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hello all
At the moment I have a ASROCK Z370 PRO4 motherboard with 8gb ram (2x4gb) 3000mhz running at 2666mhz cl 15.17.17.35. I'm thinking an upgrade is due but I'm not sure what to get. I don't want to spend more than £80 ish, but get what. I believe if I'm reading things correctly anything over 2666 requires an OC which I've never done before and this may affect the ram I buy.

Assuming the same ( similar ) speed do I go 32gb slower cl or 16gb faster cl

thanks for any help
tbg
 
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Intel doesn't take the performance hit that AMD does for "slower" RAM.
Given the direction that memory load is going if it has to be a one or the other choice, go with capacity. CL 16 is about middle of the road and should be affordable. TBH RAM rated at 3200 or 3600 is probably at the best price right now, but it doesn't mean you HAVE to set that speed as XMP.
 
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tbgjlb said:
hello all
At the moment I have a ASROCK Z370 PRO4 motherboard with 8gb ram (2x4gb) 3000mhz running at 2666mhz cl 15.17.17.35. I'm thinking an upgrade is due but I'm not sure what to get. I don't want to spend more than £80 ish, but get what. I believe if I'm reading things correctly anything over 2666 requires an OC which I've never done before and this may affect the ram I buy.

Assuming the same ( similar ) speed do I go 32gb slower cl or 16gb faster cl

thanks for any help
tbg
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Would this work? https://pcpartpicker.com/product/P3...x-16-gb-ddr4-3200-cl22-memory-ct2k16g4dfra32a
 
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punkncat said:
Intel doesn't take the performance hit that AMD does for "slower" RAM.
Given the direction that memory load is going if it has to be a one or the other choice, go with capacity. CL 16 is about middle of the road and should be affordable. TBH RAM rated at 3200 or 3600 is probably at the best price right now, but it doesn't mean you HAVE to set that speed as XMP.
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forgive me , but what is TBH ram
 
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tbgjlb said:
hello all
At the moment I have a ASROCK Z370 PRO4 motherboard with 8gb ram (2x4gb) 3000mhz running at 2666mhz cl 15.17.17.35. I'm thinking an upgrade is due but I'm not sure what to get. I don't want to spend more than £80 ish, but get what. I believe if I'm reading things correctly anything over 2666 requires an OC which I've never done before and this may affect the ram I buy.

Assuming the same ( similar ) speed do I go 32gb slower cl or 16gb faster cl

thanks for any help
tbg
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Capacity over speed if you in fact "need" the capacity. I have no idea if you do.

What are your expectations?

Reasonable chance you couldn't tell the difference. But you'd still have to deal with whatever benchmarks show and the agony of second-guessing yourself.
 
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tbgjlb said:
forgive me , but what is TBH ram
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TBH = to be honest.

IE in the current market you can buy faster (speed) RAM cheaper than if you were specifically looking for 2666 (etc.) but you would have to manually set the speed where you wanted it instead of just clicking XMP if not supported by you mobo. I didn't look.
 
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doh ! to be honest......
XMP stuff is new to me but I think my board does support it . I was leaning towards 32gb at a slower cl hopefully 3200 or 3600 to try future proof a little.
thanks for the help.

just a little extra help , how important would it be to add more cooling if I OC from 2666 to 3200\3600 given all runs nice now
 
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