DDR4 3200 vs slower for a ryzen rendering machine?

r4sh1d

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I'm building a pc for my wife for her school graduate projects (3ds max design, Vray, tons of rendering, Photoshop & Sketchup.).

I grabbed a 1700 and plan on overclocking it to 3.8 hopefully. I'll be buying a Gigabyte AB350M-GAMING 3 and will need a 2X16GB kit.

Assuming in the QVL list, would I see a difference between 3200 vs 2666 vs slower 2400?

For example, I can get this for $190 elsewhere

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1208372-REG/crucial_ct2k16g4dfd824a_32gb_2_x_16gb.html

Or should I pay $40 more for this?
https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-2x16GB-2666MHz-PC4-21300/dp/B0134EW44S

Based on Legitreview, there's a difference. But does it matter if the machine is NOT going to be used for gaming?

pugetsystems has an old review (2013 I think) and it showed that it doesn't affect productivity software that much.

Edit: I understand that since 2X16GB kits are going to be dual rank, I'll be limited to 2400 speeds anyway, at least for the time being; correct? Is it worth it to spring more $$ for higher speed RAM now?
Thanks!
 
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Rifter

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Unless you go for some single rank ram i would not count on going much over 2400-2666 speeds.
 

r4sh1d

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Thanks for the input, just hate that the prices were lower a few months back for DDR 4 32GB!
 

CuriousMike

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Unless you go for some single rank ram i would not count on going much over 2400-2666 speeds.

Right - and aren't almost all 16GB chips dual-ranked?

I'm not sure if Ryzen "does better" with 2x16GB dual rank vs 4x8GB single ranked.
 

Rifter

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Right - and aren't almost all 16GB chips dual-ranked?

I'm not sure if Ryzen "does better" with 2x16GB dual rank vs 4x8GB single ranked.

Yeah thats a tough one, dual rank 2 dimms vs single rank 4 dimms.

Time will tell i guess.
 

fleshconsumed

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Right - and aren't almost all 16GB chips dual-ranked?

I'm not sure if Ryzen "does better" with 2x16GB dual rank vs 4x8GB single ranked.

Pretty sure all 16GB modules are dual ranked.

Yeah thats a tough one, dual rank 2 dimms vs single rank 4 dimms.

Time will tell i guess.

If I remember correctly AMD PR docs said 2 dual ranked modules would work at faster speeds compared to 4 single ranked. 2400 vs 2133.

ddr4-memory-support.jpg
 
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