Best CL and Speed Ram for Ryzen

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heman123

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I'm building a Ryzen 5 1600 build and I'm stuck on what type of ram to get. Assuming my budget is capped at around 170, what ram speed and CL combo is the best for gaming.

Like will 3200 CL14 be a big difference compared to 3000 CL16? If there is not a big difference which one is more futureproof?
 
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Dunlop0078
Well I would agree with blackbird you should choose something on the compatibility list for your board.

Ryzen systems tend to do best with RAM using samsung B die IC modules. A kit rated at 3200mhz C14 is likely using B die. B die kits are pretty much the only kits that can reliably exceed 2933mhz on ryzen without slacking up the timings or using excessive DRAM voltage. Talking about "future proofing" when it comes to RAM speeds and timing is a bit ridiculous in my opinion. Just get a kit you can afford that is on the compatibility list, the higher the speed and lower the timings the better. Speed is generally going to be MUCH more important when it comes to performance in the vast majority of circumstances than timings are.
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Not really an answer. From what I've read shouldn't be a big difference but opinions are varying on that. You can overclock some ram to better latency. I have read some responses that say the ram is only 2900 range but tested to ratings higher than that. Having a hard time figuring out the same issue, especially when Ryzen does way better with faster ram with tighter timings. The 3200 CL14 i think would be more future proof and more than likely stabler at higher settings.

 
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Well I would agree with blackbird you should choose something on the compatibility list for your board.

Ryzen systems tend to do best with RAM using samsung B die IC modules. A kit rated at 3200mhz C14 is likely using B die. B die kits are pretty much the only kits that can reliably exceed 2933mhz on ryzen without slacking up the timings or using excessive DRAM voltage. Talking about "future proofing" when it comes to RAM speeds and timing is a bit ridiculous in my opinion. Just get a kit you can afford that is on the compatibility list, the higher the speed and lower the timings the better. Speed is generally going to be MUCH more important when it comes to performance in the vast majority of circumstances than timings are.
 
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The QVL lists memory that is basically guaranteed to work. Those are combinations and setups that got tested functional prior to release.
In general every stick that follows the standard for DDR4 should work. The QVL is a great assurance but might be troublesome when ulgrading later. (To memory modules not available to release. Also manufaturers tend to switch chips occasionally.)
 
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I bought Gskill trident RGB 16gb (8x2) 3200mhz CL14. Using the Ryzen dram calculator app for PC I was able to overclock them to 3466 @CL14 on my Asus ROG Strix gaming X370-F. It was a pain, and I had to bump the ram voltage to 1.41V and the SOC to 1.2V. All the timings and subtimings (about 20 of them!) are different. Now running at 14-14-14-28 3466 CL14. These DRAM's were not on my QVL however since I knew these were high quality Samsung B-die I was confident they would work at least at rated speeds, and they did once I went into bios and selected DOCP (XMP) standard. The benchmarks are only slightly faster, but I paid $229 on sale (which is robbery) so I wanted to get the best speed I possibly could. 3466 cl14 with tightened sub timings (thanks to Ryzen Dram calculator @ fast settings) is faster than 3600 cl16. I got the idea from a channel called Mindblank on YouTube. I hope this helps because I was able to get great speed and low latency.
 
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