Need help picking a RAM stick for my computer that's running Solus?
Need help picking a RAM stick for my computer that's running Solus?
That choice is likely fine. The difference between the CL14 and CL16 kits isn't huge anyway. You probably wouldn't notice much on your own unless you use special computer tests, even if you are honest about that. Yes, the B-die versions of these chips are worth buying because they are excellent and the memory chips inside are compatible with high-speed parts, but it is unlikely to make a real difference just by overclocking them. So in reality, while these things might help someone who already plans on overclocking to get lower latency for their speed, they certainly aren't essential for most people. I prefer getting the lowest possible memory latency for whatever speed I plan on using today. However, I would not pay another 200 dollars for that extra memory, even with four DIMMs in a kit. That is an additional 50 dollars per stick of RAM, which is hard to justify spending money on when you could buy a more powerful CPU instead or spend it on better cooling. For most folks, those options are much better value. If you have the cash and really don't care if this changes your gaming experience at all, then it's just a nice-to-have item.
So if you go with two separate kits that look similar, would they work better together with the B-die? I'm actually thinking about using the non-B-die 4x16 kit instead and just saying goodbye to this question right now. Who knows what's possible though; maybe I can get those timings down to match up with the stock levels of the B-die kit.
No, I'm saying a B-die kit gives you way more room to squeeze in tighter timings and to go overclocking. It also works with almost any kind of motherboard you choose. But there are still some problems if you mix kits from different production runs. Other things on the module might cause issues that aren't even about the ICs, which is what "B-die" mostly covers. The real thing is, B-die uses high-end Samsung memory chips. My point was: if you want to overclock and go beyond the speed limit shown in XMP, or if you really want to crank down timings further than standard B-die modules already have, then you should pick a kit like this one. If that isn't your plan, just grab any non-B-die kit that gets everything needed at once. You can get all those pieces together no matter which box you buy from, but yes, saving two hundred bucks is worth it. Are you looking to build with the Crosshair Hero VIII or a different board? Really, picking between these two should be your biggest decision because you want memory modules that are not pre-selected, but actually chosen and tested for that specific motherboard by the memory maker themselves. Their word counts as more proof than the motherboard manufacturer does in every case. The motherboard company can point at the memory maker and say "we never promised this worked," but memory companies don't want to get stuck if they admit their kit will definitely work with a certain board, so they make sure their lists are very accurate.
I'm sticking with the Hero and looking at switching to a 3200 4x16 B-DIE card, or maybe throwing away the whole Royal setup for the Neo instead.
They are pricey, but they work well and come super fast. If you don't need the fancy colors on your RAM sticks, these would be a great pick for sure. You probably won't spend another $90 to get that color feature, since if you're already spending over five hundred bucks for memory, it's like adding a few pennies. The PCPartPicker Part List says this needs an Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero motherboard for the AM4 socket with ATX size and costs about three hundred ninety-nine dollars at Best Buy. It also lists four sticks of G.Skill Trident Z RAM totaling sixty-four gigabytes that run at DDR4 speed thirty-two thousand megahertz, each stick being sixteen gigs and costing five hundred nineteen dollars from Newegg. The whole setup comes to eight hundred seventy-nine point nine-eight dollars, which includes shipping, taxes, and any discounts you might get. This was all generated by PCPartPicker on May sixth twenty二零 zero at four forty-five in the eastern time zone.
For sure that is very nice ram but yeah kinda stuck with going for the "rainbow vomit" look as I've seen it referenced as that lately. But the good news is I found the ram I was looking for! It's listed as a special order but have already reached out to them to make sure it's actually avaliable. I did look at the Neo version similar to the TridentZ you posted which is about $50 more. Thank you for helping give me different ways to look at this.
Of course man. Happy to help any way I can. Sometimes having a few different views is all we need, and sometimes that brings out "yeah, I like that" or other times it makes me less shy about what I picked when I started. Both are totally fine endings.
Check page 11 here: https://www.corsair.com/corsairmedia/sys...gGuide.pdf. You might have to mess with the stock timings so things stay stable, check this link instead: https://github.com/integralfx/MemTestHel...aster/DDR4 OC Guide.md
I just bought a 3900X card instead of the usual 3950. The shop finally had that fancy 4x16 B-Die stuff on sale, so I got it as extra!