Question on Ryzen and ram kits

[chrisjames61]

I currently have two Ryzen rigs. One is a MSI Gaming Titanium with an R5 2400G. The other is a Crosshair Hero VI with an R5 1600. Both have 16 Gigabytes of ram. My question is which rig would be the most beneficial to have the faster ram kit and why?

 

[The Stilt]

Faster than what?

2400G obviously, assuming you're using the iGPU.

 

[chrisjames61]

Faster than what?

2400G obviously, assuming you're using the iGPU.

Thanks Stilt. I asked this because of the Infinity Fabric and CCX modules of the R5 1600 vs this not being an issue with the R5 2400G? I admittedly have scant knowledge on this matter so I may be asking the question wrong. Yes I am using the IGPU on the R5 2400G.

 

[The Stilt]

Unless you have < 2666MHz RAM on the R5 and you need the 3D performance on 2400G, then update the latter.
3200MHz or faster is needed for proper performance.

 

[IRobot23]

Ryzen does good on every memory I tried, below 3200MHz. I know that lots of people did complain, but main thing is XMP is broken. If you MB allows you to configure manually all timings then you should be fine.

Even you if buy good dram maybe you XMP will be broken and you won't be able to run it at rate speeds.

I have Samsung E die which is 3466MHz CL 16 (16 18 18 18 38). When run XMP does timings are okay, but example subtimings like tFRC is broken. Even on XMP MB is forcing ram to do 312T while rated XMP is 451. While My ram could run those timings, but wasn't stable enough for me (random crash while gaming).

Maybe this happens with ASUS only (I don't why why they still don't fix it).

So I suggest you to pick up board that will allow you to do that.
I would wait for R5 2600/X unless you need iGPU then R5 2400G is clear winner.

 

[chrisjames61]

I would wait for R5 2600/X unless you need iGPU then R5 2400G is clear winner.

As stated- "I currently have two Ryzen rigs. One is a MSI Gaming Titanium with an R5 2400G. The other is a Crosshair Hero VI with an R5 1600

 

[IRobot23]

As stated- "I currently have two Ryzen rigs. One is a MSI Gaming Titanium with an R5 2400G. The other is a Crosshair Hero VI with an R5 1600

Whoops. Well I edited wrong post. Sorry.

1. 2400G

WHY?

- More bandwidth for iGPU

iGPU will always make use of higher bandwidth. So basically it means : 40% more bandwidth = 40% more performance.

While R5 1600 will also take advantage of it if you game at 144Hz. Otherwise no need to.

 

[chrisjames61]

Whoops. Well I edited wrong post. Sorry.

1. 2400G

WHY?

- More bandwidth for iGPU

iGPU will always make use of higher bandwidth. So basically it means : 40% more bandwidth = 40% more performance.

While R5 1600 will also take advantage of it if you game at 144Hz. Otherwise no need to.

IRobot23, thanks for the reply!

 

[IEC]

XMP doesn't set subtimings properly for Ryzen compatibility. Some mobo manufacturers (e.g. MSI) have a "Memory Try-It" mode or similar that attempts to try different timing sets as a bandaid.

We really need AMP (AMD Memory Profiles) again. Or name it RMP (Ryzen Memory Profiles) or whatever.