Is it worth switching to a slower CAS latency but larger capacity DDR4 ram?
Posted by Wowillion@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 4 comments
I've been using the 2x8GB Kingston Fury KF432C16BB/8 ram (3200MHz CL16-18-18 @ 1.35V) for a few years on my Ryzen 5600/ RX6600 build, but i got my hands on a new kit of 4x8GB TeamGroup Elite TPD48G3200HC22BK (3200MHz 22-22-22-52 @ 1.2V)
I know that the Kingston is higher quality and faster, but is it a noticeable difference for gaming and casual video editing, compared tothe Teamgroups 2x memory capacity?
Vegetable-Matter3953@reddit
I would switch to Teamgroup , just because of the storage upgrade. 16 to 32 gb is a noticable difference in games aswell , think from that perspective + now you got dual rank so you get another boost from there. As far as I can tell the timings look JEDEC level so no xmp stuff and that's why it runs at 3200 cl22 1.2v.
If you do some OC like 1.35V voltage aswell you can manage to run them at the same speed like the kingston btw. I had a jedec kit from Crucial as 2x32 gb 3200 cl22 kit aswell, which I switched from 2x8 gb 3200 cl16. Honestly the performance difference isn't that big or I hadn't noticed it because of the dualrank and storage upgrade + I also did a OC on them so it was boost there.
Btw I don't think they are better on the Kingston or atleast doesn't mean they are better than the Teamgroup, can you check what chips they even use. I mean sometimes they run on base speed , you need to just push them extra like they do on the 3200 cl16 kit.
Even if you don't wanna 32 gb is noticeable in gaming and video editing.
No_Guarantee7841@reddit
The games where 32gb is noticeable difference can be counted in the fingers of your palm. Especially when using weak hardware which means you are sticking to low resolutions/settings and/or upscaling.
No_Guarantee7841@reddit
3200cl22 btw is about as fast as 2133mt/s ddr4.
CtrlAltDesolate@reddit
If you need the extra ram and will utilises more than 16gb with your day to day it's worth it.
If you're not not actually making use of it, then the extra capacity will do nothing and the slower ram make have a slightly negative impact on performance.