R7 2700x 2400mhz ram and high resolutions.

[Tylithdor]

Hey there, I recently decided to buy a ryzen 7 2700x combo, and I have some 2400mhz ram and a gtx 1080 to use in the build coming from an i7 8700k build. I know that with ryzen, ram speed affects performance, but would I see a huge performance difference at a resolution of 3440x1440 with 2400mhz ram? Is it worth spending another 200$ for faster ram? I'm just unsure about if the performance gap closes with resolution or not. Thank you guys for the help!

[Rauten]

Maybe you don't need to buy RAM; have you tried to run it at higher speeds? The speed that they're sold at is the speed that the manufacturer ensures works with that kit, but you may be able to push it higher.

[ZeouLs]

*slaps roof of ram* This badboy can fit so much OC in it

 

I'll make a meme when I get home, I'm at work, send help...pls

[-rascal-]

35 minutes ago, Tylithdor said:

Hey there, I recently decided to buy a ryzen 7 2700x combo, and I have some 2400mhz ram and a gtx 1080 to use in the build coming from an i7 8700k build. I know that with ryzen, ram speed affects performance, but would I see a huge performance difference at a resolution of 3440x1440 with 2400mhz ram? Is it worth spending another 200$ for faster ram? I'm just unsure about if the performance gap closes with resolution or not. Thank you guys for the help!

 

Which memory kits are you looking at?

Going from 2400 MHz to ... 2933 MHz, 3000 MHz, or 3200 MHz shouldn't be a $200 increase...

That is, for a typical 16GB kit.

 

2933 MHz ~ 3200 MHz is the ideal spot for Ryzen.

You can do higher, but the price starts to climb pretty quick.

At that point, overclocking the CPU, or step-up on the GPU side would be the more reasonable thing to do.

http://www.legitreviews.com/ddr4-memory-scaling-performance-with-ryzen-7-2700x-on-the-amd-x470-platform_205154

 

[Tylithdor]

4 hours ago, -rascal- said:

 

Which memory kits are you looking at?

Going from 2400 MHz to ... 2933 MHz, 3000 MHz, or 3200 MHz shouldn't be a $200 increase...

That is, for a typical 16GB kit.

 

2933 MHz ~ 3200 MHz is the ideal spot for Ryzen.

You can do higher, but the price starts to climb pretty quick.

At that point, overclocking the CPU, or step-up on the GPU side would be the more reasonable thing to do.

http://www.legitreviews.com/ddr4-memory-scaling-performance-with-ryzen-7-2700x-on-the-amd-x470-platform_205154

 

I was looking at mostly cl14 16gb kits which seemed to hover pretty close to 200 give or take 20 dollars depending on the kit. Either way whether it be 100$ or 200$ I'm not sure the price would ever be justified if performance gains on memory limitations diminish with higher resolutions. I just can't find any benchmarks that give me an answer to that question, but I may not be looking hard enough.

[Zando_]

17 minutes ago, Tylithdor said:

I was looking at mostly cl14 16gb kits which seemed to hover pretty close to 200 give or take 20 dollars depending on the kit. Either way whether it be 100$ or 200$ I'm not sure the price would ever be justified if performance gains on memory limitations diminish with higher resolutions. I just can't find any benchmarks that give me an answer to that question, but I may not be looking hard enough.

Just build your system and see how it runs, if you want better performance and OCing the CPU/GPU doesn't do that, then upgrade the RAM.