Should I buy this RAM?

[Frenchi33]

So I'm planning on building a Ryzen 7 workstation PC when the new zen+ (Pinnacle Ridge) CPUs come out in February of 2018, and because of the recent sales, I've already picked up a Case, SSD, and a PSU all on sale. My plan is to buy the new Ryzen 7 CPU and B450 Motherboard when they come out in Q1 2018. But I've noticed... This "AMD Compatible" Flare X RAM just dropped significantly in price and I'm wondering since it was designed to be compatible with AMD's most recent Motherboards, will they work well with the soon to be released B450 Motherboards??? If so, I'm probably gonna be these cause RAM has jumped up in price in the last year or so...

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2cRsBP

I just want to know if it's likely to not be well compatible... Thanks!

 

[panathas]

It will certainly work with every new AMD motherboard but there are 2 things you should take into consideration.

1)2400 DDR4 Memory is too slow for the Ryzen CPUs and you'll give up a lot of performance. Ryzen CPUs need high RAM speed in order to be able to reach their maximum performance levels so usually 3000 DDR4 is the recommended RAM for a new Ryzen system.

2)RAM price levels have increased considerably during the last 6 months and they should stabilise or fall in the future. So you should buy new RAM only if you need it today and not for future use as prices will probably fall next year.

 

[Zerk2012]

AM4 motherboards are very picky when it comes to memory you need to buy it from the motherboards QVL list when the board comes out.