DDR5 is here, first kits on sale in July
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So what's the latest? I've noticed some stock started appearing, although OC prices are still outrageous.
What are the best options for the money at the moment? Corsair Dominator Platinum? G.Skill Trident?
What are the best options for the money at the moment? Corsair Dominator Platinum? G.Skill Trident?
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Gskill without question
Why Gskill?
All memory is just Hynix and Samsung chips purchased then brand marketing added with titles like 'Dominator' 'Hyper' 'Royal' 'Ripped' and heatspreaders which may include flashy lights or fake diamonds.
Go for the cheapest that has the best rated timings and read review of what people have managed with theirs.
I guess the main thing would be the company returns policy and customer service but this shouldn't matter if you go through a reseller and need to return it
Failing that you would be going with X company that has £600 RAM to show off the epeen
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If I'm not interested in overclocking the CPU, which one of those is more worth it: Corsair Vengeance 5600Mhz, G.Skill Trident Z5 5600Mhz or G.Skill Trident Z5 6000Mhz? These are what's available right now, price is about the same.
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It's not just Samsung and hynix though. You also have micron. You tend to get more oc headroom and performance from the likes of the gskill Samsung products compared to corsair micron ram. It can be marginal but my preference is the likes of gskill over the years.
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Just pulled the trigger on 2 x G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32GB (2x 16GB) 5600MHz (64GB total), last 2 kits. I wanted Ripjaws, it's a bit cheaper and I don't need that RGB ѕhit, but there was only 1 kit for each color. Lame.
Also just paid the eye watering £940 for the damn ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Extreme. 3 years ago I bought this same series motherboard for 3 times less and at the time it was one of the most expensive motherboards...
Also just paid the eye watering £940 for the damn ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Extreme. 3 years ago I bought this same series motherboard for 3 times less and at the time it was one of the most expensive motherboards...
Hot off the press, landed today G.Skill 32GB 6400 C32 not bad for £472.41
They are SK Hynix IC's
Was looking to get set of these too,my current one are crap,looking forward to your results,greta price too everywhere else they are like £570+
Zia
So after an interesting start with an SPD issue, which I have now fixed.
Apex works fine out the box with XMP with these, the Extreme board seems to throw errors but that's a 4 DIMM board as id never expect this to run the same.
Current doing some testing on the Extreme board at 6200 32-39-39-28 1T which seems to be motoring along at the moment. They do seem a bit easier than the Samsung IC to work with but that could be for a number of reasons.
I'm expecting 6933+ from these on the Apex.
Apex works fine out the box with XMP with these, the Extreme board seems to throw errors but that's a 4 DIMM board as id never expect this to run the same.
Current doing some testing on the Extreme board at 6200 32-39-39-28 1T which seems to be motoring along at the moment. They do seem a bit easier than the Samsung IC to work with but that could be for a number of reasons.
I'm expecting 6933+ from these on the Apex.
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Not tried yet, seeing where they land first.
I suspect depending on the game I should see an increase once setup for this board.
CPU settings as above, once I am finished with Secondary and Tertiary times it should be knocking on the door or 48-50ns
I forgot the AIDA64 screen grab:
One the other board, its a piece of cake to go higher
Not bad more like it when comes down to latency