[SOLVED] Is Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 2400Mhz DDR4 32GB (8GB x 4) for $140 a good deal?

[bjprestwood]

Currently I am looking to build myself a pc and was looking for components. I saw this ram was listed at $140. I have no other components yet and was wondering if this was a good deal? What would be a good motherboard and graphics card that could work well with this ram? Trying to get into the PC building world and any help or direction would be great!

 

[Desch_]

depends what cpu and mobo its paired with and what you plan on doing with it.

most times though a 2x16 is going to out perform a 4x8.

also, 3000mhz is the minimum spec you should be looking at if you doing a Ryzen build. it will matter less for intel, but 3000+ is better. a lot of people are saying 3200 or 3600 is the sweet spot these days.

 

[bjprestwood]

depends what cpu and mobo its paired with and what you plan on doing with it.

most times though a 2x16 is going to out perform a 4x8.

also, 3000mhz is the minimum spec you should be looking at if you doing a Ryzen build. it will matter less for intel, but 3000+ is better. a lot of people are saying 3200 or 3600 is the sweet spot these days.

Thank you for the help! I plan on doing low performance gaming and some streaming with the computer, I am guessing because of lower mhz it wouldn't work well with that?

 

[Desch_]

intel cpus are less sensitive to ram speed. ryzen performance will suffer at lower frequencies because of their cache architecture (iirc).

also, 2 slot memory out performs 4 slot memory because its how dual-channel memory is meant to operate. only time to use all four slots is if you need a huge amount of ram like 64 or 128 gb because depending on your motherboard the only way to achieve this could be by using all 4 slots.