Best ram to pair with a i9 14900k

JollyJamma said:
Yes, agree with this. Intel loves faster RAM but RAM pricing as you go past 7200 and closer to 8000 gets really high and makes little difference to most peoples gaming experience.

OP, If you're an extreme overclocker like Buildzoid or K|ngp|n who are chasing points on 3D mark, you know what RAM you want, will use LN2 and will buy multiple sticks of the best to bin modules until you can run insane speeds.

Any Hynix module with good enough speeds at a reasonable price will be great, realistically.
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I don't really want to get into overclocking, I just want a good fast pc for gaming.
The i9 14900k is replacing my i7 13700k so with the spare CPU I thought I could build another pc, I already have a lot of other bits so if I replace the ram as well all I would need is a cheap B760 mobo & I'm nearly there (or I could just sell it I guess).
But yeah it seems there's no point in going mad with the ram as it looks to make little difference.. :/
 
JollyJamma said:
Yes, agree with this. Intel loves faster RAM but RAM pricing as you go past 7200 and closer to 8000 gets really high and makes little difference to most peoples gaming experience
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I think you missed the point of @Rroff post. His point was 7200mhz(fast kit) only bags you about 5fps over a 6000mhz cl30 kit.

So what he’s saying is not intel loves fast ram but there is nothing really to gain from going faster. And the cost compared to gaining 5fps…
 
Wing-Man said:
I think you missed the point of @Rroff post. His point was 7200mhz(fast kit) only bags you about 5fps over a 6000mhz cl30 kit.

So what he’s saying is not intel loves fast ram but there is nothing really to gain from going faster. And the cost compared to gaining 5fps…
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Yes, sorry if my reply didn’t fully align to that, I can see how my reply wasn’t on point, but I was agreeing with that statement.

also, it’s not 7200 mhz, it’s DDR so the frequency is 3600 mhz for 7200 speed RAM which is measured in a transfer rate of MT/s.

SD RAM run in 1:1 rate as data is sent on one clock cycle whereas DDR sends data on both the rising and falling clock cycle.

Extract from wiki

Describing the bandwidth of a double-pumped bus can be confusing. Each clock edge is referred to as a beat, with two beats (one upbeat and one downbeat) per cycle. Technically, the hertz is a unit of cycles per second, but many people refer to the number of transfers per second. Careful usage generally talks about "500 MHz, double data rate" or "1000 MT/s"
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Many RAM and motherboard companies erroneously use MHz as it sounds better in marketing material and end users are often left confused.

en.wikipedia.org

Double data rate - Wikipedia

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Hope this helps.
 
Rroff said:
You are well into diminishing returns beyond that - 7200 is like ~5FPS at 1080, 2-3FPS at 1440p, 1-2FPS at 4K better performance in games than a 6000MHz CL30 kit.
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Is it really as low as that?
At 4k or seems hardly any difference. Heck, even at other resolutions it is pointless.
Altho not as easy to test I do wonder what the differences are going from DDR4 to DDR5.
 
Wing-Man said:
yes it really is pointless, BUT as time go's by it will get better.

at 4k i would say 90% of systems are GPU bound so ram and CPU have zero affect
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Point taken

There are some anomalies that I play.. WRSR perhaps one of them. A city builder type game that does, to a point, utilise certain cores on my 12700k over that of the 4080 I use, at 4k.
Cities-skylines-II is a strange one as yet, so much to optimise, it seems both CPU and GPU dependant. It does seem to use both E and P cores.
Civ VI, another one that utilised the E and P cores quite well.
 
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Ripper-X- said:
That doesn't mean that it will only run 6600mhz with 2 sticks or ram in does it? I'm looking at the Corsair Dominator Titanium rgb 32gb DDr5 7200MT/s CL34 Intel xmp memory kit as being my best choice atm, will it run at full speed with 2 sticks?
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I have this memory. Funnily enough it was more pricier than the 7800mhz gskills I got as well but quite a bit but that is Corsair tax for you.
 
Ripper-X- said:
What motherboard are you using with the ram, what is you experience with it would you say its good ram & worth me getting it over others?
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It looks nice as that why you would buy it. It I have it in a z690 formula board but I will transfer it to the z790 formula which is a refresh of the z690. It says the board can go up to 7800/8000 MHz I can’t remember which one. I will test both. But depends on the memory controller. I mean it your call the gskill 7800 MHz is faster and cheaper by £50.
 
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GoRedwings19 said:
It looks nice as that why you would buy it. It I have it in a z690 formula board but I will transfer it to the z790 formula which is a refresh of the z690. It says the board can go up to 7800/8000 MHz I can’t remember which one. I will test both. But depends on the memory controller. I mean it your call the gskill 7800 MHz is faster and cheaper by £50.
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What speed are you running the ram at in a z690?
 
Wing-Man said:
What speed are you running the ram at in a z690?
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well at the moment it booted up at 6600mhz on the z690 platform whihc iirc really only supports up to 6400mhz. It's difficult to know how far it will go. Currently I am running a 129000k whihc I thought was a crappy overclocker in another z690 motherboard. But in this motherboard it has pleasantly suprised me. Before I couldn;t run it with more than a -0.07v offset before it would throw a hissy fit and started to crash and all sorts.
Currently it's at -0.1v offset and has been rock solid.

So hopefully with this motherboard maybe I could get higher. I think 6800 mhz is doable without any major changes. But I think 7000mhz and 7200 might be a bit sketch. Of course If I popped it in the z790 motherboard it would be a no brainer.

Would I be able to overclock it higher? Possibly but for these past few years Corsair have kinda fallen by the wayside to the likes of G.Skill and others when it comes to good quality ram modules whihc can be overclocked.

Does it look snazzy AF? You betcha. Is it the best quality ram for clocking? not even close.
 
GoRedwings19 said:
well at the moment it booted up at 6600mhz on the z690 platform whihc iirc really only supports up to 6400mhz. It's difficult to know how far it will go. Currently I am running a 129000k whihc I thought was a crappy overclocker in another z690 motherboard. But in this motherboard it has pleasantly suprised me. Before I couldn;t run it with more than a -0.07v offset before it would throw a hissy fit and started to crash and all sorts.
Currently it's at -0.1v offset and has been rock solid.

So hopefully with this motherboard maybe I could get higher. I think 6800 mhz is doable without any major changes. But I think 7000mhz and 7200 might be a bit sketch. Of course If I popped it in the z790 motherboard it would be a no brainer.

Would I be able to overclock it higher? Possibly but for these past few years Corsair have kinda fallen by the wayside to the likes of G.Skill and others when it comes to good quality ram modules whihc can be overclocked.

Does it look snazzy AF? You betcha. Is it the best quality ram for clocking? not even close.
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Thats interesting, what G.Skill 7200mt/s ddr5 would you recommend?
 
I’ve done two builds and both times gone for Corsair vengeance 7200 Cas 34. It’s “cheap”, reliable and can be overclocked quite heavily (a-die ram). I run it at XMP with no issues on an Apex board.

Model number is CMK32GX5M2X7200C34

It’s also on sale at the moment so 32GB can be had for around £135

I felt it was a nice middle ground between trying to save money going for something less fast (savings wouldn’t have been massive). And spending significantly more buying something faster and fancier for minimal gains in games.

I’m not bothered about rgb, and I feel you can’t go wrong with stealth black low profile ram. It gives you the flexibility to use any type of cooler too.

If you use liquid cooling and decide to go to air cooled you’d never have to worry about compatibility issues.
 
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