still refund it, and purchase

Viper Steel DDR4 16GB (2x8GB) 4000MHz Performance Memory Kit - PVS416G400C9K

(I'll be purchasing 2 of these)

 

And it'll only cost me an extra £20

 

So i'll go from 2 x 16 GB DDR4 3600 CL18 > 4 x 8 GB DDR4 4000 CL16 (if I'm not mistaken) for + £20

 

Specs it's partnered with;

B550-F Gaming Wifi

5600x

 

Thoughts?

Cl18 cause you couldnt afford cl16 (rgb) or just not available i assume.

 

Ddr4 4000 might be a pain in the ass so stick to 3600 and just raise the ram volt to like 1.4 or 1.5 and just lower the timings

[WhatWouldUDo]

Just now, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Cl18 cause you couldnt afford cl16 (rgb) or just not available i assume.

 

Ddr4 4000 might be a pain in the ass so stick to 3600 and just raise the ram volt to like 1.4 or 1.5 and just lower the timings

I think I purchased the C18 because there was no good stock on Amazon a few months ago, I don't care about LED what so ever.

 

How come DDR4 4000 could be a pain?

 

I'm not the most tech-savvy so lowering timings etc isn't really for me

[Dedayog]

14 minutes ago, WhatWouldUDo said:

After 3 months of originally purchasing; 

CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600 (PC4-28800) C18 Desktop Memory – Black

 

I can still refund it, and purchase

Viper Steel DDR4 16GB (2x8GB) 4000MHz Performance Memory Kit - PVS416G400C9K

(I'll be purchasing 2 of these)

 

And it'll only cost me an extra £20

 

So i'll go from 2 x 16 GB DDR4 3600 CL18 > 4 x 8 GB DDR4 4000 CL16 (if I'm not mistaken) for + £20

 

Specs it's partnered with;

B550-F Gaming Wifi

5600x

 

Thoughts?

Can you get the infinity fabric to clock high enough to gain all the benefits of?  Also, it may just not run at that speed.

 

I guess you can buy it, try it, and keep the set that works best.

[Omar.B]

A 3600mhz cl16 kit is the ideal for the 5600x or for the Zen 3 in general maybe higher ram frequency could hart your machine instead of gain benefit 

 This one is optional 

 

[WhatWouldUDo]

Just now, Dedayog said:

Can you get the infinity fabric to clock high enough to gain all the benefits of?  Also, it may just not run at that speed.

 

I guess you can buy it, try it, and keep the set that works best.

Lets say hypothetically the 4000 MHZ will only run at 3600 (if that's a thing)

 

Atleast it'll be CL16 not CL18 - would that alone warrant an additional £20 in your eyes

[Dedayog]

1 minute ago, WhatWouldUDo said:

Lets say hypothetically the 4000 MHZ will only run at 3600 (if that's a thing)

 

Atleast it'll be CL16 not CL18 - would that alone warrant an additional £20 in your eyes

No.  The time and energy to return the old set would negate any slim gains from a couple CL change.

 

It's just not impactful.  Now if you want to SAY you have 4000MHz RAM it may be worth it... people do things for bragging more than performance

 

[WhatWouldUDo]

17 minutes ago, Omar.B said:

A 3600mhz cl16 kit is the ideal for the 5600x or for the Zen 3 in general maybe higher ram frequency could hart your machine instead of gain benefit 

 This one is optional 

 

How about 4x8 vs 2x16 
In regards to; (A 3600mhz cl16 kit is the ideal for the 5600x)

[Omar.B]

1 minute ago, WhatWouldUDo said:

How about 4x8 vs 2x16 
In regards to; (A 3600mhz cl16 kit is the ideal for the 5600x)

In 4x8 is better with amd it will give you up to 15% performance according to gamers nexus but also you will pay more and a 16gig(2x8) is enough for everything