Deciding between G.SKILL Trident Z memory Model F4-3200C16D-32GTZRX vs. F4-3200C14D-32GTZR

catsay · July 28, 2019, 9:05pm

First of all we’ve got a big resource of threads all about RAM and RAM overclocking

General Guide on RAM Wikis & How-to Guides

RAM - Random Access Memory Guide Random Access Memory/RAM is an important part of your computer. This is a guide is meant to help explain what it is, what it does, how it affects things on your computer, and getting the right RAM. Table of Contents The beginnings of DRAM What it is and What it does How it Affects APUS RAM and Video Editing RAM and Video Games Getting the Right RAM for your motherboard or laptop More resources on RAM Wiki Talk Page for General Guide on RAM Rules for Contributing to the Wiki The beginnings of DRAM While various others forms of RAM have existed for much of computing history, capacitive DRAM based on field effect transistors similar to what we know today was first invented in 1966 by Dr. Robert Dennard at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. Dennard, at the time a fellow at the IBM research center was working on field effect transistors and integrated circuits. After observing colleagues working on thin film memory technology using the then standard six-transistor memory cell for each bit of data, he struck upon the idea of creating a simpler memory cell. [The DRAM memory of Robert Dennard] He devised a way of using a single capacitor. The problem with capacitors though is that they loose their charge over time, it ‘leaks’ away. Thus it was combined with a single field effect transistor that is repeatedly ‘dynamically’ refreshing the charge of the capacitor to it’s correct voltage depending on if the capacitor is storing a 1 (charged) or a 0 (discharged/less charged). IBM and Dennard were granted U.S. patent #3387286 for DRAM in 1968. [Who invented the Intel 1103 Chip] As this later patent shows the new Capacitive Filed Effect transistor DRAM was a revolutionary improvement over the prior 6 transistor design, being cited in no fewer than 168 other patents of new RAM technologies. Among those companies was Intel, at the time Intel was less concerned with acquiring patents but rather canvasing the entire industry looking fo…

Now to answer your questions: There’s no chance of damaging the memory unless you push the voltages too high. If you remain at 1.35V or 1.4V you will be absolutely fine. The main risk is running your memory at an unstable configuration which can result in memory errors (if you have the wrong timings/clock rate/voltage set).

That memory can clock a bit faster than the rated spec (3200Mhz 16-18-18-38) - Often to 3400Mhz. if you increase the voltage above 1.35V (base oc)

There’s also a handy tool to help with Ryzen RAM OC

And you can use memtest to test your RAM stability
https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm

Once you have some RAM don’t be afraid to tinker with it and ask more questions.

Regarding some of the risks involved:

And the Guide from Buildzoid that’s referenced in that thread