Advice on memory and cpu!

[Tonytechtonic]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/744tm8

 

So here’s what’s ive built so far and what parts I have as of right now besides the 1060 because of course , the miners got me ? I want some of your opinions on whether or not I should get a Ryzen 1500x over a 1600 or vice versa , and also I’d like to discuss how big of a performance hit I’ll take only running a single 8gb ddr4 2400 (Newegg has a deal on them right now) ram stick in my pc over let’s say a 2x4 at 3000 and what recommended affordable sticks are available. I’m creating a 1080p 60fps build for mostly games from 2014 and below but I also need it ASAP for college and I’m short on money so I need to take shortcuts to get a functioning affordable pc as of right now and later on I can add an additional 8gb of ram and some extra features and what not, let’s discuss! Thank you!

 

EDIT: just checked my link, please disregard that crucial ballistix ram I used it as a placeholder for the estimated cost , thanks!

[Canada EH]

1600 all the way!

[FuzzyLogic]

Get the 1600, 8GB 2400 is //fine//, but you'll want to upgrade to higher speed and higher capacity memory down the road.

[Canada EH]

higher ram speeds are meaningless

[Tonytechtonic]

1 hour ago, Canada EH said:

higher ram speeds are meaningless

If you could explain this better that’d be amazing what does faster ram speed mean?

[Tonytechtonic]

1 hour ago, thegreengamers said:

Get the 1600, 8GB 2400 is //fine//, but you'll want to upgrade to higher speed and higher capacity memory down the road.

Would I see any frame drops due to only 8gb of ram? 

[andrewmp6]

Most games the minimum specs are 8gb of ram but the max is 16gb,So if your using a atx board i would get 2 4gb sticks at the speed you like,Then later if needed you can grab another 2 stick kit and have 16gb total.

[Canada EH]

4 hours ago, Tonytechtonic said:

If you could explain this better that’d be amazing what does faster ram speed mean?

2400MHz and the like

 

Linus did a video on it.

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5 hours ago, Canada EH said:

higher ram speeds are meaningless

Wrong for Ryzen. Infinity fabric runs at RAM speed, so faster RAM means faster comunications in CCX. The sweet spot is around 2933 and 3200 MHz.

Try to get 2x4gb if you don't need 32gb in future and get another 2x4gb down the road or sell the 2x4 and buy a 2x8 when prices are less insane. (Unless 1x8 costs much less than 2x4)

[Tonytechtonic]

36 minutes ago, mbox said:

Wrong for Ryzen. Infinity fabric runs at RAM speed, so faster RAM means faster comunications in CCX. The sweet spot is around 2933 and 3200 MHz.

Try to get 2x4gb if you don't need 32gb in future and get another 2x4gb down the road or sell the 2x4 and buy a 2x8 when prices are less insane. (Unless 1x8 costs much less than 2x4)

To my surprise I found a crucial ballistix ddr4 2666 1x8 for only 79$ which is well within my range so I just snagged that up with the intent to sell it later on in favor of a 2x8 kit of higher speed lap and perhaps less latency but for now it will do, now for a question on io shields, I may just be incompetent but I’m trying to place the io shield from the b350 mortar arctic into my in win 101c and it’s just not clicking , someone’s gotta tell me what I’m doing wrong because it’s extremely annoying as I don’t want to put enough pressure on it to snap it in half 

[Tonytechtonic]

7 hours ago, thegreengamers said:

Get the 1600, 8GB 2400 is //fine//, but you'll want to upgrade to higher speed and higher capacity memory down the road.

Hey man I seen in your build you also have an inwin 101 , I have the 101c and I just wanna know did you have trouble with placing the io shield ? Because I’m trying to place it and it’s just not snapping into place anywhere , it’s quite frustrating , thanks!

[FuzzyLogic]

1 hour ago, Tonytechtonic said:

Hey man I seen in your build you also have an inwin 101 , I have the 101c and I just wanna know did you have trouble with placing the io shield ? Because I’m trying to place it and it’s just not snapping into place anywhere , it’s quite frustrating , thanks!

The io shield doesn't snap into place, it just rests on the rectangular cutout. I think there's a small slot that the bottom of the shield goes in as well.

[Tonytechtonic]

5 hours ago, thegreengamers said:

The io shield doesn't snap into place, it just rests on the rectangular cutout. I think there's a small slot that the bottom of the shield goes in as well.

Oh wow! That’s a first. Thank you for responding and for the image ! Helped a lot