memory frequency for 8th gen cpu

[AnGo21]

Hi People,

 

Asus H370I supports 2666, 2400 and 2133MHz RAM. I will be using i5 8600k, which One should I go for?

[Crunchy Dragon]

2400 is a decent speed. I personally run 2133Mhz without problem.

[AnGo21]

thanks

[xg32]

i recommend 2666, corsair 2x8gb should be about 150usd.

[AnGo21]

okay. Should I go for Corsair or Ballistix? @xg32

[Enderman]

Get the cheapest?

[Jurrunio]

Not sure why an 8600k will sit in a board with locked chipset

[xg32]

4 minutes ago, AnGo21 said:

okay. Should I go for Corsair or Ballistix? @xg32

you are not overclocking the cpu on that motherboard, so just get the cheaper one.

[AnGo21]

In H370I you can overclock, as I have read. @Jurrunio

[Jurrunio]

1 minute ago, AnGo21 said:

In H370I you can overclock, as I have read. @Jurrunio

Where? I need to bomb whoever said that

[partymarty]

"Beyond the loss of overclocking support, H370 motherboards don't give up much to Z370 models by comparison. The only other notable difference between H370 and Z370 is that only the overclocking-friendly chipset will support CPU PCIe lane bifurcation for Crossfire and SLI configurations."

 

Quote from: https://techreport.com/review/33420/exploring-intel-h370-b360-and-h310-chipsets

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So a K sku is pretty useless on a H370 board, if you want overclocking? Take Z370. If you are not going to, take a H370 with a 8600 or a 8700.

[AnGo21]

Do I go for 8 gb RAM or better to go with 16gb ?

[partymarty]

Just now, AnGo21 said:

Do I go for 8 gb RAM or better to go with 16gb ?

Depends on what you're planning to do... I've found a few games in the last year that really used more than 8gb of ram. But many, many, many games don't need much more than 8.

[AnGo21]

Mainly need it for low profile machine learning. what do you suggest

[partymarty]

3 minutes ago, AnGo21 said:

Mainly need it for low profile machine learning. what do you suggest

For machine learning most people recommend at least 16gb, 32gb is advised.