Did Corsair just silently put out the best B Die bin on the market? 4000 16-16-16-36 XMP at 1.40v!

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This is probably a missprint in specs or whatever but I'll leave this just incase.

CMK16GX4M2G4000C16
CMK16GX4M2Z4000C16 (AMD Version)

Seems to have came out late November 2020 and nobody said anything, I found it by pure chance.

This bin seems too good to believe. The thing is I googled the code and elsewhere states it might be 16-16-16-36 at 1.4v but even then this takes the pants off G. Skill's best 4000 16-19-19-39 bin also at 1.4v. I know G. Skill has a 15-16-16-36 bin at 1.5v but this is just on another level.

I refuse to believe they binned 4000 16-16-16-36 at 1.35v or even 1.45v. Anyone willing to put an order in and see what arrives?

Edit: Forum user Wang confirmed these are indeed 4000 16-16-16-36 at 1.40v
 
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Yeah that's great, thanks. Hard to say if they did cheap out on the PCB as most of the time the SPD info always states stuff like A0 (8 layers) as they don't bother to change it.

Regardless this is most likely the best bin of b die. If you want to check I know the best bin (TeamGroup 3600C14 ARGB) can run 14-15-15-35 at 1.37v. If you can run that at 1.36v it likely takes the crown.

I would not be surprised if this RAM became the defacto standard for Ryzen now. Here's why:

1: An INSANE XMP profile for people looking to set and forget 2000 FCLK
2: 3800C14 should be very easy. If the TeamGroup/G. Skill bins shown here are doing the tight 3800C14 settings at 1.5v but erroring due to the extra 3080 heat raising temps, this b die bin should be able to reach the same level at around 1.43v and make the 3080 heat a non issue.
3: Availability is good and not a ridiculous price. If any other brand put this on market it would be £300 easy.
 
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GregI said:
Yeah that's great, thanks. Hard to say if they did cheap out on the PCB as most of the time the SPD info always states stuff like A0 (8 layers) as they don't bother to change it.

Regardless this is most likely the best bin of b die. If you want to check I know the best bin (TeamGroup 3600C14 ARGB) can run 14-15-15-35 at 1.37v. If you can run that at 1.36v it likely takes the crown.

I would not be surprised if this RAM became the defacto standard for Ryzen now. Here's why:

1: An INSANE XMP profile for people looking to set and forget 2000 FCLK
2: 3800C14 should be very easy. If the TeamGroup/G. Skill bins shown here are doing the tight 3800C14 settings at 1.5v but erroring due to the extra 3080 heat raising temps, this b die bin should be able to reach the same level at around 1.43v and make the 3080 heat a non issue.
3: Availability is good and not a ridiculous price. If any other brand put this on market it would be £300 easy.
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Sorry to hijack but i'm confused and currently in the market for ram to complete my new 5800x build. I thought we wanted 3600 because the ryzen chips something something infinity fabric ran at 1800 so it was essentially double that. What is the purpose of having anything higher than 3600, would this not cause stuff to be out of sync?
 
jubei said:
Sorry to hijack but i'm confused and currently in the market for ram to complete my new 5800x build. I thought we wanted 3600 because the ryzen chips something something infinity fabric ran at 1800 so it was essentially double that. What is the purpose of having anything higher than 3600, would this not cause stuff to be out of sync?
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Some might be able to run FCLK at 1900~2000 so there would be some extra performance from running ram at 3800-4000 but realistically outside of benchmarks your probably not going to notice it and 3600 is still the sweet spot for most people.

That said you don't need to buy 4000mhz ram to get 4000mhz, I've had my cheap 3200mhz kit up to 4400mhz and so long as you don't mind a bit of overclocking then you can save quite a bit of cash and still enjoy the big numbers.
 
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jubei said:
Sorry to hijack but i'm confused and currently in the market for ram to complete my new 5800x build. I thought we wanted 3600 because the ryzen chips something something infinity fabric ran at 1800 so it was essentially double that. What is the purpose of having anything higher than 3600, would this not cause stuff to be out of sync?
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As Joxeon has said, there is a fair chance you can increase your fclk to 1900 or possibly even 2000 (i believe the 5000 chips are more likely to run higher? may be wrong). I only bought this 4000 ram because it was a reasonable (relative to todays crazy prices) cost and seemed to have excellent timings. I had it running at 3800 C16 (1900fclk) on day one and yesterday I reduced that to 3600 14-15-15-36 (1800fclk) with zero issues so far. This is also on a 5800x & MSI Tomahawk Max combination.
 
Wang said:
As Joxeon has said, there is a fair chance you can increase your fclk to 1900 or possibly even 2000 (i believe the 5000 chips are more likely to run higher? may be wrong). I only bought this 4000 ram because it was a reasonable (relative to todays crazy prices) cost and seemed to have excellent timings. I had it running at 3800 C16 (1900fclk) on day one and yesterday I reduced that to 3600 14-15-15-36 (1800fclk) with zero issues so far. This is also on a 5800x & MSI Tomahawk Max combination.
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Thanks for the info guys, that is actually the chip and mobo combo i have in my basket which makes this ram a good contender. Though i guess 32gb of this is gonna be just over 300 so i might well just get the 8pack 3600 c16 for 279
 
Wow.

I spent over the odds for 32Gb worth of G-Skill CL14 ram (£270 for 16gb so over £500 lol)

I've seen these online for £160! so 32GB is only £320.

The retailer I used has a very generous returns policy so I'm tempted to return them and replace with these.

edit: further searching seems there's only really one retailer selling these in the UK currently.

GregI said:
3: Availability is good and not a ridiculous price. If any other brand put this on market it would be £300 easy.
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Exactly. That's why it seems too good to be true. I know it is true as someone here confirmed it. But I can't understand why it's so cheap and they've not even used it in their flagship ram.
 
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Jay343434 said:
But I can't understand why it's so cheap and they've not even used it in their flagship ram.
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Tbh the price only seems reasonable now because of the current state of the RAM market. Example: In I think it was July 2020 the 16GB 3600C14 Ripped RAM was £100 on offer. You could have theoretically had 32GB for £200. Now compare that to the Corsair price and it makes sense why Corsair is asking this premium. Corsair just basically haven't really added the covid tax.

But yeah if anyone else is just starting out your Ryzen journey like jubei is, the memory discussed here is for people who want to tinker with fabric clocks and memory frequencies both higher and lower (actually I wonder what Intel ocing would be like.... drool). I definitely would not recommend these for set and forget as that is what a 3,600 kit is for.
 
I think I might have just found an even more insane 3,600 bin. Kinda hard to get as not in UK and not a brand I know much about but: ND4U0836144BRADE

3600 14-14-14-34 at 1.40v. Not a ridiculous price either.
 
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The AMD variety?

If it's 1.4v it's 1.4v, but when I do a Google search for these and click the first major retailer in the list they say they are 1.35v.

Maybe they've made a mistake.
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Hi.

yeah, I got the AMD "tuned" variety. It states 1.40 on the box and enabling the XMP profile in bios switches it to 1.40 volts.

I bought them from the retailer you are probably looking at, and it is indeed listed as 1.35 volts but I can assure you the box and the profile are 1.40
 
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