Actually every processor you use will show temperature fluctuations, don't bother with it.

That's how it works, and the spikes are short and non issue at all.

Stop spending your time on things that you need not worry about.

Having knowledge is good but without understanding then you worry about that piece of knowledge for nothing.

That one is just one sticker, not a heatsink. Use the one from your board please.

Try running Cinebench on single core.

Depends on title, 1700X with 3200Mhz RAM may show performance boost in games when compared to 2666 and below.

What work load?

Photoshop difficult to gauge the difference, also depends on what one does with photo editing, typically no difference unless you use processor intensive tools but even so the difference wouldn't be apparent.

Even with Puget systems their Photoshop tests are using super duper intensive tasks that the average user doesn't do.

I'm using ASRock B450 Gaming ITX/ac. Solid board, can OC my RAM to nice tight timing also.

What's your budget?

So far my experience is Team Group is nice, XPG nice too.

G.skill no need say la.

All in all see what you want, avoid Corsair LPX though.

Donno about HyperX.

Budget RM 500 can get many already.

My current in use is Team Group Vulcan Z 3200 which I can run at 3266 CL14.

I also have a Team Group Xcalibur, that one I can do 3733 CL16.

Flash from UEFI.

Didn't have good experience with it, so did others who tried.



On the contrary it's my first RAM for the Ryzen, direct from AMD too.

However that RAM kit since day 1 didn't work very well.

LPX is at my avoid list as of now. There are many other RAM models that are good from XPG, Team, G.Skill and so on.

Don't know about the Kingston, Corsair seems to be ok there.

I have the T-Force Delta, so far OK. Could possibly push tight timing like my Vulcan Z. XPG D60G I just got the unit, haven't push it.

Better but not something tangible, only certain conditions the difference is tangible.

Most cases, your 3200 CL16 works pretty much like 3600 CL18.

You have to match speed vs CL, calculation is 2000 / speed X CL

2000 / 3200 X 16 = 10
2000 / 3600 X 18 = 10

So higher speed, also still same latency. Just that some apps will favor the one with higher speed but when I say favor I mean that there's an improvement.

The supposed IDEAL speed for AMD Ryzen is 3800MHz with 1:1 ratio to the Infinity Fabric that runs at 1900MHz.

From my testing going from various speeds, latencies and all, the difference is not worth shouting about (barely any difference).

What hurts the performance of anything, at least based on my experience, are RAM kit with poorly configured XMP profile.

Should be same chip as my Vulcan Z.

Mine does 3266 CL14.

Key word "can be" - depends on game, settings, and graphics card.

Also % can be misleading.

I've done my tests on 2400Mhz CL16 vs 3733 CL15 already as well, and the results are pretty interesting.

Some titles little to no improvements, some even A LOT more than 10%.

I'll publish my findings soon.

Yup, that's why depends on game title.

Since you point out 2400C16 let me pick that up

My tests is Ryzen 7 3700X on RX 5700.

2400 : 349 fps
3733 : 375 fps

Both 1% low at around 75fps.

Mine is 3733 CL16 actually. Why odd la? That's the limit of the RAM kit I have at that time.

Not using GDM.

I'm using CS:GO FPS Benchmark Workshop and MSI Afterburner to log. It's base on that, fresh installed.

But really doesn't matter la, we shouldn't be insisting which one is right.

While 1% lows are similar, the MAX FPS on the other hand is very different where the better memory timing configuration got 529 fps when the stock RAM setting got 495 fps.

Sorry. Not sure also. Maybe baseline achieved, so MAX is the one that affects the average.




Yeah I remember setting 15 but as always, jump back to 16.

Haven't got into that much detail.

Just tweak memory and 1:1 IF.

G.Skill RAM usually no problem.