best cheap ram ddr4 16gb for ryzen

[Powerscape one man band]

I need ram but ddr4 ram is $100000000000000000 and my motherboard is a ddr4 one

[jorenc]

2 minutes ago, Powerscape one man band said:

I need ram but ddr4 ram is $100000000000000000 and my motherboard is a ddr4 one

Welcome to literally every PC enthusiast's life right now

[Crunchy Dragon]

Generally with Ryzen, you want the fastest memory you can get at your budget.

 

But yeah, even an 8GB kit would cost me ~$80 it's crazy

[Powerscape one man band]

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[jorenc]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

Generally with Ryzen, you want the fastest memory you can get at your budget.

 

But yeah, even an 8GB kit would cost me ~$80 it's crazy

The sh**tiest DDR4 RAM at Staples is $80 for one 8 Gb stick

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, jorenc said:

The sh**tiest DDR4 RAM at Staples is $80 for one 8 Gb stick

It's insane, mate. I'm not even sure what happened that made even DDR3 prices go up.

[jorenc]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

It's insane, mate. I'm not even sure what happened that made even DDR3 prices go up.

Thanks Obama

[iRileyx]

11 minutes ago, jorenc said:

Thanks Obama

It was obviously Brexit's fault.

[kalnick]

22 minutes ago, Powerscape one man band said:

I need ram but ddr4 ram is $100000000000000000 and my motherboard is a ddr4 one

probably the best deal you will find on Great ram for Ryzen

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EI5Z2T6/?tag=pcp0f-20

 

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz C15 Desktop Memory Kit - White (CMK16GX4M2B3000C15W)

[kalnick]

There is this 8gb set at new egg for 89.99 but if you can afford the 16gb set It is the better value and 16mb is the recommended amount of ram these days. 8gb is like the minimum

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233828&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker, LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

[Reem1k]

57 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Generally with Ryzen, you want the fastest memory you can get at your budget.

 

But yeah, even an 8GB kit would cost me ~$80 it's crazy

Here in Europe... 105$ and that's considered cheap rn.

[mike_ers]

You want as fast of ram as possible for Ryzen, especially anything 3000+ MHz and CL15 or less with Samsung dies.

 

But for going cheap, these two nice sets of Gskill memory are under 150-160 for 16 gb for the next 4 or 5 days:

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232546&cm_re=16gb_ddr4-_-20-232-546-_-Product

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231892&cm_re=16gb_ddr4-_-20-231-892-_-Product

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231911&cm_re=16gb_ddr4-_-20-231-911-_-Product - Very good deal IMO.

 

Though with these sales I really recommend picking up any RAM from Gskill/Corsair that you can find under 180 that's 3000+ MHz, assuming you're getting a motherboard that supports RAM overclocking.

 

The problem with going on a budget with RAM is that lower speeds will make Ryzen perform as much as 10-15% worse in some modern games / workloads. You don't want to go with 8 GB either as that's basically bare minimum specs at this point, and you would really want dual channel 16 GB for Ryzen. (Most modern games will use 3.5-6 GB of RAM on high settings, factor in Windows 10 and various background processes and you'll be peaking at 95-100% RAM usage all day while playing most games.)

[Reem1k]

56 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

It's insane, mate. I'm not even sure what happened that made even DDR3 prices go up.

Chinese smartphone factories started using ddr4 memory in their flagships. Not even kidding that's why it has rose by more than 30%

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, Reem1k said:

Chinese smartphone factories started using ddr4 memory in their flagships. Not even kidding that's why it has rose by more than 30%

Whoa.