DDR5 CL36 vs CL30

pigeonguyuk · 28 Jan 2023 at 12:17

Looking some advice

Was about to order a 2nd kit of Trident Z Neo 6000MHZ CL36

However the CL30 kit is now £10 cheaper than the CL36 kit

So I'm tempted to buy 2 of the CL30 kits and sell the other CL36. Or should I just get my 2nd kit and not worry about the hassle

mickyflinn · 28 Jan 2023 at 17:05

You would gain a few fps but nothing that's worth the cost imo, if you want the best then go for it.

Tetras · 30 Jan 2023 at 22:10

A 2nd kit? You mean, run with 4 sticks? What's the CPU? I'm afraid that you might find that this choice is irrelevant

mattyfez · 1 Feb 2023 at 03:55

I'd say theres nothing in it, I ordered some team group DDR5 '38 but it's out of stock so I paid a tenner more for kingston '36.
I avoid RGB stuff though and just look at compatabilty and timings.

Grim5 · 1 Feb 2023 at 05:30

Yeah don't do that - it's not advised to use 4 sticks of DDR5 as you will need to lower speeds significantly to get it stable. With ddr5 the advertised XMP speeds is only stable when using 2 sticks of ram not 4 like it was with DDR4

mattyfez · 1 Feb 2023 at 05:47

IIRC it was like that with DDR3 and DDR4 early days also.. 2 sticks always are more stable than 4 if you want to run an overclock/XMP