Advice needed for system upgrade (RAM with Ryzen 5 5600X)

[Game1Retroz]

Trying to keep the cost down in this budget upgrade, I have 2x16GB DDR4 VENGEANCE LPX 3000MHZ (think it's 2666 SPD not too sure as that's the limit with the i7 8700k) RAM sticks

I'm doing a small upgrade to the less power hungry RYZEN 5 5600X and what are your thoughts with using 3000MHZ with a CPU (the new motherboard will support 2133 and up) that is recommended for up to 3200? I hear it can go higher but that's not for what I want, do you think there would be much of a difference in performance with 200HZ less? the latency timings are lower with my current RAM too and when you think about it I can only currently hit 2666MHZ now anyway I would hit 3000MHZ in the new build, but is it worth the extra 50+ euro to upgrade the ram to 3200MHZ?

[nullable]

You'll be fine with 3000mhz and good timings. While they're might be some performance gains, you'd have to look up benchmarks and decide for yourself if there's any value there.

[matt]

If you're asking whether faster PC components will be faster, the answer is yes. If you want numbers, why don't you look at professional benchmarks? For example, this one[www.tomshardware.com] that tested every RAM speed from 2133 to 4000 on a Ryzen CPU. If you're looking to squeeze every ounce of performance out of it, I'm sure you'll be excited by the 1-2% differences in performance that the tester got by doing various things. Otherwise, you can probably just save your money and ignore the benchmarks.

[Game1Retroz]

Originally posted by matt:

If you're asking whether faster PC components will be faster, the answer is yes. If you want numbers, why don't you look at professional benchmarks? For example, this one[www.tomshardware.com] that tested every RAM speed from 2133 to 4000 on a Ryzen CPU. If you're looking to squeeze every ounce of performance out of it, I'm sure you'll be excited by the 1-2% differences in performance that the tester got by doing various things. Otherwise, you can probably just save your money and ignore the benchmarks.

Yes you are correct, it would be only around 1-2% performance gain in gaming (and there would be a slight advantage in other areas with the current RAM with the lower latency timings) it would seem like madness to fork out the extra 50 euro for 4-5 frames extra and slightly slower response time for other stuff.

Thanks :)

[Game1Retroz]

Originally posted by nullable:

You'll be fine with 3000mhz and good timings. While they're might be some performance gains, you'd have to look up benchmarks and decide for yourself if there's any value there.

Yeh it's a trade off, an extra few frames for CPU heavy intensive games (I won't be running higher than 60fps anyway for now the monitor is only 60HZ) or slightly faster response time and keep the 50 euro that I could but towards a decent case, I think I will stick to the latter, thanks for your input.