Joined: Jul 12, 2007
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ok, I'm thinking about upgrading my system from:-
cpu - amd fx8350
ram - 16gb corsair vengeance 1866
mobo - gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
gpu - asus 1070 gtx
to:-
cpu - amd ryzen 2700x
ram - 16gb corsair vengeance 3200 or 3333 depends on price at the time
mobo - asus x470 prime-pro
gpu - asus 1070 gtx (no changing)
still going to be running at resolution at 1080p
any suggestion/changes etc
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Joined: Jul 07, 2010
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Yup I would, it'll be a nice upgrade and you'll see it in gaming.
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that 990fx board will support the 220w CPU's (9370FX) i may be interested if you do upgrade Mr. T
Joined: Aug 23, 2012
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Looks good to me, ryzen loves fast ram so at least 3200, try to get CL14 ram also.
G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Intel Z170 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C14D-16GTZKW is what i would get. And I will be getting lol. It works with ryzen well despite saying Intel Z170.
Joined: Jul 12, 2007
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Hey three,
When i was researching this, i found a video about ram usage with ryzen gen 2 and they tested vengeance vs geil and another cannot remember which but the vengeance was the only one to reach 100% well 99.9% of its capability the others rangeed from 77$ to 99.6% in the various test.
i think it was something to do with the chips they used and secondly the vengeance is £50 cheaper than the g.skill tridentz for me
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I run the trident's DDR 4 and love them.
Joined: Aug 23, 2012
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Its the Type of chip on the sticks, You want something that has Samsung B die from what I've seen. I know those Gskill ones have them, I think some corsair ones do but I believe they need to be Cas Latency 14 like on the Trident ones there. The compatibility is getting a lot better now so you should be ok with those corsairs.
these corsair ones are on amd's list
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16 Desktop Memory Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B3200C16)