RAM upgrading on a Ryzen 5 2600
RAM upgrading on a Ryzen 5 2600
It's a challenging issue. Both options offer advantages. In certain applications, stricter timing may be more important than raw speed, though only up to a limit. The opposite is also true. Your DIMMS includes an XMP setting, so you might want to use Ryzen dram calc here:
https://www.techpowerup.com/download/ryz...alculator/
This tool lets you import the XMP profile (follow the guidance) and obtain optimal timings for your DIMMS at a specific speed. It allows you to achieve the best results, simply by entering the desired settings yourself. Ideally, balancing tight timing with maximum speed is the optimal approach.
It's a challenging issue. Both options offer advantages. In certain applications, stricter timing may be more important than raw speed, though only up to a limit. The opposite is also true. Your DIMMS includes an XMP setting, so you might want to use Ryzen dram calc here:
https://www.techpowerup.com/download/ryz...alculator/
This tool lets you import the XMP profile (follow the steps) and obtain optimal timings for your DIMMS at a specific speed. It allows you to achieve the best results, simply by entering the desired settings yourself. Ideally, balancing tight timing with maximum speed is the optimal approach.
Consensus is clear, but in my situation it appears to be a trade-off between loose timings and high speed or tight timings with stock speeds (2666). I’ll check if the calculator provides superior outcomes compared to my manual entries.
Do you think reducing the OC to 3000 and then adjusting the timings might work better than using 3200 with less optimal settings? Of course, I’ll test this myself, but knowing the answer beforehand would save time, haha.
Thank you for your reply.
No problem at all. I'm happy to assist. The impact of moving timings by 3000 should be similar to a 3200 setting when using looser timings. With just a few hundred MHz separating them, they're quite comparable. If you were considering 3400mhz/3600mhz with looser settings, the higher speed would provide a noticeable improvement. A small mem strap between them would make them almost identical. You might see a slight increase in data bandwidth with tighter timings at 3000mhz, but it's unlikely to be noticeable unless you run benchmarks that highlight even minor benefits.