64 of 14-14-14-34 @ 3200 or 17-19-19-39 @ 3600

[elcid79]

Hello Everyone,

I am building a new system and am totally hung up on ram right now. I originally was going to simply put two sticks of 16gb in, and then roll for the lottery for another two sticks down the road. I decided to save myself the headache and simply buy a 64 gb kit.

That said, which set should I buy, the

64gb (16x4) 14-14-14-34 @ 3200mhz or the
64gb (16x4) 17-19-19-39 @ 3600 MHz...

I have the gigabyte Aorus Gaming 7, i7-8700k, MSI GTX-1080Ti Sea Hawk.

I think the 3200hmz one may be "slightly" faster, but I could perhaps tweak the timings down on the 3600 rendering it faster, but more of a pain in the rear. What do you all think?

Cheers.

 

[Johan45]

Depending on your PC usage 64GB is likely to be way overkill. Unless you run a specific application that can utilize it then it'll never get used in most situations. For Gaming 16 GB is plenty

 

[elcid79]

I do some 4K video editing. But nothing major. Maybe 32gb is plenty.

 

[EarthDog]

Confirm if 32gb is enough.

That said, whatever is cheaper, likely the 3200 cl14. You wont notice the negligible difference in speed.

 

[Johan45]

I was just trying to save you some cash. Memory is stupidly expensive currently. I found this guide for "Serious 4K Video Editing" published by Intel https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/guides/workstation-adobe-4k-guide.pdf
They recommend a minimum of 32 GB but als a 12 core CPU. I gues it all depends on how much you do and how much time you have.

 

[elcid79]

Thanks for the input and the link. I will read it tonight. I am planning to just start with 32gb and see if I like it or not. As outrageous as ram prices are right now I hate to feed the monster.

With that said, if it doesn’t suit me I will just try to sell mine on the secondary market. And upgrade.

Cheers.

 

[||Console||]

Let us know how it goes with your build =) (we like pics )

 

[Woomack]

Every single 3200+ memory kit at tigher timings will be based on the same Samsung IC as there is no other IC that is in mass sales above 3200. Simply if 32GB won't be enough then you have really high chance to find the same IC in other kit and keep full stability.
I don't know if 3200 CL14 or higher frequency at more relaxed timings will be faster in this case. In general, differences are mainly in benchmarks. I guess that if you get 3200 CL14 then it will easily run at 3600 16-16-16 or if you get 3600 CL17 then it will run also at 16-16-16 and standard voltages.