3200 MHz or 3000 MHz for the Ryzen 5?

[EpycZen]

Hello,

I am building a PC to replace my 10yr old core 2 duo pc...

I want to use AMD Ryzen 5 for my build...

Ryzen 5 2400G supports 3200 MHz of RAM and not 3000 MHz...(DDR4)

Does it support 3000 MHz?

 

3200 MHz which I might buy : G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 3200MHz 2 x 8GB (F4-3200C14D-16GTZRX)

[or]

Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000MHz 2 x 8GB (MK8GX4M1D3000C16)

 

Which one do I choose?

 

Edited September 22, 2018 by Indian_Gamer
forgot to add info

[genexis_x]

What's the latency for both kits?

[EpycZen]

I Don't know their latency... I mostly don't care much about latency

[EpycZen]

2 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

What's the latency for both kits?

I Don't know their latency... I mostly don't care much about latency

[genexis_x]

3 minutes ago, Indian_Gamer said:

I mostly don't care much about latency

It matters

[Fasauceome]

Ryzen scales with ram speed, and while it doesn't "support" anything over 2933, 3200 will give you higher performance. After that, diminishing returns kicks in hard.

Also, the latency is usually listed as CAS. it'll say CAS 15 or something on the specs, but 3000 and 3200 from the same manufacturer probably have the same latency at a similar price point.

[EpycZen]

Just now, GeneXiS_X said:

It matters

ok ok but my problem is that does amd ryzen 5 2400g support 3000 MHz?

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Indian_Gamer said:

ok ok but my problem is that does amd ryzen 5 2400g support 3000 MHz?

You should check out videos of people testing that CPU with different ram speeds. It will give you a good idea of what to look for.

[EpycZen]

2 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Ryzen scales with ram speed, and while it doesn't "support" anything over 2933, 3200 will give you higher performance. After that, diminishing returns kicks in hard.

Also, the latency is usually listed as CAS. it'll say CAS 15 or something on the specs, but 3000 and 3200 from the same manufacturer probably have the same latency at a similar price point.

Do you mean that 3200 MHz runs better than 3000 MHz ?

[EpycZen]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

You should check out videos of people testing that CPU with different ram speeds. It will give you a good idea of what to look for.

they use 2400 MHz ram which a big constraint for me 

 

[EpycZen]

15 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

What's the latency for both kits?

g skill 14-14-14-34

corsair 16-18-18-36

[Sakkura]

30 minutes ago, Indian_Gamer said:

Hello,

I am building a PC to replace my 10yr old core 2 duo pc...

I want to use AMD Ryzen 5 for my build...

Ryzen 5 2400G supports 3200 MHz of RAM and not 3000 MHz...(DDR4)

Does it support 3000 MHz?

 

3200 MHz which I might buy : G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 3200MHz 2 x 8GB (F4-3200C14D-16GTZRX)

[or]

Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000MHz 2 x 8GB (MK8GX4M1D3000C16)

 

Which one do I choose?

 

It depends on the price, I guess, but the G.Skill 3200 kit is significantly better. Not only is it faster, it's also Samsung B-die, which has much better chance of working well with your Ryzen chip at the full rated speed.

17 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

What's the latency for both kits?

You can tell from the SKUs. 3200 CL14 and 3000 CL16.

[EpycZen]

2 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

It depends on the price, I guess, but the G.Skill 3200 kit is significantly better. Not only is it faster, it's also Samsung B-die, which has much better chance of working well with your Ryzen chip at the full rated speed.

You can tell from the SKUs. 3200 CL14 and 3000 CL16.

That helped me... And G.Skill's Heat sink looks more promising than the corsair's 

Thanks a Lot

[Sakkura]

Just now, Indian_Gamer said:

That helped me... And G.Skill's Heat sink looks more promising than the corsair's 

Thanks a Lot

No problem. The heatsink isn't really necessary as DDR4 produces very little heat. But if you like the way it looks, that's a nice bonus.

[Jurrunio]

Just get the Gskill kit if you can, it's much better for an APU like this.

 

The CPU itself supports 2933 officially, but can take up to 3466 with careful tuning. In general, 3200 should be doable in 99% of Zen based Ryzen (including 2400g)

[Fasauceome]

14 minutes ago, Indian_Gamer said:

they use 2400 MHz ram which a big constraint for me 

 

"they?" not exactly sure who it is you mean, but there are people who test with higher speeds

https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Ryzen-5-2400G-Memory-Speed-Performance-Analysis

[EpycZen]

Ok guys..... my motherboard supports 3000 MHz RAM.... thank you guys for helping me out....