ATL thanks to the three camels.
But if you want RGB and don't mind slower ram, you can consider the CORSAIR Vengeance RGB.
CamelCamelCamel.
You have DDR4, This is DDR5 for new boards.
While in most cases the answer is the same, it's safer to look at motherboard compatibility as that will never be wrong.
To elaborate on the others' answers, look at the motherboard's Tech Specs; this will give you the basic Memory Type and frequency that are compatible with the motherboard. If you are not tech-savvy, I suggest you stick to the memory list in the Qualified Vendors Lists to ensure compatibility. I have pasted the memory specs for your board below.
If you are not having memory issues and running out of RAM while running multiple applications or 50 Chrome tabs, then there is no need to upgrade. If you are, you might want to add more RAM sticks with the same speed and model as your existing RAM (if you have spare slots). This would be the cheapest upgrade route; you know they would be compatible as you already run the RAM in your system.
TUF GAMING B460M-PLUS (WI-FI): Memory
4 x DIMM, Max. 128GB, DDR4 2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory *
Dual Channel Memory Architecture
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
OptiMem
* 10th Gen Intel® Core™i9/i7 CPUs support 2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 natively, Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).
This is great advice when building a new PC, but unfortunately the QVL isn't kept up-to-date for very long after it's made, and if you look I think you'll have a hard time finding any RAM on the QVL that you can readily buy today 4 years later.
I would confidently buy RAM that doesn't appear on the list but matches the frequency, size, and timings of RAM that is on the list
You are right; the QVL lists are not always updated after a board has been out for a few years and newer memory/brands come into the market.
My order of preference (not taking the workload into account) when I do upgrades:
If spare slots exist:
1. Grab a NEW RAM kit of the same brand and model.
2. Grab a USED RAM kit of the same brand and model. (Especially on much older boards, people will upgrade and offload kits on Ebay or Gumtree); Generally, if memory is bad, it fails when it is brand NEW or misused (extreme overclock) and not handled or stored correctly.
3. If I cannot find the same kit, I would look at RAM that matches the frequency, size, and timings on the list and the existing RAM. (A Frankenstein option that I wouldn't recommend to newbies though)
No spare slots exist, or you cannot find a second RAM kit that is the same as existing
1. Grab a larger RAM kit or 2 on the QVL list.
2. Grab a larger RAM kit or 2 that match the frequency, size, and RAM timings on the MB compatible list.
Nuclear Option
Upgrade to the latest technology or one generation old that will still last several years (requires a little knowledge of what is going on in tech world like Zen5, USB4, RTX5000, WIFI-7, etc), and turn the old one into the first computer for one of your kids, or turn it into a NAS or Media Server if you're the only big kid. :D
DDR5 is not that much faster than DDR4 due to the slower timing, don't get fooled by the higher clock speed.
At the start of DDR5 adoption with everything being CL38+, this was mainly true.
But CL32 6200 will blow almost all DDR4 out of the water, particularly in certain games/applications
Edit: not to mention Zen architecture CPU's benefit even more heavily from higher clocked RAM
Agreed, for the price of upgrading the MB and the CPU, it is not worth it atm, at least for my case DDR4 3600 CL16, Ryzen 5900x.
1000% not worth it for you, you'll be rocking that combo for a while quite nicely
In real usage tests, DDR4-3600 CL16 is technically a bit slower than DDR5-4800 CL40 from tests I saw. It is not all just latency. Bandwidth matters too. I have DDR4-3600 RAMs still (I still have a B550 system). Also, at the moment, unless you are willing to settle for DDR4-3600 CL18, you need to pay more to get CL16 (basically no good deal on DDR4-3600 CL16 for a long time now). Resell value isn't great either.
While the latency is slower, the bandwidth is 70% more (6200 vs 3600). It's true most of the programs can't take full advantage of that, but the ones which can, you can see the performance difference.
I think there is some truth to what @kml22 said. It's not outrageously faster, not at 6200MHz anyway.
In the last week I've been down quite the DDR5 rabbit hole. To spare you the mind numbing details, something of note is when it comes to DDR5, CL means almost nothing.
I've tested it as well as read it. I'm trying to OC my RAM because the last time I built a system (DDR3) CL meant alot.
People are getting 8000MHZ+ stable on 14th gen i9's and i7's now and that's crapping on DDR4 real world speed. I can't get my XMP 7000 profile to even boot, and my pc is very well spec-ed, I'm stuck at 6666MHz and even that took countless hours of tweaking.
My 14900K isn't the greatest copy is where I'm at currently and I'm trying to decide what to do about that.
Also to note, DDR5 RAM itself is quite cheap compared to DDR4. Of course, Motherboard cost would factor in an upgrade and I don't think the difference in RAM performance is worth upgrading mb and ram alone). For a new build I wouldn't hestitate to goto DDR5. Bios versions on existing boards are steadily getting better at running DD5 at faster clock speeds.
Will I see any improvement from 5200? Or it all depends to my RGB setup?
I wouldn't bother, unless your 5200 has high timings and you have a higher end Zen3 architecture CPU
Can I PM you? Just want to ask something. Not very familiar with terminologies.
Sure thing
Since when does Zen3 CPUs (Ryzen 5xxx series) support DDR5?
You're so right, meant 4 but did not read over my comment before posting
@sbcbakedbeans: Also, you don't need high end consumer grade CPUs to spot / test the memory performance difference. The memory controller in 7600X vs 7950X is the same. Bandwidth and latency tests don't require 16 cores minimum to test.
price looks to have expired
also on the rgb 6000mhz
This is a better deal at $165 in my view, it's a chunk faster clock speed. https://www.amazon.com.au/Patriot-7000MHz-Desktop-Gaming-Mem…
CL is the same but that doesn't mean much on DDR5 (I'm still coming to terms with this revelation myself) but it is true.
Is it compatible with Ryzen cpus? Like 7800x3d? Or I can only use memory clearly stated AMD EXPO
I use this memory on my Asus B650 motherboard with Ryzen 5 7600x. Asus MB can read the SPD info from XMP profile and set it up at the same speed via BIOS.
Worth jumping from Kingston 32GB 5200 CL40? On b760 + 12600K.
Generally, if you are asking this type of question, the answer is no. However, if you really feel like upgrading, you can (get faster memory kit and sell your old kit) so you stop thinking about RAM upgrade all the time.
If you gaming is your main usage and every FPS matters to you a lot, then I guess it might be worth considering.
I'm a bit of a PC dumb and dumber. For some reason I still have 16GB RAM from like 8 years ago FFS.
Would this be compatible with my Intel i7-10700K CPU, Mobo Asus TUF GAMING B460 PRO (wifi)? Or when I google this do I look at CPU or Mobo compatibility? Confused…