Need some advice on ram.

[samboy87]

Hello!

I need some help and advice, on wish ram would be the best to upgrade to. if it's worth upgrading offcourse 😛

currently im using Crusial Ballistix sport DDR4 2400mhz 16gb Quad channel ram with 16-16-16-35 timing

i want the best ram with best performance in the 2400mhz line

i'm looking at

Kingston HyperX 16 GB DDR4-2400 Quad-Kit 12-13-13-33 for 122euros wish is cheap and fast timings.
G.Skill 16 GB DDR4-2400 Quad Kit Timings: CL14 14-14-34

would i see an improvement in speed with games and overall experience? compared to my ballistix what im using right now?

i could go higher speeds like 2666mhz, 2800mhz or 3000mhz but only if it benefits overall usage.

[Minsekt]

im using a 32gb g.skill ripjaws 4 2400mhz cl15-15-15-T2 kit for example and its running rockstable at 3000-15-17-17-T2 using 1.35v
as for everyday usage i dont feel a difference, in some games i can tell the difference of the higher frequency, but its only in mmos where a lot of ppl are at the same place, the minimum fps is about 15fps higher than with frequency at stock, thats a lot imho since im using the pg348q and want to keep it all the time at 100fps. but for max fps it does nothing.

[Arne_Saknussemm]

You'd have to set it and see....lots of different XMP profiles out there.

When you set XMP the BIOS will give you a list of exactly what has been changed....scroll through it and see if it's playing with anything that it shouldn't be.

I prefer setting up manually myself

[samboy87]

I just installed my new Gskill DDR4 3000mhz kit, and booted up without any problems. i've enabled XMP and no problems either.
now i just want to know if the settings are good or to high? if to high then what would i need to try to lower.

[Chino]

Looks good.

[samboy87]

Chino wrote:
Looks good.

that's good to hear chino! :):o

[_RC_]

Gskil TridentZ 3200 C14 32GB (Quad in 1 Kit) with B-die chipset.. the best RAM so far for X99 i think, work very good on my R5E 3200 C13 1.4v

[zacjones99]

_RC_ wrote:
Gskil TridentZ 3200 C14 32GB (Quad in 1 Kit) with B-die chipset.. the best RAM so far for X99 i think, work very good on my R5E 3200 C13 1.4v

I have this kit paired with a 5930k. What settings are you using?

[samboy87]

i tried to lower my SA from 1.16v to 0.850 and it's still rock stable with XMP @ 3000 and everything else on auto 😄 it looks like a got a decent IMC ^^

[Arne_Saknussemm]

Nice!

One question...why set max cache to 24...best leave that to auto so it scales up to 35 same as core....

[cekim]

Arne Saknussemm wrote:
Nice!

One question...why set max cache to 24...best leave that to auto so it scales up to 35 same as core....

Definitely don't forget to let the cache breathe. But....

I haven't looked too hard into this phenomenon but with 5920 and 5960x2 they don't seem to want to run at 1:1

Even at rates they can handle otherwise. For instance I run 4.6/4.2. If I put them both at 4.2 I often see instability or lower performance

Given that someone has to program various fifo/buffering/wait state values to account for core vs uncore I can imagine a multitude of explanations for this but curios to see if others have seen the same.