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4770k to Ryzen 2600 worth the change?

Journey said:
Wouldn't waste £40 going from 3000 to 3200 RAM, you won't see more then a couple of percent increase, and you'll want to get better timings not faster MHz
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Yeah 3000 with decent timings seems to be the sweet spot (though prices have come down a bit this week so might be worth checking) - 3200 is often a big increase in price for pretty much negligible performance on the 2600 - though the higher models with overclocking and gaming in mind still benefit.

EDIT: Though it could be worth it possibly with a future CPU upgrade on the same motherboard in mind as RAM prices are all over the place like crazy.
 
Journey said:
Wouldn't waste £40 going from 3000 to 3200 RAM, you won't see more then a couple of percent increase, and you'll want to get better timings not faster MHz
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Rroff said:
Yeah 3000 with decent timings seems to be the sweet spot (though prices have come down a bit this week so might be worth checking) - 3200 is often a big increase in price for pretty much negligible performance on the 2600 - though the higher models with overclocking and gaming in mind still benefit.

EDIT: Though it could be worth it possibly with a future CPU upgrade on the same motherboard in mind as RAM prices are all over the place like crazy.
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These are the Rams i'm looking at , which should i get, which offers the best bang for buck as i don't know anything about Timings.

3000mhz CAS 16-18-18-36 Timings = £109.99

3200mhz CAS 16-18-18-36 Timings = £128.99

3600mhz CAS 19-19-19-39 Timings = £139.99
 
That 3200 stuff looks hard to beat TBH few weeks back when I was doing builds they were like £170+ :s ultimately though the 3000 won't let you down if you want to make savings that is what I put into builds with the 2600.
 
sanaxe1 said:
3000mhz CAS 16-18-18-36 Timings = £109.99
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It'll more then likely do C14 with 1.4v or less of you are lucky, I've been testing some Corsair 2666MHz at speeds up to 3200MHz with those 16-18-18-18 timings, and it was faster at 2933MHz C14 that was on an R5 1600, and a 2200.
 
The thing to watch with Ryzen is it prefers bdie based ram like the 8 pack 3200 c14 for the best results. I had 2 x 8gb stable at 3333 c14 and 3466 c15, now simply run 4 x 8gb at 3200 c14. The problem is it isn't cheap and may not be worth the extra cost for you.

I bought mine as I plan to upgrade to a third generation Ryzen cpu in the future and wanted 32gb to run easily at a decent speed.
 
DarkHorizon472 said:
The thing to watch with Ryzen is it prefers bdie based ram like the 8 pack 3200 c14 for the best results. I had 2 x 8gb stable at 3333 c14 and 3466 c15, now simply run 4 x 8gb at 3200 c14. The problem is it isn't cheap and may not be worth the extra cost for you.

I bought mine as I plan to upgrade to a third generation Ryzen cpu in the future and wanted 32gb to run easily at a decent speed.
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according to Guru3d this ram is Samsung B-die?

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/teamgroup-t-force-vulcan-tuf-ddr4-3200-mhz-review,16.html
 
sanaxe1 said:
Thanks for your reply's guys. I've decided i will upgrade as it will be virtually free to do so. I've decided to go for the following :

CPU : Ryzen 2600
Ram : 16GB Team Group 3200mhz ram
Motherboard : Gigabyte x470 Aorus Ultra Gaming.

Total cost to upgrade £17

I decided to go with the cheaper 2600 so i could spend more on the faster ram and get a decent motherboard on the latest platform ready for Ryzen 2 and i can simply change the CPU to Ryzen 2 in the future. If i was to simply wait for Ryzen 2 and keep my current system then I would be looking at a £200-£300 cost to upgrade due to most likely getting half the cost of what i could sell my current pc parts for.
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£17 for that? Wow that's a great deal you got there.
 
I'm curious why your friend offered you £400 for your old kit? is there a reason he's not going with ryzen himself? Does he know anything about computers?
 
Same boat as well with a 4770k @ 4.5Ghz and a 1080Ti. It's still doing a decent job though, so I think I'm going to wait and see what Zen 2 brings to the table.

But if I was in the OP's shoes, getting so much for my current system, I'd probably upgrade now.
 
Wucked said:
Yeah, I agree. But that itch though...
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Yeah :( my setup is more than good enough for anything I'm doing at the moment but still got the itch - I'm not hurrying to upgrade at the moment though anyhow as I've got a new car purchase and a possible house move to consider going forward.
 
Wucked said:
Same boat as well with a 4770k @ 4.5Ghz and a 1080Ti. It's still doing a decent job though, so I think I'm going to wait and see what Zen 2 brings to the table.

But if I was in the OP's shoes, getting so much for my current system, I'd probably upgrade now.
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I’m running the same as you and hanging on for Zen 2. If nothing else it might cause intel to drop their prices.
 
The wise choice seems to be to wait for Zen 2 unless you have a need for more cores here and now.
Waiting is of course irritating but you do get a bonus doing it since DDR4 ram prices are continuously falling, so it will be cheaper to buy next year and the same goes for SSD's.
 
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