Question Noticeable performance difference considering £45 price difference.

[bjhall500]

Building a new system, currently have a Ryzen 7 3700x and Aorus Master X570 motherboard. Can't decide on what speed ram to use.
Want RGB for looks and 32gb as will be doing a little editing as well as gaming. Would prefer 4 x 8gb, again mainly for looks. Looking at G. SKILL Trident Z F4-3466C16Q-32GTZR with timings of 16-18-18-38 currently available at £214 or the F4-3600C16Q-32GTZNC with timings of 16-19-19-39 with a price of £259. Any noticeable performance difference between these 2 sets? Next set up the scale are 3600 with cl16-16-16-36 timings but much higher cost of £359. Do not really want want recommendations for any other make of ram.
Thanks.

 

[thekillerx10]

The first one no big difference between 16-18-18-38 timings is better than 16-19-19-39 and it is cheaper too

 

[bjhall500]

Thanks for your input. My son now informs me that the more expensive set "looks cooler"

 

[WildCard999]

Both are overpriced, 3200mhz works well with Ryzen and for 32gb I'd go dual channel.

PCPartPicker Part List

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£161.83 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £161.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[bjhall500]

Thanks for your reply.

 

[sizzling]

Seems massively overpriced. I’ve got these https://www.scan.co.uk/products/32g...600-3200-non-ecc-unbuff-cas-16-135v-amd-ryzen

Running on a B450 Tomahawk Max with a 3700x and easily overclocked it 3600 while keeping the same timings. If you go the 4 stick route you are more likely to have issues getting it to run at the rated speed. As for looks Corsair do dummies you can drop in the other slots https://www.scan.co.uk/products/cor...inc-2x-ddr4-dummy-modules-with-10-addressable

Between any of these setups the real world performance difference is negligible, you are only going to see the difference in benchmarks but you will never notice it.

 

[bjhall500]

Thanks, I hadn't considered doing this with dummy modules. I've got a Corsair case with RGB fans and AIO too so these would fit in well. Was overclocking the ram difficult or just a case of upping the voltage?

 

[sizzling]

Thanks, I hadn't considered doing this with dummy modules. I've got a Corsair case with RGB fans and AIO too so these would fit in well. Was overclocking the ram difficult or just a case of upping the voltage?

At first I just upped the voltage and speed and it worked fine. However I later saw the Ryzen DRAM calculator which calculates better settings and I am now using that.

Video on DRAM calculator

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOqhyVNPhaM

 

[thekillerx10]

Both are overpriced, 3200mhz works well with Ryzen and for 32gb I'd go dual channel.

PCPartPicker Part List

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£161.83 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £161.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-26 10:20 GMT+0000

but he said that he wants an rgb one

 

[WildCard999]

but he said that he wants an rgb one

PCPartPicker Part List

Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£143.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £143.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-26 10:59 GMT+0000

 

[thekillerx10]

PCPartPicker Part List

Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£143.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £143.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-26 10:59 GMT+0000

Well good choice it is even cheaper than the g.skill normal one

 

[bjhall500]

Cheers for the good advice, have ordered the Corsair sticks. Looking forward to building now 👍