[SOLVED] 16GB 3466Mhz or 32GB 3200Mhz?

[aloefgren]

Hi all!

I'm finally buying my new PC today but have one last thing to consider.

Would you go for:
Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB)
DDR4 / CL16 / 3466 MHz / DDR4 SDRAM

or:
Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB)
DDR4 / CL16 / 3200 MHz / DDR4 SDRAM

For the system:
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING(WI-FI)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Gaming OC 8GB


I am mostly gaming, but like to stream sometimes as well. The pricing is not the difference, I only want to know what's the "better" choice.
Usually not more than a lot of windows open with Youtube and stuff in the background while gaming. Maybe want to work with music programs in the future. But then again, I will do only that while doing that.

Is the speed at 16GB better than the height of 32GB?

Thanks all!
Anton

 

[Hellfire13]

For your intended purpose, more RAM is better as it will help you glide through different programs more easily without page filing. Although Ryzen is sensitive to faster RAM, the difference between those speeds wont be significant in normal operation like you have stated. I would go with the 32gb kit here.
More RAM is always better than faster speed unless in specific circumstances.

 

[Satan-IR]

I would go with the larger (slightley less fast) RAM too.

 

[aloefgren]

Thanks for your input guys! I am sure I won't see a difference in FPS games with the difference in RAM speed. Rather may use the height of 32GB in the future.

 

[jnxzi94]

Go with the 32 GB, that speed difference is barely anything.
I did the mistake and went with 16 GB while ago, and now I'm running 32 GB 3600 MHz CL16 for the maximum performance...