Which RAM speed should I buy?

[ozguroyun1]

I am building a beastly pc based on an i7 - 7700k, but however I cant come to a conclusion on which speed should I buy. Or even which ram should I buy? It's going to be a water cooled gaming pc. Thx for the help

PS: Right now, I am thinking 3200MHz rgb corsair vengeance

 

[PC Tailor]

It will depend on your motherboard, what applications you want to get the biggest benefit from, and your budget.

Also just remember the best air coolers still beat the best AIO water coolers! (But that's just me preaching).

 

[ozguroyun1]

It will depend on your motherboard, what applications you want to get the biggest benefit from, and your budget.

Also just remember the best air coolers still beat the best AIO water coolers! (But that's just me preaching).

My motherboard will probably be the asus maximus IX Formula and i dont want to waste extra space on an air cooler, I will use it for gaming so please answer urgently because I have to make this bulid pretty soon.

 

[PC Tailor]

Well it will ultimately depend on the game. You're not RAM speed limited by the Maximus motherboard, just anything above 2133 you'll need to OC.

RAM speed is much more relevant in some modern day games, whereas it never used to be. Realistically in some games. RAM speed has been shown to improve performance by more than 5%. Such as in Fallout 4, Battlefield, F1 etc. But in many applications, there is still little difference.

You see biggest jumps when going from say 1600 to 2400, beyond that, the benefits often are shown in editing programs. But as I said, some games are showing better utilisation of RAM.

So IMO. If you're focusing on a gaming build, anything at 2400 or above will do you absolutely fine. If 3000 is less expensive than 3200, frankly I would save the money and go for the 3000.

But in real world terms, as long as you're above 2400, you likely won't see many gains in many gaming applications.