Can i use ddr4 2400MHz OR 2800MHz ram with the ASUS Prime B350-Plus ?

[ChineseEggroll]

Can i use ddr4 2800mhz ram with the  b350? Its max is 3200 but im not sure if lower mhz is fine. Im new to pc building etc.

[jiyeon]

If the max says 3200MHz, you can definitely then go 2400Hz and/or 2800Hz.

 

In this case, go for the higher frequency.

[xXxSourcexXx]

18 minutes ago, ChineseEggroll said:

Can i use ddr4 2800mhz ram with the  b350? Its max is 3200 but im not sure if lower mhz is fine. Im new to pc building etc.

 

As a person who just built the computer that you are building right now , i am telling you that you can use both but , save money and just buy the 2400MHZ once , the difference in performance is so small that it just doesn't worth it

[O9B0666]

17 hours ago, xXxSourcexXx said:

 

As a person who just built the computer that you are building right now , i am telling you that you can use both but , save money and just buy the 2400MHZ once , the difference in performance is so small that it just doesn't worth it

if its an amd build minimum one should get is 3000mhz

[xXxSourcexXx]

On 6/24/2018 at 8:07 PM, O9B0666 said:

if its an amd build minimum one should get is 3000mhz

 

I can see by your rig that you know when thing or two   , but spending more on higher frequency ram won't give him any benefit whatsoever , i am a computer tech myself , i am not an overclocker like you are , but i use my rig 24/7 and trust me it will be more then enough for him. With the prices of gpu's right now he should save for 1070 , and how do you do that? by saving money one ram instead , he just needs to 16GB of ram and 2400Mhz will be more then enough...

[beersykins]

10 minutes ago, xXxSourcexXx said:

but spending more on higher frequency ram won't give him any benefit whatsoever

RAM speed increases the Infinity Fabric frequency so you get faster inter-core communication.

 

https://www.anandtech.com/show/11857/memory-scaling-on-ryzen-7-with-team-groups-night-hawk-rgb/6

 

by saving money one ram instead

That makes it even worse since you lose dual channel bandwidth.

[xXxSourcexXx]

2 minutes ago, beersykins said:

RAM speed increases the Infinity Fabric frequency so you get faster inter-core communication.

 

https://www.anandtech.com/show/11857/memory-scaling-on-ryzen-7-with-team-groups-night-hawk-rgb/6

 

It works only in Ryzen 7 chips , and 5 fps difference really ?

 

[beersykins]

3 minutes ago, xXxSourcexXx said:

 

It works only in Ryzen 7 chips , and 5 fps difference really ?

 

False, all Ryzen utilize multiple CCX unless you're rolling something like the APUs that are all on the same CCX die.

 

Things like Handbrake gain over 18% from 2400 -> 3200.  For a lot of workloads the difference is a few percent, but that's still a measurable gain over 'nothing'.

[O9B0666]

23 minutes ago, xXxSourcexXx said:

 

I can see by your rig that you know when thing or two   , but spending more on higher frequency ram won't give him any benefit whatsoever , i am a computer tech myself , i am not an overclocker like you are , but i use my rig 24/7 and trust me it will be more then enough for him. With the prices of gpu's right now he should save for 1070 , and how do you do that? by saving money one ram instead , he just needs to 16GB of ram and 2400Mhz will be more then enough...

i dont have a amd cpu, so a 3000mhz reccomendation doesnt apply to me.

[beersykins]

On 6/23/2018 at 6:35 PM, ChineseEggroll said:

Can i use ddr4 2800mhz ram with the  b350?

To answer your question, yes you should be able to.  I'd update to the latest BIOS as the AGESA updates help a lot.

 

My lady's rig is a 1700 on a B350 Pro 4 with 2800 MHz RAM which has been solid.

[xXxSourcexXx]

35 minutes ago, beersykins said:

To answer your question, yes you should be able to.  I'd update to the latest BIOS as the AGESA updates help a lot.

 

My lady's rig is a 1700 on a B350 Pro 4 with 2800 MHz RAM which has been solid.

 

It depends on the rig then