Does it matter which DDR4 3600 Memory I use for a AMD 5900x?

Rhaos · 4 Aug 2021 at 12:39

So over the past year I upgraded my pc to a AMD Ryzen 7 5900x, a MSI X570 Tomahawk motherboard and some G.Skill Trident Z F4-3600C18D-16GTZN memory.

My question is did I buy the correct memory kit for my motherboard and processor. I'm sure I read somewhere that the right RAM matters for Ryzen processors. So wanted to check if I have the correct RAM or if I am actually losing performance with the kit i am currently using.

Armageus · 4 Aug 2021 at 12:52

Engineered and optimized for full compatibility on the latest AMD Ryzen platforms

The Ram you have is absolutely fine - 3600Mhz is decent

https://www.gskill.com/product/165/326/1562840461/F4-3600C18D-16GTZN-Overview

Rhaos · 4 Aug 2021 at 12:57

Armageus said:
The Ram you have is absolutely fine - 3600Mhz is decent

https://www.gskill.com/product/165/326/1562840461/F4-3600C18D-16GTZN-Overview

Thanks for your reply

Minstadave · 4 Aug 2021 at 13:02

The speed is good, timings are OK but you will be missing out on the slight boost from the RAM being single rank (I assume it is anyway with 2x8Gb modules) over dual rank sticks.

It's not worth changing RAM over.

Tetras · 4 Aug 2021 at 13:38

If it works then you're fine, like said above, not worth changing it.

Rhaos · 4 Aug 2021 at 13:47

Thanks for the info guys really appreciate it