Memory to go with 9800x3d

[Tombs75]

Hi
Well im finally going back to AMD (obviously now) after 15 odd years with Intel. I managed to pre order the 9800x3d and so have been looking at motherboards and ram. I have heard and read that 6000/6400 is the sweet spot so mainly looked at those.
I found this I was interested in:

CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 6400MHz CL32 Intel XMP iCUE Compatible Computer Memory - Black​

Only thing is on the reviews someone mentioned that its aimed for intel? rather than AMD and then posted a link up to the AMD version, however that turned out to be a 32gb set (2x16gb) and thus I didnt bother going further with that. Im just a tad confused on why its labeled as Intel xmp.

My questions are: is this ok and suitable? I have read that 2 sticks are better than 4 on AMD due to issues. Also for future (ish) proofing Im guessing 64gb will be the way to go.

Thanks

 

[Tombs75]

(CMH64GX5M2B6400C32)​

Looking at another site it does say you can save xmp profiles which is intel tech

 

[Tombs75]

And the motherboard model(s) you're considering, so you can check the QVL?


XMP works fine on many AM5 motherboards, though I'd always choose EXPO where possible.

Kits above 6000 tend to be XMP instead of EXPO, because the optimal speed for AMD AM5 was low latency 6000 and only after BIOS updates did they have widespread support for running at higher speeds. You don't want to lose 1:1 mode because the performance loss needs high speed RAM to compensate.

The X3D CPUs are less memory frequency sensitive than other CPUs too, which made it even less worth bothering with high speed kits for AMD.

I was looking at the x870e boards. I do want advice on those too but was going to do another post in the motherboard section as wasn’t sure on if it was ok to on here.
I don’t have a budget to be honest but I literally am using it for gaming only in 4k. Currently I have a 10900k and a 4090,64gb ddr4 and 4x2tb nvme’s.
The gpu and nvme’s will be transferred over .

 

[Tombs75]

Sure, I was asking because I can't check the QVL for the RAM if I don't know the motherboard model you're looking at. Not that the QVL is a guarantee of anything, but it is better for the RAM to be on it, than not.

The kit you're considering is most likely fine, so long as you're aware we're not sure how many 9800X3D CPUs can run that speed at 1:1. If you want a better guarantee of a one-click overclock, I wouldn't be picking 6400.

Would you go more for a 6000 set?

 

[Tombs75]

I did a quite search on all of this and the one that came up again and again is

Corsair CMK32GX5M2B6000Z30​

Its a little slower than you were looking at, but I couldn't see many recommendations for using anything faster than 6000. There are other RGB variations if you want...

Thanks so much I will take a look

 

[Tombs75]

Well I think I will be going for a 6000 speed as reccomended. Also I have gone for a lower cost motherboard than I was originally looking at as its of no great use to me. I have ordered the Asrock Nova wifi one everyone is going on about due to the nvme slots not stealing off the gpu lanes. (ordered from here but not sure on the lead time of when stocks coming in,)