What ram to get for msi b350 tomahawk

[chikanocharlie]

I just purchased a b350 msi tomahawk and a ryzen 5 1600 processor..now mu problem is what ram to get..i got my eyes on the xpg dazzle 2 8gb sticks 2400mhz or the corsair vengeance led 2666 2 8gb sticks..kinda scared it might not be compatible to my board..help

 

[scout_03]

try to find some g-skill cas 14 at 3200 from qvl list where you buy your ram https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B350-TOMAHAWK#support-mem-2

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Ram compatibility in ryzen is fixed now. Get these https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Nqp323/gskill-memory-f43200c16d16gvrb and turn on the a xmp profile to run it at 3200mhz.

 

[chikanocharlie]

So is it ok for me to buy the corsair vengeance 8gb 2666 led?

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Ryzen performs better with high speed memory. I dunno how far you can overclock ur ram. If you can push that 2666 ram to 2933, that would be great.

Just check in YouTube if someone has successfully overclocked that particular model of ram to higher speeds. If you can't overclock it, better get a rated high speed memory.

 

[Vic 40]

Ram compatibility in ryzen is fixed now. Get these https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Nqp323/gskill-memory-f43200c16d16gvrb and turn on the a xmp profile to run it at 3200mhz.

Nope not true. I have the MSI X370 Gaming Plus and can't get my ram over 2666mhz at the moment. Haven't tried all options yet,like upping voltage on the SOC,but just enabling A-XMP sometimes still doesn't cut it.
Guess these are as mine made with Hynix chips which still can give problems. Not saying they should,but saying all is fixed just isn't right.
My ram,

F4-3200C16D-16GVKB

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Ram compatibility in ryzen is fixed now. Get these https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Nqp323/gskill-memory-f43200c16d16gvrb and turn on the a xmp profile to run it at 3200mhz.

Nope not true. I have the MSI X370 Gaming Plus and can't get my ram over 2666mhz at the moment. Haven't tried all options yet,like upping voltage on the SOC,but just enabling A-XMP sometimes still doesn't cut it.
Guess these are as mine made with Hynix chips which still can give problems. Not saying they should,but saying all is fixed just isn't right.
My ram,

F4-3200C16D-16GVKB

Yeah, those G.Skill are Samsung b dies. Works at 3200mhz.

 

[Vic 40]

And how do you know for sure? The timings suggest Hynix.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

There was a reddit like post that detailed the chips used in the ram models when ryzen was first released. I don't have the website bookmarked now but I remember the 3200 ripjaws cas 15 are Samsung b die. A lot of discussion happened during the ryzen launch if you remember about this same ram compatibility issue.

 

[Vic 40]

Not wanting to drag this on too long,but the above linked are cas 16. Just wanted to warn that not all is working just great. 😉

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Np, thanks for pointing that out. I messed up back there didn't I?

 

[Vic 40]

Not entirely 😉,the "Red" linked are from what i remember on the QVL of my motherboard,but somehow this black version i have just don't work on my board which just may be my combination of my cpu+ram+motherboard and maybe would just work fine for the OP.
It could well be 50/50% chance at the moment. Mine do work fine at 2666mhz with 14-14-14-30 timings at 1.30V (stil want to see if i can at least lower that) at the moment and maybe a new bios update will change things again.

 

[chikanocharlie]

I forgotto mention that i dont do overclocks..just choosing between the corsair vengeance led 2666 or the xpg dazzle 2400..kinda hard

 

[Vic 40]

I would get the Vengeance at 2666mhz. Looked at those too (well at 3000/3200mhz),but decided against the leds in my build.

 

[chikanocharlie]

Is there a big difference with the 2400mhz and 3000mhz?

 

[scout_03]

see this https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/649ay8/ram_collection_thread_please_post_your_ram/ and the software they use is mark in the post did run it to test my ram and gave the exact result .

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Ryzen benefits with faster rams. A faster ram like 3000/3200 will boost both ur min and avg fps by as much as 5fps.

 

[Vic 40]

Go with some faster ram the cpu benefits from it.