If you have the money now just do it, eventually you would want to upgrade to DDR4 anyway and given that Mobile Phones are now using DDR4 memory the price of it isn't going to go down because the demand for it isn't.
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ryzen price drops?
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If you have the money now just do it, eventually you would want to upgrade to DDR4 anyway and given that Mobile Phones are now using DDR4 memory the price of it isn't going to go down because the demand for it isn't.
Yeah, just looking at Apple they have gone from using two IC's to three DDR4 chips per phone.
If you shop around you can find reasonable deals and generic/major on third B-die memory for a decent price.
On Memory, for new comers reading this thread, not all of it is equal, this applies to both Intel and Ryzen CPU's but because of the way Ryzen works it benefits much more from faster system memory, and speed is not just the Mhz, so what else matters needs explaining.
If we take Ryzen as an example here to get the most out of it what you are looking for is 3000Mhz or 3200Mhz, there are lots and lots of system ram kits at that speed and all of them around the same £200 price for 16GB of it, there is however another and important difference between all these kits, its CAS Latency (CL) the lower that is the higher the performance of the ram, at 3200Mhz they range from CL18 to CL14, the CL14 ones are made by Samsung, (Samsung B-Die) they are the very best memory chips. (IC's)
Most mainstream Ram vendors use Samsung B-Die in some of their product lines, altho they are not always guaranteed, it can be a lottery, one or two do guarantee Samsung B-Die, like these 8Pack branded Team Group.
So, when you are pondering your System Ram budget don't just go for any old set, or even any old set of ####Mhz ram, what you are looking for is the highest Mhz with the lowest CL number. for example the ones that i posted earlier are 3200Mhz CL14, this is usually identifiable in the product type code "PC4-25600C14", and in the description "CAS 14-14-14-34 Timings" they are also almost certainly Samsung B-Die but even if they aren't they are the best combination of Speed and CL Timings.
To help you a bit more this is a list of memory found to have Samsung B-Die Memory IC's on them, some of them are not CL14 and those are not guaranteed to use Samsung B-Die, they probably use a mix of vendors and some of them will have Samsung B-Die as they have been found with them, if you get one the chances are you could set the timings to CL 14 yourself in the BIOS and they will run with that, or they may not.
If we take Ryzen as an example here to get the most out of it what you are looking for is 3000Mhz or 3200Mhz, there are lots and lots of system ram kits at that speed and all of them around the same £200 price for 16GB of it, there is however another and important difference between all these kits, its CAS Latency (CL) the lower that is the higher the performance of the ram, at 3200Mhz they range from CL18 to CL14, the CL14 ones are made by Samsung, (Samsung B-Die) they are the very best memory chips. (IC's)
Most mainstream Ram vendors use Samsung B-Die in some of their product lines, altho they are not always guaranteed, it can be a lottery, one or two do guarantee Samsung B-Die, like these 8Pack branded Team Group.
So, when you are pondering your System Ram budget don't just go for any old set, or even any old set of ####Mhz ram, what you are looking for is the highest Mhz with the lowest CL number. for example the ones that i posted earlier are 3200Mhz CL14, this is usually identifiable in the product type code "PC4-25600C14", and in the description "CAS 14-14-14-34 Timings" they are also almost certainly Samsung B-Die but even if they aren't they are the best combination of Speed and CL Timings.
To help you a bit more this is a list of memory found to have Samsung B-Die Memory IC's on them, some of them are not CL14 and those are not guaranteed to use Samsung B-Die, they probably use a mix of vendors and some of them will have Samsung B-Die as they have been found with them, if you get one the chances are you could set the timings to CL 14 yourself in the BIOS and they will run with that, or they may not.
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^ I can confirm that my Ripjaw V 3200C14 run at the rated Cas timings and frequency on the CH6 motherboard. Early bios revisions were a bit iffy, but soon were sorted (about July last year). I have raised the memory voltage to 1.37V for stability
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£720odd for a 7820x plus mb compared to £470odd for a 1800x? I’m crazy but not that crazy thanks >.>
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price seems to have gone up from £288 to £315 now. they dont give enough time to think about things before purchase. i dont buy on a whim. now its gone back up, i wont buy.
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So with all the price drops what's the sweet spot cpu?
Well for a while the 1800X was cheaper at the rainforest than the 1700X was anywhere else, so keep an eye out for things like that. If you're happy with 3.8-3.9 GHz and are happy to overclock, an R7 1700 will save a few quid. Otherwise either of the other two will require minimal or no overclocking and might have an extra 100 MHz headroom (but not guaranteed).
The R7 1700X is currently available elsewhere in a £305 bundle that saves over £100 on the motherboard! I'd say if you've been waiting for a Ryzen deal, go for that.
The R7 1700X is currently available elsewhere in a £305 bundle that saves over £100 on the motherboard! I'd say if you've been waiting for a Ryzen deal, go for that.
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Ive gone for that. Hope it was the right decision 