I know higher speed number is always better but I want to know how much of a noticeable difference is there between 2666mhz ram and 3600mhz ram on an i9 9900k and Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra. I will be gaming and general productivity. FYI, the difference in price between the two "identical" sets I'm looking at getting is $150. One set is 18-18-18-43 1.20V while the other set is 18-22-22-42 1.35V. How much of a difference in performance speed would I be missing out in games and general productivity if I went with the cheaper set? Thank you for your help!
Is there a big difference between a 2666mhz and 3600mhz?
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update report so I got the 2666 set and overclocked it to 3067mhz at 16 18 18 38 stable
I tried out a new set of owl oloy 3200 16 20 20 38 and it was unstable at advertised settings
I tried out a new set of owl oloy 3200 16 20 20 38 and it was unstable at advertised settings
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With 32 Gb x 4 you will likely struggle to stabilize 3600 anyway. Likely why the 3200 wouldn't work.
With that much ram and current costs, I wouldn't advise in spending that much just to go to 3600, you should just stick with the current ram until you are ready to move onto DDR5.
From what I recall, 2666 kits didn't really scale to high, I had a 2x16 2666 ballistix kit that could only manage 3000CL14 before my current kits.
What do you actually use 128 Gb for anyway? And which motherboard do you have < motherboard is very important for ram overclocking.
I'm going to take a guess and think you are running on a Gigabyte Auros Z390? These boards cannot even stabilize 2x16 3200 CL16, I know because I tried.
Oh right there we go, its in your sig after I clicked on the arrow. You will not 3200+ on a Gigabyte Auros Z390 / Z370 no matter what you try.
With that much ram and current costs, I wouldn't advise in spending that much just to go to 3600, you should just stick with the current ram until you are ready to move onto DDR5.
From what I recall, 2666 kits didn't really scale to high, I had a 2x16 2666 ballistix kit that could only manage 3000CL14 before my current kits.
What do you actually use 128 Gb for anyway? And which motherboard do you have < motherboard is very important for ram overclocking.
I'm going to take a guess and think you are running on a Gigabyte Auros Z390? These boards cannot even stabilize 2x16 3200 CL16, I know because I tried.
Oh right there we go, its in your sig after I clicked on the arrow. You will not 3200+ on a Gigabyte Auros Z390 / Z370 no matter what you try.
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I just have a lot of things open at the same time is all. Mostly its a game with a lot of plugins and mods tho with poor coding and memory leaking since the developers refuse to support 3rd party software that I use along side the game, Nothing I can do ab really other than get more ram, which now allows me a much smoother experience playing the game hours at a time, even tho technically performance is worse. as for the mobo, this is not the exact same situation as you but prev I had a stable 4x8gb 3200 CL16 on the same mobo I have now.
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4x8 is single rank, 4x16 / 32 is in most cases dual rank.
To correct myself, you will not get dual rank modules to stabilize on a Z390 Aorus board at 3200+ due to them being T toplology boards.
I saw a increase in low 1% FPS when upgrading from 3200 Mhz to 4000 at the same CL. It was not huge and average FPS was similar, but I noticed a bit less stuttering from the lowest FPS dips. But keep in mind this was with a 3090Ti that is overclocked and 4k. If running a smaller GPU, not sure.
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Yeah but mine was 4x8 dual rank modules stabilized at 3200 tho.
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