Ram for Ryzen 2600

[Neilpwn]

Hiya, I'm building a mATX 2600 build and I am curious about ram. I've had great brand reliability from G.Skill and I was looking at between the 2133 Forits and Flare x.
I intend to overclock my ram. but at these two, fortis being 1.20v tested and flare x at 1.35v and the same 15-15-15-35 latency, the same price ($119.99) and obviously the Fortis has no heat spreader.
I am also willing to put a heat spreader on the fortis assuming it is more capable than the flare x.

What would you suggest and why? and how would the 0.15v difference impact capabilities? Thanks!

[DVA]

IF I may put in some input...rather than the ram suggested, why not look for something of a higher frequency? AMD prefers higher frequencies, in most cases the higher frequency sticks will also have a better latency. 

I'd aim for a 3000Mhz frequency if it's in your budget.

[Neilpwn]

Just now, DVA said:

IF I may put in some input...rather than the ram suggested, why not look for something of a higher frequency? AMD prefers higher frequencies, in most cases the higher frequency sticks will also have a better latency. 

I'd aim for a 3000Mhz frequency if it's in your budget.

it is, but I admit, I am new to just ram overclocking. is there a disadvantage to overclocking 2133 up to 3000ish range to a stock 3000 stick?

[DVA]

1 minute ago, Neilpwn said:

it is, but I admit, I am new to just ram overclocking. is there a disadvantage to overclocking 2133 up to 3000ish range to a stock 3000 stick?

I suppose if you're confident with your overclocking than you would be fine. The only difference is the ram would be hotter due to the higher voltages. If you treat it well and don't over do it than you should be fine. Just be mindful of the hotter temps

[Neilpwn]

1 minute ago, DVA said:

I suppose if you're confident with your overclocking than you would be fine. The only difference is the ram would be hotter due to the higher voltages. If you treat it well and don't over do it than you should be fine. Just be mindful of the hotter temps

10-4, i'm pretty confident with overclocks, my last build was based around a Pentium G3258, on this build I will be using a tower cooler, Noctua or unless I can find a better one since I intend to overclock everything to its limits. I really liked the idea of the Fortis sticks at any speed since it would give me the chance to experiment with cooling solutions on a bare stick. down to putting tiny copper heatsinks on each individual chip like back in DDR days, I just dont know enough to say if a 1.20v 2133 15-15-15-35 stick will be better at overclocking and everything compared to another with the same specs at 1.35v

[Streetguru]

14 minutes ago, Neilpwn said:

 

You want 3000mhz RAM or better, don't buy a low end kit and try to overclock it.

 

Ryzen 2000 will take any RAM basically compared to first gen ryzen.

Your low end kit is far more likely to be unstable when overclocked.

[Neilpwn]

Just now, Streetguru said:

You want 3000mhz RAM or better, don't buy a low end kit and try to overclock it.

 

Ryzen 2000 will take any RAM basically compared to first gen ryzen.

Your low end kit is far more likely to be unstable when overclocked.

okay, for sake of argument. if we took initial speed out of the question, would a stick at 1.2v perform better in overclocking than a 1.35? my attraction to the Fortis sticks are the low profile being heat spreaderless and that I will be sticking a gigantic tower cooler on the cpu.

[Streetguru]

Just now, Neilpwn said:

okay, for sake of argument. if we took initial speed out of the question, would a stick at 1.2v perform better in overclocking than a 1.35? my attraction to the Fortis sticks are the low profile being heat spreaderless and that I will be sticking a gigantic tower cooler on the cpu.

You can just take the heatspreaders off your RAM and it won't matter, or you can buy aftermarket stuff

The RAM is likely specced that low as it wasn't stable at higher frequencies.

This might have some info

 

[Mooshi]

I've overclocked ram like maybe twice and honestly the instability wasn't worth the work put it.