DDR4 frequencies

pBay · 16 Jan 2017 at 17:01

Hi all,

With the value of the pound continuing to weaken against the dollar, I feel vaguely obliged to replace the 2500K with a 7700K.

One thing that I have found difficult to decide on however is the benefits (if any) of running higher frequency DDR4.

I have been looking specifically at G.Skill Trident Z 3600mhz, but then that is a good £40 dearer than 3200mhz. Is it worth the extra cost to make the new build more future-proof?

I intend on keeping this build for as long as the 2500K if that is possible!

Many thanks!

pBay · 17 Jan 2017 at 13:53

Thanks. Ended up going for the 3200, it may have some room for overclocking should it be required at a later date.

Now to decide whether to wait for AMD to get their act together, or just admit defeat and go back to intel....

pBay · 17 Jan 2017 at 16:39

welcome to my muddled mind.

I was thinking :

a) RAM isn't going to get much cheaper, if at all in the near future;
b) it would probably run at whatever speed AM4 is asking for as G.Skill seem to make pretty compatible sticks, and;
c) I am leaning towards Intel as don't think I need the amount of cores AMD will be offering initially.

I may have overthought this, rightly or wrongly!

pBay · 18 Jan 2017 at 12:30

Decided to cancel my order for now. Will wait a bit more.

My 2500K at 4.4ghz still does well, but certainly in games like BF1 it is beginning to hit 100% across all cores and occasional WoW stutters in raid environments!