AMD FX-8350 and 2400 RAM?

UnionPacific · Nov 12, 2013

I'm planning on doing a build soon, and I noticed that 2400 RAM is about the same price as 1866 RAM. Is there any reason that I couldn't use G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) RAM with an AMD FX-8350 processor? If so, why not?

patrick47018 · Nov 12, 2013

No you could use that just fine, just try to make sure it is CL9 and 2400MHz and you will be golden

UnionPacific · Nov 12, 2013

What is the difference between CL11 and CL9?

Swordkd · Nov 12, 2013

About the fastest Ram you'll find at CAS 9 would be 2133mhz. I don't think I've seen a reasonably priced 2400mhz set lower than CAS 11. Lower CAS latency's will give you better performance from your Ram.

Tradesman1 · Nov 12, 2013

For 2400 CL10 is the best (and they been around about a year and a half or more (GSkill Tridents, RJ Z, RJ X), problem is your on AMD and 2x4 of 2133 is about the best an 8350 can do (have seen plenty running 2400 stick ....sigh....but at 1333 - 1866..NOT at 2400) - the FX CPUs are rated up to 1866 at 1 stick per channel (2 total) and that was based on testing 4GB sticks - see AMDs guide here:

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/ddr3memoryfrequencyguide.aspx

patrick47018 · Nov 12, 2013

If you got 2 of these sets it would be around 200 and 2400MHz and CL9 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231638

And I don't get the best answer :'(

Tradesman1 · Nov 12, 2013

patrick47018 :

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Not a good idea to mix sets, even of the same exact model - also 4 sticks is more stress on the MC than 2, better to buy a 2x8GB set

patrick47018 · Nov 12, 2013

And the only other 2x8GB kit I can find that has CL9 and high clock speed is 2133MHz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231571

Swordkd · Nov 12, 2013

I don't see any reason to spend 154 dollars on Ram when the Cpu itself was only about 185 dollars. If for whatever reason he needed the performance that that set would give, he probably would have bought an I7 Cpu anyways. I'd just stick it out with 1866mhz CAS 9 ram myself unless 2133 was on sale that day.

Tradesman1 · Nov 12, 2013

UnionPacific, the OP is the one asking about 2400 DRAm, and since it's NOT a good idea, the 2133 is next logical thing to look at

MrOddlyFox · Dec 21, 2014

I know this post is a year old, but does the RAM have to be CL9 to function with the 8350?
I mean, I had planned to buy 2400 ram, but the cas latency is 11.
That isn't going to cause issues is it?

Tradesman1 · Dec 21, 2014

No, there's nothing that ties the 8350 to CL9, it's simply that lower CL is faster than loose (higher) CL

MrOddlyFox · Dec 22, 2014

Tradesman1 :

I didn't think so, but this thread confused me a little bit.
Thank you.

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