What is considered good DDR5 RAM?

[StoleMyCoconut]

I read things about timings and such but I really have no reference point to see what timings are good for it. I am probably going to build a pc soon with a ryzen 7700 was thinking about getting this stick of ram when the time comes. Still waiting for proper gpus to release though I need the efficiency but am defintely not going to pay this much for gpus. Neither motherboards.

This is what another dutch guy has gotten does not seem that expensive but I got no clue if it is good or not.

https://www.amazon.com/G-Skill-288-Pin-CL32-38-38-96-Channel-F5-6000J3238F16GX2-FX5/dp/B0BFG9VTKL

[[☥] - CJ -]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-WFetQjifc&t=466s

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

RAM speed (MHz) higher is better, and Timings (CL value 1st digit) lower is better.

So, your target should be to get high on SPEED but LOW on timings.

[Guydodge]

Publicado originalmente por StoleMyCoconut:

I read things about timings and such but I really have no reference point to see what timings are good for it. I am probably going to build a pc soon with a ryzen 7700 was thinking about getting this stick of ram when the time comes. Still waiting for proper gpus to release though I need the efficiency but am defintely not going to pay this much for gpus. Neither motherboards.

This is what another dutch guy has gotten does not seem that expensive but I got no clue if it is good or not.

https://www.amazon.com/G-Skill-288-Pin-CL32-38-38-96-Channel-F5-6000J3238F16GX2-FX5/dp/B0BFG9VTKL

i just put these in my new 13900k build used kingston in my last build as well both very stable and no problems enabling xmp (ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming motherboard)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B72827G5?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

[PopinFRESH]

G.skill is usually a good memory brand, however, I'd certainly recommend getting either their Ripjaws or Trident variant of that kit. DDR5 6000 @ CL32 is pretty good, however, you should also keep in mind that "higher" frequency / MTs isn't always better especially with Ryzen. Ryzen 7000 is much better with this however. But I'd also recommend ensuring the memory you're looking at has been tested and validated for AMD EXPO, which afaik I don't think G.skill has validated any of their kits beyond DDR5 6000 for EXPO.

G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5-6000 30-38-38-96[www.gskill.com]

[_I_]

an with high speed and low timings

speed / cl > 200

6000 / 32 = 187 not good enough
6000 / 30 = 200 good

[plat]

You can search this--you will get varying opinions. The first brand that came to my mind was Teamgroup. But it seems Corsair, GSkill and Teamgroup have options. Kingston would be for if you have serious budget constraints.

https://www.pcgamer.com/best-ddr5-ram-for-gaming-in-2022/

[_I_]

any brand can pick cheaper ram chips, just make sure the kit/dimm you get has good specs

[emoticorpse]

Well, I think I can tell you what "bad" DDR5 ram looks like. That free stuff they're giving away at Microcenter with Ryzen CPUs. I'd still take it for free, but I'd rather have a better quality set.

Reason I say they look bad is because (besides the fact that they're given away for free) in the reviews a folks who got that ram are saying in order for it to work at top rated speeds they had to increase voltage, some say it wouldn't boot, had to update bios, they go bad.

Check out the reviews https://www.microcenter.com/product/653727/gskill-flare-x5-series-32gb-(2-x-16gb)-ddr5-6000-pc5-48000-cl36-dual-channel-desktop-memory-kit-f5-6000j3636f16gx2-fx5-black#tab-reviews-bm

I'd take them for free but I'd be prepared for something to go wrong. I think I might even just wait for the price of Ryzen CPU's to go down and pay for real ram instead of taking this ram for free and then realize I got suckered.

[Tiberius]

I personally plan to get kingston fury 6000mhz

[Tiberius]

Publicado originalmente por ☥ - CJ -:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-WFetQjifc&t=466s

This video makes me worried abt purchasing 6000++mhz ram. So many comments are talking abt how impossible it is to have stable performance with 6000mhz ram or faster

[[☥] - CJ -]

Was just to give you an idea, you dont HAVE to get 6000 if you dont want to.

[kingjames488]

it's been a long time since I looked into it... but when I built my PC I put a good bit of time into researching ram brands and timings and whatnot and came to the conclusion that Gskill uses the same ram chips as the top brands and "faster ram" isn't really important in real world scenarios outside of a few things I don't really do (like encoding video and other graphics work I think?).

also my Gskill ram has lasted like 10+ years so far. :)

[_I_]

i have some ddr3 1600 cl7 kits that would be like as ddr5 6400 cl 28

[Illusion of Progress]

Publicado originalmente por ☥ - CJ -:

Was just to give you an idea, you dont HAVE to get 6000 if you dont want to.

Would normally agree, but with AMD you really do want to try and get a speed that allows running the Infinity Fabric near its limits. This does have implications beyond what it does on Intel systems (for now, I wonder if this will change once Intel shifts from monolithic chips, as they soon will).

This if why for Zen 2/3 (Ryzen 3000/5000 series), you may have often saw 3,600 MHz was often recommended for them, as the Infinity Fabric would always do at least 1800 MHz, maybe a bit more. With Zen 4 (Ryzen 7000 series), apparently the Infinity Fabric is expected to do at least 3000 MHz, so for that you would want 6000 MHz (or MT/s, as the real speed is 3,000 MHz) RAM to pair with it.

[Guydodge]

Publicado originalmente por plat:

You can search this--you will get varying opinions. The first brand that came to my mind was Teamgroup. But it seems Corsair, GSkill and Teamgroup have options. Kingston would be for if you have serious budget constraints.

https://www.pcgamer.com/best-ddr5-ram-for-gaming-in-2022/

makes zero sense kingston(renegade) costs same/more with the same or better specs/timings.