My 5800x has arrived today so I'm planning to order a MSI x570 Tomahawk and some RAM as soon as possible but I'm really struggling to make a decision on RAM for my build.
I'm aware that 3600Mhz is the sweet spot for Zen 3, and also that dual rank is desirable for performance as you benefit from rank interleaving. However, tighter timings also seems to have a reasonable performance increase too.
I was trying to find some dual rank 2x16GB kits for a reasonable price that would do 3600 CL16. The problem is that all the reasonably priced kits (e.g. the Crucial Micron rev E kits) seem to be out of stock everywhere.
So with that in mind, I've started looking at 2x8GB kits and was thinking of buying 2 to run in 4x8GB to get the dual rank benefit. However, running 4 sticks can make achieving tight timings can be quite difficult. The options I can actually get at the moment are:
So, hopefully someone can give me some decent advice - have I missed another kit which can be had for similar money (or is there a nicely overclocking 2x16GB kit which I can actually buy somewhere?) and is my plan to run 4x8GB sticks a good one?
Cheers for any help or new ideas!
I'm aware that 3600Mhz is the sweet spot for Zen 3, and also that dual rank is desirable for performance as you benefit from rank interleaving. However, tighter timings also seems to have a reasonable performance increase too.
I was trying to find some dual rank 2x16GB kits for a reasonable price that would do 3600 CL16. The problem is that all the reasonably priced kits (e.g. the Crucial Micron rev E kits) seem to be out of stock everywhere.
So with that in mind, I've started looking at 2x8GB kits and was thinking of buying 2 to run in 4x8GB to get the dual rank benefit. However, running 4 sticks can make achieving tight timings can be quite difficult. The options I can actually get at the moment are:
- Patriot Viper 4000 CL19: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/patr...dual-channel-kit-pvs416g400c9k-my-102-pa.html
- Patriot Viper 4400 CL19: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/patr...dual-channel-kit-pvs416g440c9k-my-103-pa.html
- Crucial Ballistix 3600 CL16, model BL2K8G36C16U4BL
So, hopefully someone can give me some decent advice - have I missed another kit which can be had for similar money (or is there a nicely overclocking 2x16GB kit which I can actually buy somewhere?) and is my plan to run 4x8GB sticks a good one?
Cheers for any help or new ideas!
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