What Ram Speed should I buy?

[Darkmatter35]

First I would like to state that I am not a OC'er. I like keeping my shit cool so that I can maximize longevity. Maybe I would take whatever X99 chip I get a few mhz above stock but that's it. 

 

Doing some planning for my next build coming over the next two years. Kind of confused about the Ram speed specifications on mb's and CPU's. On Intel's website it says the 6800k has a max speed of 2400mhz. The mb I want to use is the Asus X99 WS-M and their website says the max is 3200mhz. What is that point of this if all the X99 chips I see have a 2400mhz max as on intel's website? I know that the mb's rating should not be surpassed without cooling to match it.

 

Right now I play games that are taxing so my Vram is maxed out after long gaming sessions at 1440p. With my 1866 kit of DDR3 I feel like sometimes my experience lessens when my games start chipping at my actual ram. Shouldn't be a problem with the new PC because I will probably be getting dual 1070's (dual 970's now, 8gb vs 16gb total). 

 

I have my eyes set on the next mid range 6 core intel release. I am a passionate gamer and a aspiring content creator. Plan to use my computer for many creative applications as well as rendering videos.

 

So I am curious to see what Ram speed you guys think I should be buying?

 

Current PC Specs page:

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/200382-empirical-by-darkmatter/

Previous Planning post: 

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/639978-my-next-build-planning/#comment-8252131

 

[Ophidio]

The point of the motherboards supporting faster RAM is the Xeon chips that are supported on X99 can use higher clocked RAM. That's the only reason, but unless you're editing a 4k video everyday you really don't need anything faster than 2133mhz or whatever it is. But 2400mhz ram tends to be cheaper or the same price so go with it. It's not going to run any hotter or different though gaming wise compared to slower RAM. 

[Nena Trinity]

1866MHz to 2133MHz is the best for DDR3 in my book, but if you want to go hard core you can try to find 2666MHz to 2800MHz if your board can take em! (In terms of gaming you will see small to slight gains in CPU intensive titles)

[Darkmatter35]

18 minutes ago, Nena360 said:

1866MHz to 2133MHz is the best for DDR3 in my book, but if you want to go hard core you can try to find 2666MHz to 2800MHz if your board can take em! (In terms of gaming you will see small to slight gains in CPU intensive titles)

hope you meant DDR4

[DarkSmith2]

http://www.techspot.com/article/1171-ddr4-4000-mhz-performance/page3.html

 

To avoid Micron IC's go with 2666mhz atleast

[Nena Trinity]

16 minutes ago, Darkmatter35 said:

hope you meant DDR4

For DDR4-2666 is minimum! (if you get Z170)

[done12many2]

4 hours ago, Ophidio said:

The point of the motherboards supporting faster RAM is the Xeon chips that are supported on X99 can use higher clocked RAM. That's the only reason

 

This is so far from true that I don't even know what to say.

[done12many2]

5 hours ago, Darkmatter35 said:

Doing some planning for my next build coming over the next two years. Kind of confused about the Ram speed specifications on mb's and CPU's. On Intel's website it says the 6800k has a max speed of 2400mhz. The mb I want to use is the Asus X99 WS-M and their website says the max is 3200mhz. What is that point of this if all the X99 chips I see have a 2400mhz max as on intel's website? I know that the mb's rating should not be surpassed without cooling to match it.

 

The reason x99 boards such as the Asus x99 WS-M support DDR4 up to and beyond 3200 MHz is simply to allow for the use of DDR4 validated to run faster than 2133 MHz.  2133 MHz (Haswell-E) and 2400 MHz (Broadwell-E) are the natively supported memory speeds, but the majority of those CPUs are more than capable of supporting much faster RAM.  The quality of the CPU's memory controller (IMC) along with the quality of the motherboard will dictate how high of a memory speed you can use.