Best ram for ddr4 Ryzen 2x4gb=8gb

golbat77 · 10 Nov 2017 at 23:35

Hi all got a amd ryzen 1600 with asus rog b350-f
What is best 2x4gb ddr4 2400/3000

golbat77 · 10 Nov 2017 at 23:38

Would love to go to 16gb but ddr4 £ is going up and up

danny77 · 11 Nov 2017 at 06:30

Whilst prices have risen on ddr4 everywhere you need to shop around as it can be picked up as it can be had for upto around 20 percent cheaper , also probably best hanging on a week to see if there's any black Friday / cyber Monday offers.

With ryzen you ideally want the fastest speed you can afford within reason ie 3000/3200 and as for volume whilst 8 gig is enough for gaming it cost you half again to go to 16 gig ie 2x4 kit cost for example £95 whilst the same ram in a 2x8 kit would be £150

Smffy · 11 Nov 2017 at 09:35

I’d wait for Black Friday and try to get a 3000/3200 kit in 16GB, Ryzen performance increases quite a lot at around that speed vs 2400 so it’s worth while.

I’d wager you can get a kit for something like £100 then, not long to wait.

shamus21 · 14 Nov 2017 at 11:57

a lot of memory has doubled in price since last year if you have spare sticks you can now sell them S/H on the bay etc. and make a very good profit.

Alexmunich0n · 15 Nov 2017 at 15:47

Smffy said:
I’d wait for Black Friday and try to get a 3000/3200 kit in 16GB, Ryzen performance increases quite a lot at around that speed vs 2400 so it’s worth while.

I’d wager you can get a kit for something like £100 then, not long to wait.

This might sound like a stupid q but why cant you just get 2400 and then get it to 3000mhz??

Smffy · 15 Nov 2017 at 15:54

Alexmunich0n said:
This might sound like a stupid q but why cant you just get 2400 and then get it to 3000mhz??

The memory is sold at a lower speed for a reason, it’s the lesser bin of the chips. Whilst it’s true some of the good memory can be clocked from say 3200 to 3600 timings usually suffer. It’s extemely unlikely you will overclock 2400 to any great degree.

Look at the range of memory, they are effectively identical just different bins of silicon. Samsung B Die recommended over Hynix also by the way.

Alexmunich0n · 15 Nov 2017 at 16:13

Smffy said:
The memory is sold at a lower speed for a reason, it’s the lesser bin of the chips. Whilst it’s true some of the good memory can be clocked from say 3200 to 3600 timings usually suffer. It’s extemely unlikely you will overclock 2400 to any great degree.

Look at the range of memory, they are effectively identical just different bins of silicon. Samsung B Die recommended over Hynix also by the way.

Thank you I saw a set of g skill flare x (F4-2400C15D-16GFX) for 130 found a reddit post that said this is 8Gb Hynix + Single rank so thats probably why its cheaper i am waiting for black friday( with not much hope that the prices for ram will decrease much)thank you for your response.

Smffy · 15 Nov 2017 at 17:08

Alexmunich0n said:
Thank you I saw a set of g skill flare x (F4-2400C15D-16GFX) for 130 found a reddit post that said this is 8Gb Hynix + Single rank so thats probably why its cheaper i am waiting for black friday( with not much hope that the prices for ram will decrease much)thank you for your response.

Hynix will work ok on newer BIOS (make sure you update), but higher speed it’s always much more readily compatible on B Die.

Single rank is fine, 4GB and 8 will probably be single most of the time. Good luck, worst case some 3,000 Corsair cheap will still beat a set of 2,400 so don’t worry too much.

Alexmunich0n · 15 Nov 2017 at 22:20

Smffy said:
Hynix will work ok on newer BIOS (make sure you update), but higher speed it’s always much more readily compatible on B Die.

Single rank is fine, 4GB and 8 will probably be single most of the time. Good luck, worst case some 3,000 Corsair cheap will still beat a set of 2,400 so don’t worry too much.

Right ok thanks it seems that the support for the ASUS B350F RIG strix I have doesnt have much support, QVL list not updated as ive read people using ram not on the QVL and it's working. Also checked the G skill website they dont even have the mobo listed for any of their RAM. Suppose its normal as its a newish motherboard. Just hoping to get some 3k - 3.2k for about 120 - 150, I hope so. Thanks a lot for your input.

8 Pack · 16 Nov 2017 at 22:33

8Pack 3200 is King and Queen!! Maybe black Friday will offer something here

Goody_GTI · 17 Nov 2017 at 08:07

8 Pack said:
8Pack 3200 is King and Queen!! Maybe black Friday will offer something here

Yes please this would be good!

Seal2fast · 19 Nov 2017 at 17:49

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...3200mhz-dual-channel-kit-black-my-08l-tg.html

these bad boys are great

David Bisset · 20 Nov 2017 at 12:17

Alexmunich0n said:
This might sound like a stupid q but why cant you just get 2400 and then get it to 3000mhz??

Sometimes you can just fine - indeed for a while one of the 'best' ram options was samsung green, which wasn't sold as overclocking ram at all.