Which of these kits are bestest?

ubersonic · 10 Mar 2017 at 20:03

Greeting denizens of the RAM sub forum, I'm in the process of putting together my Ryzen build and had ordered the following kit:

Team Group Elite 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black

2400MHz RAM Speed
CAS 16-16-16-36 Timings
1.20-1.35v VDIMM
Lifetime Warranty with OcUK.

However going through a draw getting the bits I discovered I also have the following from a build that was never completed:

Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - White

3200MHz RAM Speed
CAS 16-18-18-36 Timings
1.20-1.35v VDIMM
Lifetime Warranty with OcUK.

Am I correct in saying the Corsair kit is better than the TG kit? I'm pretty sure it is but don't fully understand the value of the secondary timings.

mattyfez · 12 Mar 2017 at 16:26

In simple terms yes, lower latency timings are preferable, but the corsair runs a lot faster, assuming your mother board supports memory that fast.

Bluntwrapped · 14 Mar 2017 at 18:40

I'm more or less in the same boat. I'm thinking the 32gb Corsair C14 2400MHz kit may be the best of both worlds.

Greybeard · 14 Mar 2017 at 20:50

Just by looking at those DRAM specs side by side, the 3200Mhz kit is more ideal in terms of performance. If you look at the transition from DDR3 to DDR4, memory frequencies have increased but not so much on the latency side, they've remained the same.

Silent_Scone · 16 Mar 2017 at 07:02

You could probably work on timings for both kits. You can also workout the column access time by CAS*2000÷MT/s

Nickolp1974 · 18 Mar 2017 at 22:58

Silent_Scone said:
You can also workout the column access time by CAS*2000÷MT/s

Okey dokey