RAM Upgrade on a Gigabyte Aorus B450 Elite

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Afternoon all,

Looking for some upgrade advice regarding my current setup. The specs are as follows

Motherboard = https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ocket-am4-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-574-gi.html
CPU = https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...hz-socket-am4-processor-retail-cp-3b7-am.html
Current RAM = https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...-3200mhz-dual-channel-kit-grey-my-0aj-tg.html

I'm looking for some RGB goodness and was hoping to pick up up a nice set of some CL16 fast RAM (2 x 16GB).
(https://www.gskill.com/product/165/166/1562839659/F4-3600C16D-32GTZR)

Can anyone confirm once and for all if this will work with my current setup? I have checked my motherboard manual and can confirm that it does in fact support 3600Mhz RAM. I cannot however find the above RAM on the QVL. I have contacted Gigabyte and they were unable to give any specific advice and have asked me to check the QVL.

Does anyone have this setup that can confirm working?

Or should I discard the idea of RGB and go with https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...00c16-3600mhz-dual-channel-kit-my-002-8p.html ?

Any help is appreciated.
 
If you're willing to pay up for sammy b die non rgb ram etc, why go for a b450 mobo, which doesn't support pcie gen 4. The B550 version of that board is also built on a 4 layer pcb, so guessing that one is as well, will need to check, so it's a good budget board, but something like the B550 Tomahawk is far better
If just gaming, the 5600X can outperform the 3700X even though it's 6 core to the 3700X 8 core, due to it's single cores being more powerful, so worth considering that too

You can get some crucial ballistic 2x16gb 3600C16 RGB for £162 if you search a bit too

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £391.44 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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Craig_d1 said:
If you're willing to pay up for sammy b die non rgb ram etc, why go for a b450 mobo, which doesn't support pcie gen 4. The B550 version of that board is also built on a 4 layer pcb, so guessing that one is as well, will need to check, so it's a good budget board, but something like the B550 Tomahawk is far better
If just gaming, the 5600X can outperform the 3700X even though it's 6 core to the 3700X 8 core, due to it's single cores being more powerful, so worth considering that too

You can get some crucial ballistic 2x16gb 3600C16 RGB for £162 if you search a bit too

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £391.44 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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I think he already has the board etc, is just looking for a RAM upgrade.

Unless you specifically want RGB for aesthetic reasons I see no real harm in keeping what you already have. Sure Ryzen loves fast RAM but the difference will be single digit FPS most likely.
 
Honestly, I wouldn't bother tbh.

You already have 32gb 3200mhz CL16, paying £XXX for some RGB in my humble opinion wouldn't be worth it. Performance wouldn't be worth it imo, you'd barely see any difference. Your CPU might even have difficulties running 3600mhz, so there is a possibility you'd end up paying £XXX for 3600mhz RAM and either having to mess with it etc.

If I honestly wanted an upgrade I would either be waiting for AM5 or I would be keeping the RAM and upgrading the CPU/GPU, depending on what you use the machine for. All imho of course.
 
MissChief said:
I think he already has the board etc, is just looking for a RAM upgrade.

Unless you specifically want RGB for aesthetic reasons I see no real harm in keeping what you already have. Sure Ryzen loves fast RAM but the difference will be single digit FPS most likely.
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Ahh yes, misread... makes more sense now. I agree with both of you, do nothing. if you really want to upgrade might as well wait for AM5 and ddr5 etc, so start saving:) and upgrade everything then...wait for kinks to be ironed out 1st though, and for the prices to drop after the early adopter rush eases
 
Thanks all, yes I was thinking that the performance increase may not be worth it but was lured in by the promise of the faster RAM in speed and the RGB goodness of course.

I had read that official CPU specs only support up to 3200MHz but assumed this was like most where this is the recommended supported limit and anything beyond this mean you are on your own.

Cheers for your input, I'm sure ill be back again soon.
 
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