Please pardon the potentially erroneous placement/tagging of this. It’s more of a r/tifu PSA.
Anyway, after @wendell posted the recent video, I ended up ordering ordering the kit. Or so I thought.
It was late, and I didn’t hear/consciously register the infernal last letter of the kit in the video. (Point of Feedback: @wendell it’d be super swell if you could add full model # and/or link to purchase of hw being reviewed/discussed in video description. Just saying.)…anyway, the kit that came up was the R variant. (f4-3600c18q2-256gtzr)
It only occurred to me there might be an issue, when I got the g.skill generic black box instead of the supreme boxing shown off in the video. I thought perhaps it was just a delta between reviewer-provided and unwashed masses purchase. So.I.broke.the.seal.
Anyway, the person I spoke to @g.skill effectively said, “It might, should, work.”
The point is to pay attention and refrain from sleep-deprived hw purchasing. As-is, Newegg, being the brutal they are regarding returns, it’d end up being a ~$160 + shipping costs to give it back.
FYI, I’ve purchased this:
F4-3200C16Q2-256GVK (came in a “generic black box”, as do all the “Ripjaws V” I think)
Prime95 Large FFTs is only stable at stock.
D.O.C.P. profile fails almost immediately (Linux) or crashes (Windows)
I plan on fiddling some more with speeds and timings once I have my custom loop hooked up, because with the Noctua NH-U12S) that I purchased specifically for the waiting period to when my watercooling gear arrives), it runs toasty (90+C) at stock even.
How are you guys verifying stability with 256gb of ram and 3990x? I’m using hci memtest and I get errors at any speed I set my kit to, including 2666mhz.
It’s unlikely to be the kit at that speed, so im thinking I need to upgrade my mobo from the cheaper aorus master trx40 to the asus zenith extreme alpha. If you have that board, I just want to make sure you guys are actually confirmed stable with no errors in hci memtest before I buy it…
they are regarding returns, it’d end up being a ~$160 + shipping costs to give it back.