Hi all,
I've been putting together my Ryzen build for a while and my research suggested the G.Skill Flare X's were a good match with Ryzens.
I've been looking around for the G.Skill 16gb (2x8gb) 3200mhz Flare X set and it's actually quite hard to get.
They are normally around $335 for the set from places like MSY, mwave and pccasegear, but the latter 2 charge their standard delivery fee of between $10 to $15.
So at $324 delivered, it's a decent saving.
Cheers.
Referee: $10 off 1st purchase.
Referrer: $10/$20/$30 off $100/$150/$250 Spend.
Big difference in specs… CL14 vs CL16.
The Flare X in the original post uses Samsung B-Die memory.
FYI my flare x won't oc past 3000mhz on my B350 strix mobo, running a 1600x.
Make sure they are on your mobos QVL.
Also, take note that the memory controller on the newer Zen+ CPU's might be better, that means a 2600x might support the full speed.
Everyone's mileage may vary.
i have 2600 and trident z rgb 3000cl15 running @ 3200 cl15
Umart have g skill for cheaper price but 3000mhz, but its rgb for those interested in that stuff
https://www.umart.com.au//G-Skill-16GB--2x-8GB--F4-3000C15D-…
Ripjaws V 16GB 3200mhz usually go on sale for $200-$230, and it works just fine with either AMD or Intel. For $260-280 you can get the TridentZ RGB of the same spec.
This "Designed for AMD CPU" sounds like silly marketing to me.
i dunno but they use b-die chips instead of pringles where ryzen 1xxx series are sensitive of
Are sensitive of, or were? There's been a lot of board updates since launch.
Ryzen still prefers low-latency over high speed ram. CL makes a bigger difference than raw mhz speed (although both are important).
@Jorkus: of course, but I'm not sure the OP has listed a bargain, merely shown how you can save $10 off current pricing for a specific certified RAM that might deliver a 1% performance gain for over $100 extra.
@jasswolf: it's not 1% though. With Ryzen CPUs, non-B-die sticks are notorious for not stably clocking at their advertised speeds (usually around a 20-30% hit).
@kpm: most of the readily available info online is from March-May 2017… do you have current info that isn't redditors regurgitating this info, and what is the actual system performance impact?
Here's some data with Ryzen 2 that shows the performance impact is negligible, and becomes even more so if you manually tune the timings (which you can google the info for):
https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3287-amd-r7-2700-and-2…
Pretty much. its B-die ram that has been specced for ryzen. You can buy any high speed ram off your mobos QVL and run it for ryzen, this just advertises the fact.
Like I said above it still might not be the ram you want for your motherboard.
Would you mind sharing your Ryzen build? I'm trying build my one as well.
Not op but I just finished my ryzen build a while back. Got most of my part from the firsay %15ebay plus deal
https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/6cWPfH
Thanks buddy, good enough for me :)
How's that monitor faring for you, and did you get it off eBay? I'm in the predicament of buying a monitor (hoping to jump on the ASUS PG279Q: the ASUS version with the same panel as the Acer), but I'm worried about having to continuously return panels with bad backlight bleed.
Got the monitor off of shellothead on eBay which should be the same entities as shopping express and futu (keng Seng computer but don’t quote me on that lol)
I was really worried about black light bleeding too seeing as ips are prone so that was the first thing I tested when I got it. Might have just gotten lucky but the panel on my unit were great with minor if at all black light bleed. Hope it help
CPU - R5 2600x
Cooler - ATC 700
Mobo- Aorus X470 Ultra gaming
Ram - Gskill 16 gb @ 3200mhz
GPU - Rx 480 8GB
PSU - 750w Thermaltake gold (cant remember)
HDD 1 - Samsung 960 256gb
HDD 2 - 1 TB Crucial SSD
HDD 3 - 4tb WD
CASE - AC300 Aorus
Got majority on the 25% off sales.
I'm holding off my build just because of these insane ram prices
Analysts saying RAM is dropping in price soon may be 25% by 2019.
I been holding off buying and using 2133Mhz still.
any news on 25% off housing ?
When people stop buying smashed avo
2133 on a ryzen…. You poor soul!
Well I use Intel CPU …
Im still useing 2133 too on my ryzen 1700
Works fine but i hate seeing comparisons betwee 2133 and 3200 lol.
Is there that much of a difference across different workloads? I was always told the biggest differnce is benchmarks - real world use like gaming dont show much difference (2-5fps).
Depends on game engine - some show little or no improvement, other more than 10%. Generally if a game is CPU limited then faster RAM will improve it.
Then don't look :p
How about no? Lol
Nah im going to be doing a fullsystem upgrade soon
Rtx 1080 ti
And im still undecided if i should keep 1st gen ryzen till zen 2 is out.or go intel 9th gen when that comes out as im going for high hz monitors.
Aswell as case ssd monitor etc.
2133mhz is fine for the use in our household, but even slow ram is expensive at the moment ….
25% drop and I'd build a new system.
50% was what I heard, but I'm expecting them to drop before then. They actually started to drop a little in July, but that was quickly walked back by people rushing to buy.
Far out RAM prices are out of control. Still running 32gb of DDR3 in my 2700k build and reluctant to upgrade to a new system with prices like this.
On the bright side, you can get a dirt cheap ssd!…..
That's true! When I first did this build I added in a 60GB SSD and that was breaking the budget.
![[eBay Plus] G.Skill 16GB DDR4 (2x8GB) 3200MHz Flare X Desktop Memory - $324 Delivered @ PC Byte eBay](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/76/397876.jpg?h=d02c85d0)
not the same model, but this one with the same specs is available on amazon for $266 with prime
https://www.amazon.com.au/Corsair-Vengeance-3200MHz-Desktop-…