Best memory for x99, 5820k

BS Dave · 19 Dec 2018 at 07:06

I’ve just bought a 5820k and x99 board and wanted to grab 32gb of ddr4 to go with it.

I’ve seen 4x8gb sticks of 2666mhz cas16, 1.2 volt Corsair vengeance for a good price and was thinking with some extra volts I could shoot for lower latencies as with the quad channel I’d probably have enough bandwidth already?

Does that sound like a plan??

BS Dave · 19 Dec 2018 at 09:05

Would I see any benefit by trying to push it anyway?

BS Dave · 19 Dec 2018 at 14:06

Silent_Scone said:
https://gskill.com/en/product/f4-3200c14q-32gtzsw

Practically all HW-E CPUs are capable of 3200MHz, it's one of the stronger ratios.

See now you've put a spanner in the works, it looks pretty good as well. I've left the vengeance for now (the auction ran out) and will keep an eye out for some trident z

BS Dave · 19 Dec 2018 at 22:42

Hmm £400 for the 32gb is out if my budget though. I have some (4x4) value sticks that will do 2400mhz at the moment, and wanted more for bf v hopefully to smooth out the hitches (I think it’s a windows 10 problem) if I went for 16gb of g-skill 3200mhz would I notice the bump from 2400 do you think? I suppose I could try them out at the rainforest and see...

One more thing do any of the LED/rub kits work with x99??

BS Dave · 6 Jun 2020 at 01:12

I got some c15 3000mhz Corsair LED 2nd hand in the end. I was playing around with it tonight and cpu-z said it was Samsung IC. It now running 14-14-14-36 at 3200mhz at 1.45v (though I’m going to get that down).

bit of a result I think. I think the rest of the timings are a bit flabby though. Are there any good guides to 2nd and third timings out there?