Is this RAM good?

[TommyTwommy]

So I was looking for good RAM for a reasonable price for a long time.. I've finally found a used kit... it is a Trident Z kit: https://www.gskill.com/en/product/f4-3600c17d-16gtzr

 

My questions are:

Is the ram compatible with coffee lake i5/i7.

Are these RAM good quality?

[Skiiwee29]

Does your motherboard you are planning to buy support up to 3600mhz on memory speeds?

[SpiralTTGL]

I wouldnt go this ram is cas is 17, id go for a slower speed at cas 14

[TommyTwommy]

2 minutes ago, SpiralTTGL said:

I wouldnt go this ram is cas is 17, id go for a slower speed at cas 14

This is the only RAM I can get.. I can't afford new RAM.. this one is the only used I could find for a cheap price..

[TommyTwommy]

3 minutes ago, SpiralTTGL said:

I wouldnt go this ram is cas is 17, id go for a slower speed at cas 14

I didn't pick a motherboard yet.. but I would get a Z370.. I guess any Z-series mbo supports it.. If not, I'm willing to downclock it to 3000MHz..

[SpiralTTGL]

The ram should work you will need to enable XMP to reach its listed specs tho (depending on motherboard I havent seen one that can reach that speed natively)

[TommyTwommy]

2 minutes ago, SpiralTTGL said:

The ram should work you will need to enable XMP to reach its listed specs tho

I was planning to downclock it to 3000MHz just to gain better CAS.. like 3000MHz C13 or C14.. i think it is possible

as much as I've heard you gain almost nothing after 3000MHz (gaming-wise)

 

[SpiralTTGL]

1 minute ago, berny22 said:

I was planning to downclock it to 3000MHz just to gain better CAS.. like 3000MHz C13 or C14.. i think it is possible

 

Im not familiar with overclocking/underclocking ram(other then xmp) so I can't give any insight

[TommyTwommy]

Ok so this would be my pick:

 

Intel i7 8700k

MSI Z370 Tomahawk

G.Skill Trident Z RGB 2x8 3600MHz C17 (--> downclock to 3000MHz C14)

 

[_Aontaigh_]

When it comes to Coffee Lake, there can be a relatively "nice" improvement in certain games and application when going from 2133MHz to 2600-2800MHz:

 

 

Performance improvements quite drastically drop off after 2800MHz and it isn't worth the money to buy more expensive memory that is clocked higher unless the rest of your system virtually has the best of everything else.

 

Just buy the memory you found considering it's in your price range.

 

If you're really that worried, bump the DRAM voltage up to something like 1.4v, lower the frequency to around 3000MHz, and then proceed to tighten the timings until it becomes unstable.