Memory Question for Asus Prime X470-Pro Motherboard?

[dpeel]

I am building a new desktop computer and am buying the Asus Prime X470-Pro Motherboard. The only thing left is the memory. According to the motherboard description, this is what it says"

Memory

AMD Ryzen™ 2nd Generation Processors
4 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR4 3600(O.C.)/3466(O.C.)/3200(O.C.)/3000(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2800(O.C.)/2666/2400/2133 MHz Un-buffered Memory *
AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics/ Ryzen™ 1st Generation Processors
4 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR4 3200(O.C.)/3000(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2800(O.C.)/2666/2400/2133 MHz Un-buffered Memory
AMD 7th Generation A-Series/Athlon X4 Processors
4 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR4 2400/2133 MHz Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel Memory Architecture
ECC Memory (ECC mode) support varies by CPU.
** Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).

I don't plan on overclocking when I first build it but possibly at some point in the future. I'm a little confused by the Motherboard Memory description. Am I understanding this right that it will take pretty much anything from 2133 to 3600 Un-buffered Memory? If so, I would guess that the faster the better?

 

[jossrik]

Faster is better is a good place to start, and yes, it will run anything from 2133 to 3600 and maybe faster... 3200 C14 seems to be the sweet spot, though, like I said, faster is better, just remember that there's not only the throughput number, that's the 2133/3600, but the Cas Latency, CL, or CAS. Really high throughput with really high CL is bad. Try for something with Samsung B-Die in them, google is your friend there. Also, anything over 2400 is overclocked when it comes to RAM. Also, faster RAM will help speed up your Ryzen processor...

 

[dpeel]

Thanks for the info.

 

[dpeel]

Looking online, it appears that CL 14 is the fastest and also the most expensive?

 

[dpeel]

Looking online, it appears that CL 14 is the fastest and also the most expensive?

 

[dpeel]

How does this look?

Team Dark Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model TDPGD416G3200HC14ADC01

 

[jossrik]

That's a good one. Samsung B-Die is the bestest you can get. I did splurge for the Adata RGB XPG 3600 16-18-18. That was B-Die too, and I've got it at 3400 14-14-14. Ya, the C14 @ 3200 tends to be pretty spensive, but it is good RAM, and RAM prices in general are crazy high right now, but not quite as bad as they were...