Advice on 16gb 3000/3200 for X99, XMP

Wilkotron · 14 Sep 2018 at 20:57

Just bought a used 5820k with a Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5P mobo for a good price. I only have the budget for 16gb at the moment, but plan on upgrading to 32gb in the future.

I was pretty set on this: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...hannel-kit-black-cmk16gx4m2b32-my-456-cs.html earlier but, after being side-tracked reading about Samsung B-Die I seem to have plugged myself with too much info to make an educated decision on what is best for my platform.

If I've read into stuff correctly it will need to have XMP support to clock up to 3200. Is it more cost effective to buy the 3000 and clock it to 3400 (that's the mobo's max)? Is Samsung B-Die better only when used with Ryzen?

Cheers.

8 Pack · 14 Sep 2018 at 22:56

B die is more compatable and overclockable on all platforms. If on x99 buy 2x8gb 3200mhz b die would be your best option.

Wilkotron · 15 Sep 2018 at 06:59

8 Pack said:
B die is more compatable and overclockable on all platforms. If on x99 buy 2x8gb 3200mhz b die would be your best option.

Brill. Thanks for the clarification, 8 Pack, appreciated.

Minstadave · 15 Sep 2018 at 07:45

You know you need 4 modules to use quad channel on X99? Memory clocking can be quite limited on X99/5820k depending on your memory controller and board so fast DDR4 is of limited benefit

You could look at 4x4GB kits which would be cheaper.

Wilkotron · 15 Sep 2018 at 09:44

Minstadave said:
You know you need 4 modules to use quad channel on X99? Memory clocking can be quite limited on X99/5820k depending on your memory controller and board so fast DDR4 is of limited benefit

You could look at 4x4GB kits which would be cheaper.

That's good to know, thanks. I wasn't aware of this.

What am I looking at realistically, best bang for buck? Like you say, no point in stumping up for higher clocks if it's of limited benefit.

Minstadave · 15 Sep 2018 at 19:38

Wilkotron said:
That's good to know, thanks. I wasn't aware of this.

What am I looking at realistically, best bang for buck? Like you say, no point in stumping up for higher clocks if it's of limited benefit.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/8959...-3200-with-gskill-corsair-adata-and-crucial/7

Speed makes very little difference, so I’d aim for at least 2400mhz, cheaper the better.

Wilkotron · 18 Sep 2018 at 09:17

Minstadave said:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/8959...-3200-with-gskill-corsair-adata-and-crucial/7

Speed makes very little difference, so I’d aim for at least 2400mhz, cheaper the better.

Thanks for the advice. After reading through that article thoroughly and then spending copious amounts of time scouring the market I went for 2400 and managed to find 4 8's for Quad at a very reasonable price.

Minstadave · 18 Sep 2018 at 10:12

Wilkotron said:
Thanks for the advice. After reading through that article thoroughly and then spending copious amounts of time scouring the market I went for 2400 and managed to find 4 8's for Quad at a very reasonable price.

Nice find, a 32GB quad kit will last you nicely on X99.

Chaos666 · 8 Oct 2018 at 20:33

i just got a kit of 4x4 3000mhz and it runs no problem....
i know it can do 3466mhz on x299 but i cant get it to run any higher than xmp ...

Minstadave · 8 Oct 2018 at 22:13

X99 isn't reknown for high memory clocks, esp with Haswell-E. I wouldn't worry tbh.

Chaos666 · 9 Oct 2018 at 05:13

I know. There is literally no difference between 2400 and 3000 in benchmarks as well