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I need to buy some ram for my system and i was thinking about this: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Crucial-Ballistix-Desktop-Gaming-Memory/dp/B083V93HJG/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=crucial%2Bballistix%2B3600%2B16gb&qid=1643108930&sprefix=crucial%2Bbalictix%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-3&th=1 but then i read about some reviews about incompatibility and one comment about micron using 8 chips instead of 16 chips and have no idea what that means can someone help and or recommend better alternatives 

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I need to buy some ram for my system and i was thinking about this: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Crucial-Ballistix-Desktop-Gaming-Memory/dp/B083V93HJG/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=crucial%2Bballistix%2B3600%2B16gb&qid=1643108930&sprefix=crucial%2Bbalictix%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-3&th=1 but then i read about some reviews about incompatibility and one comment about micron using 8 chips instead of 16 chips and have no idea what that means can someone help and or recommend better alternatives .

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Fixed link: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Crucial-Ballistix-Desktop-Gaming-Memory/dp/B083V93HJG/

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Given that we don't know what CPU or even platform you have it's impossible to determine compatibility. However, it's rare for 3600MHz is be incompatible these days. If you have a non-K Intel CPU and/or are on a chipset less than 500 series, you won't be able to enable XMP, meaning it will only run at 2666MHz or something. If you have 1st gen Zen or Zen+, you may not be able to get it to run stable above 3200MHz, but you should still be able to get it to run.

 

The 8/16 chips is just talking about the density. That's a micro-optimization at best, but lower density (i.e. more chips at the same capacity) is technically better.

 

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2 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

Given that we don't know what CPU or even platform you have it's impossible to determine compatibility. However, it's rare for 3600MHz is be incompatible these days. If you have a non-K Intel CPU and/or are on a chipset less than 500 series, you won't be able to enable XMP, meaning it will only run at 2666MHz or something. If you have 1st gen Zen or Zen+, you may not be able to get it to run stable above 3200MHz, but you should still be able to get it to run.

 

The 8/16 chips is just talking about the density. That's a micro-optimization at best, but lower density (i.e. more chips at the same capacity) is technically better.

 

r7 3700 

b550 motherboard

What worries me is i read a review that said that micron had switched from rank 2 to rank 1 and i dont know what that means 

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58 minutes ago, StalePie42 said:

r7 3700 

b550 motherboard

What worries me is i read a review that said that micron had switched from rank 2 to rank 1 and i dont know what that means 

It means that 32gb micron rams are now single rank, yes that does reduce performance very slightly but since single rank can clock higher than dual rank you can expect them to overclock like the 16gb micron rams aka 4500+ cl18 if you actually need that absurd speed, and 32gb is prob for a ram hungry app and for all i know ram hungry apps are quite sensitive to bandwidth so clocking the balls off your micron/crucial ram may help dependong on the application. Though its usually more sensible to run a decently fast speed but not stupidly loose timings like 4000 cl16 cause games tend to care more about latency than bandwidth iirc

 

Have a look at some yt videos comparing single vs dual rank performance diff, usually its very small so you wont notice it other than in benchmarks

 

Also youll want to overclock ballistix anyways, 4000 cl16 should be acheivable with 1.4-1.5v lazy oc thats pretty much just change freq then adjust voltage which is acheivable on most decent micron dies that come from 3000 cl15 and above rams, 3600 cl16 just means that it is a higher bin ram which doesnt matter unless you are trying to get the highest freq possible cause better bin usuallly means better ram ic, doesnt really mean much other than potentially clocking 100mhz ish higher than the 3200 cl16 bin of ballistix, if you are actually trying to get good bin then have a look at ballistix max if you feel the need to do 5000+ xD

 

 

tldr just lazy oc to 4000 cl16 1.4-1.5v on a cheaper 3200/3000 ballistix and youll get good performance

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