So, my brother ordered up a system from Digital Storm some time back. Really, REALLY wish he would've consulted with me first, but, here we are. He got the system back in November. I do know that there is:
Some . . questionable . . choices were made. One that particularly irked me was the RAM . . 2x8GB of Patriot 3200MHz RAM . . CL 22.
What?
There are five lines of info on the sticker for each RAM module:
Also, CL22? I know I don't have a huge amount of experience dealing with DDR4, but isn't that a really high latency, particularly for 3200MHz RAM? Going from memory right now, but I think the timings are 22-22-22-52.
I have the sticks in a box with me (upgraded him to 32GB, but as a 3200MHz CL16 2x16 kit) . . as I didn't want to finagle with things in case his CPU didn't want to play nice with 3600MHz RAM. Still, what came from the builder seems a little sketchy.
(side note, I'll probably have another post regarding recommendations with regard to his cooling setup and possible heat issues . . to me, even the cooling seems like some poor decisions were part of the process)
- MB: Asus board with X570 chipset (don't remember precise model)
- Ryzen 7 3800X
- Radeon RX 5700 XT (an MSI model, but not sure which one)
Some . . questionable . . choices were made. One that particularly irked me was the RAM . . 2x8GB of Patriot 3200MHz RAM . . CL 22.
What?
There are five lines of info on the sticker for each RAM module:
- PSP48G320081HB
- PS001560-BK
- DDR4 8GB 3200MHz CL22 1.2V
- PS1500-BK 01375 (this is under a UPC bar code, whereas the 2nd stick is identical but ends with 73 instead of 75)
Also, CL22? I know I don't have a huge amount of experience dealing with DDR4, but isn't that a really high latency, particularly for 3200MHz RAM? Going from memory right now, but I think the timings are 22-22-22-52.
I have the sticks in a box with me (upgraded him to 32GB, but as a 3200MHz CL16 2x16 kit) . . as I didn't want to finagle with things in case his CPU didn't want to play nice with 3600MHz RAM. Still, what came from the builder seems a little sketchy.
(side note, I'll probably have another post regarding recommendations with regard to his cooling setup and possible heat issues . . to me, even the cooling seems like some poor decisions were part of the process)