[SOLVED] whats the recommended ram speed for the 5900x?

[cards1]

amd website says its 3200?

 

[siaan312]

amd website says its 3200?

3200/3600mhz cl16 is probably where i'd put my money.

4000mhz kits usually have cl18 (which make them just as fast as 3600mhz cl16) and the ones with say, cl17 or cl16 4000mhz are super expensive.
Anything higher is even dumber.

 

[cards1]

3200/3600mhz cl16 is probably where i'd put my money.

4000mhz kits usually have cl18 (which make them just as fast as 3600mhz cl16) and the ones with say, cl17 or cl16 4000mhz are super expensive.
Anything higher is even dumber.

also, ive heard that for the ryzen 3000 it was better two sticks then four, its the same for ryzen 5000 right?

 

[siaan312]

also, ive heard that for the ryzen 3000 it was better two sticks then four, its the same for ryzen 5000 right?

I don't know who told you that, but 4 sticks is better than 2.
1 is pretty bad, but there is very little difference between 2 and 4, so 2 is enough, get 4 if you need that much ram.

 

[cards1]

I don't know who told you that, but 4 sticks is better than 2.
1 is pretty bad, but there is very little difference between 2 and 4, so 2 is enough, get 4 if you need that much ram.

oh, i think the two sticks better is because the mobo i want to get is asus rog crosshair viii hero, which is dual channel i think, so 2 sticks is best for me right?

 

[siaan312]

oh, i think the two sticks better is because the mobo i want to get is asus rog crosshair viii hero, which is dual channel i think, so 2 sticks is best for me right?

4 sticks is also dual channel.

if you have 2 sticks, it's 1 stick per channel, and if you have 4 it's 2 sticks per channel, but it's still dual channel.

 

[logainofhades]

I don't know who told you that, but 4 sticks is better than 2.
1 is pretty bad, but there is very little difference between 2 and 4, so 2 is enough, get 4 if you need that much ram.

4 sticks are not better than 2, in a dual channel system, like the AM4 platform. 4 sticks can have issues reaching rated speeds. 4 sticks is only better for quad channel setups, like threadripper.

 

[siaan312]

4 sticks are not better than 2, in a dual channel system, like the AM4 platform. 4 sticks can have issues reaching rated speeds. 4 sticks is only better for quad channel setups, like threadripper.

But they're not worse, besides being harder on the memory controller.

 

[logainofhades]

It is worse when it can't reach its rated speed, because it is harder on the memory controller.

 

[siaan312]

It is worse when it can't reach its rated speed, because it is harder on the memory controller.

well, I guess, but as long as you don't try super crazy speeds, it usually does get to atleast 3000 or 3200mhz.

 

[logainofhades]

Recent testing might prove the conventional 2 vs 4 sticks wrong, on the Ryzen 5000.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UkGu6A-6sQ