So I’m building a new PC for work and gaming secondary. I’m trying to make money stretch as much as possible. I’m just also concerned about stability. I’m looking to do a build around the 3950X. The system will be fully water-cooled. I already have graphics cards. Does the RAM look good? I’m not a fanboy of either Intel or AMD. I’m a heavy user of Lightroom, Photoshop and Premiere Pro. Should I go AMD or an Intel equivalent?
*Another concern and I don’t know how important this is. PCIe 4.0. It’s supported by AMD but not Intel.
3950x
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 64GB (2x32GB) DDR4 3600 (PC4-28800) C18
ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero X570
Fast RAM is great … up to a certain point. Faster than 3600 usually doesn’t do anything and even 3200 is completely fine, especially when using 32GB dimms I would take a step back in terms of speed. And as said above, RTFQVL!
Both. 3600 MHz is a sweet spot for Ryzen 3000 speed wise. And the tighter the timings the better.
So 3600 MHz Cl 16 is a good choice.
3200 is also very good. You can get 3200 MHz cl 14, so tighter timings.
But there aren’t any 3200 MHz Cl 14 64 GB kits on the QVL. There are plenty of CL 16, but if you go down in speed, timings should follow suit IMO
Which would you say is more important? A balance between the two or a tighter timing? I will see what I can find with a lower timing while keeping it a high speed. Oh I double-checked the link previously, it’s (16-19-19-39). That seems pretty good
Ehh, i’m not sure. Gamers Nexus might have a video on it.
There aren’t any 64 GB 3200 MHz CL14 kits on the motherboards QVL, so personally I’d take the G.Skill 3600 MHz CL16 kit I linked, since it’s on the QVL
On Ryzen speed is more important than latency on RAM. You want the infinity fabric to run 1:1 with it and as fast as possible of course. 3600 should work on Ryzen 3000, personally I’d go 3200 just to not stress the chip too much. CL14 or 16 … doesn’t matter really. Maybe in some workloads but that would be very specific.